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**swarthmoreCY** · 05-19-2009, 06:03 PM

OK, I will bite.
I do not think an Iowa fan would want that; McD would get all the top players. In fact someone should tell Lick that isn't the rule now.

**AntiSnob** · 05-19-2009, 06:05 PM

Yes, but if EVERY school had to recruit only in-state players, it would neutralize the disadvantage. I think that Iowa State could compete with anyone in the Big 12 North except for Missouri.

**cyismydog** · 05-19-2009, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by AntiSnob

Yes, but if EVERY school had to recruit only in-state players, it would neutralize the disadvantage. I think that Iowa State could compete with anyone in the Big 12 North except for Missouri.

KU would be pretty good, plus it would ruin college basketball. What about state's like Illinois, where there aren't as many good colleges as their are good players.

**swarthmoreCY** · 05-19-2009, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by AntiSnob

Yes, but if EVERY school had to recruit only in-state players, it would neutralize the disadvantage. I think that Iowa State could compete with anyone in the Big 12 North except for Missouri.

Maybe if ISU and Iowa merged into one team. Kansas would up there w/ the state of Iowa.

**gocubs2118** · 05-19-2009, 06:14 PM

What is it with you and in state recruits? First your mad because our only football committment isn't in state and now you make this thread? Buddy, there is more to life than Iowa.

**jdoggivjc** · 05-19-2009, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by AntiSnob

you don't know what you're talking about. Being an ISU fan, I don't know why you would hate this rule because that would mean that Harrison Barnes (who is the #1 jr. in the nation by the way) would come play for the cyclones

If we played in a conference that consisted of schools only in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and most of the rest of the northern Great Plains states, it might not be such a bad thing. But we don't - we play in the Big XII Conference, and we would get ABSOLUTELY SMOKED by every single school in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri, and quite possibly Kansas. It would quite possibly be the worst thing that could ever happen to Iowa State sports (short of voluntarily relegating ourselves to the MAC conference). Sure, we'd have Harrison Barnes - and who else? Barnes would become the most ineffective #1 prospect ever to don a college uniform because he'd have no one else credible to play with to take pressure off of him.

**A-town Cy** · 05-19-2009, 06:48 PM

The D-3 schools in Texas would beat the D-1 schools in Iowa if this was a rule.

**AntiSnob** · 05-19-2009, 07:00 PM

although I support this rule, I do think if this was a rule, programs like Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Michigan State, and Illinois would dominate DI basketball even more than they already do because they could hand pick all the scary good players from the streets of New York, Philly, Detroit, and Chicago.

**IcSyU** · 05-19-2009, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by AntiSnob

although I support this rule

Do you realize how beyond stupid that would be?

**CycloneErik** · 05-19-2009, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by jdoggivjc

If we played in a conference that consisted of schools only in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and most of the rest of the northern Great Plains states, it might not be such a bad thing. But we don't - we play in the Big XII Conference, and we would get ABSOLUTELY SMOKED by every single school in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri, and quite possibly Kansas. It would quite possibly be the worst thing that could ever happen to Iowa State sports (short of voluntarily relegating ourselves to the MAC conference). Sure, we'd have Harrison Barnes - and who else? Barnes would become the most ineffective #1 prospect ever to don a college uniform because he'd have no one else credible to play with to take pressure off of him.

WHAT??!?!???!?? WE JUST VOLUNTARILY WENT TO THE MAC?!?!?!??! WHAT IS JP DOING?!?!?!?!

**Haverhill** · 05-19-2009, 07:31 PM

Anti-snob... have you met BrentBlaze, proposer of 'The Iowa Conference?'

**no2cyclones** · 05-19-2009, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by CycloneErik

WHAT??!?!???!?? WE JUST VOLUNTARILY WENT TO THE MAC?!?!?!??! WHAT IS JP DOING?!?!?!?!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

**IcSyU** · 05-19-2009, 07:39 PM

Oh, and for the record, in this situation, I would burn down NCAA Headquarters.

**Skyh13** · 05-19-2009, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by AntiSnob

Yes, but if EVERY school had to recruit only in-state players, it would neutralize the disadvantage. I think that Iowa State could compete with anyone in the Big 12 North except for Missouri.

Uh, no. Think about the pure population numbers. I know you're talking about the north, but think about a school like Texas. They get the pick of the best of the Texas talent, and there's a zillion people down there compared to Iowa. Or how about Florida? Or California?

Yeah, certain schools might not get the pick of the best of across the nation, but the numbers would play against us big time. And certain other schools wouldn't have a chance, ever, no matter what, for the same reason.