Kyle Crooks

But at the Division II level, we get nine total scholarships.

So I got 45 guys on a roster that I got to cut to 32 for the postseason.

And you can do the math.

Nobody's on a whole.

Nobody's really even on more than a half or even probably not even that.

And I think for what our players do and the work they put in and the level that they play, they're all worth it.

you know, a full ride, but that's just not, that's just not in the cards of the division two level.

So, you know, if I can find a way to, to, to raise some NIL dollars to help offset some of their costs for, for their education and for their, their experience here, I'm going to try to find a way to do that.

I think some other schools at our level have already done those things and, and good for them.

And that does make it, you know, more difficult to compete against them on the recruiting side of it.

But, you know, it's,

It's part of it.

It's part of the landscape.

There's no changing it.

Like I said, the portal's good because you can fill holes with some experienced players, but like I said, it hurts me to the core whenever somebody decides to leave this program that we've invested in.

I don't like it, but it happens, and I understand.

And, you know, the NIL stuff, you know, these kids at every level, Division III, junior college, Division II, you know, this is a year-round sport that we're playing every single day from the time they walk on campus here in August to the time, you know, to whatever we're at right now, May 26th.

And they're rarely doing it making any money.

And college ain't cheap.

And, you know, travel baseball that they grew up playing isn't cheap either.