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(@valpopal)
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Posted by: @rezynezy

Posted by: @valpopal

https://twitter.com/yuval59/status/1917656991306244468

As of right now he is not committed. To me this reads as a photoshoot until proven otherwise .

Yes, that is how I saw it as well, still just a possibility until anything further.

 

 
Posted : 04/30/2025 3:46 PM
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(@vu84v2)
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Why would you put on a team's uniform if you did not commit to that team?

 
Posted : 04/30/2025 4:31 PM
 Rez
(@rezynezy)
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@vu84v2 

Most schools have a "media room" set up and ready to go for people who are coming in on visits. You take pics at every place so that when you do decide, you  (or your team) has a photo ready to go

 
Posted : 04/30/2025 4:47 PM
(@vu84v2)
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Rez - That makes sense, but why would either party (the university or player) post a pic of the player in the uniform of a team he has not selected? I follow WI recruiting quite a bit and, while I have seen many posts by players thanking schools for visits, I have never seen them post a pic of themselves in a uniform for a team that they have not decided to play for.

 
Posted : 05/01/2025 10:19 AM
 Rez
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Posted by: @vu84v2

Rez - That makes sense, but why would either party (the university or player) post a pic of the player in the uniform of a team he has not selected? I follow WI recruiting quite a bit and, while I have seen many posts by players thanking schools for visits, I have never seen them post a pic of themselves in a uniform for a team that they have not decided to play for.

 

That's the part. That's weird to me too. From what I have seen mostly the kids who post the photos from these are the high schoolers, not the portal. Recruits. It also is worth noting that he never posted this himself and had later posted a #notcommitted quote of this tweet. It looks like it was either a family member or an agent who posted that photo

 

 
Posted : 05/01/2025 10:27 AM
 jd24
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I wonder if the picture being posted could work against Valpo.

 
Posted : 05/01/2025 10:35 AM
(@thevictorybell)
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Posted by: @vu84v2

Rez - That makes sense, but why would either party (the university or player) post a pic of the player in the uniform of a team he has not selected? I follow WI recruiting quite a bit and, while I have seen many posts by players thanking schools for visits, I have never seen them post a pic of themselves in a uniform for a team that they have not decided to play for.

There has been a big push in recent years of recruits going on visits, doing the photo shoot and then posting the photos with #notcommitted as a hashtag. It's all part of the social media recruiting trend. Valpo does photo shoots with everyone on their official visits. From what I understand, Valpo has filled out roster with two recent commits, and ironically, they have yet to do their photo shoots. 

 

 
Posted : 05/01/2025 10:44 AM
 jd24
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I've thought that the pictures of a player in a new commit uniform were AI generated and not actual photos.

 
Posted : 05/01/2025 12:05 PM
(@vu2010)
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@vu84v2 ... this is standard protocol on official visits ... idk of a player who does not do so.

 
Posted : 05/01/2025 12:08 PM
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