Around College Basketball 25-26

[SJU85]

Val????

 

[RedStormNC]

More details here...other confs on deck

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/26/paypal-partners-with-big-ten-big-12-on-student-athlete-payments.html

 

[austour]

Wait, 100,000,000 / 12 / 5 should be $1.7 mill per team per year. Oh wait, never mind.

 

[Marillac2]

I'd be a little nervous if a 40 game regular season + expanded tournament water downs the product. Games just won't matter nearly as much.

But I do think with legitimate in-season tournaments with NIL prizes, historic rivalries revived, etc., you can figure that out.

Alabama playing the Fashion Institute of Technology week 4 in football doesn't seem to slow them down any.

 

[dk423]

Alabama playing the Fashion Institute of Technology week 4 in football doesn't seem to slow them down any.

Football is different though. The NBA is what worries me. 40 is way different than 82, but those games lack any juice.

 

[Marillac2]

There are a lot of factors that cut against the NBA. The salaries are so crazy compared to to other sports, and that it creates a lot of resentment with the load management.

The NBA playoffs are way too long and drawn out. The whole thing is exhausting. Two days between games when they switch venues? They’ve created an environment where nothing happens worth watching before the playoffs.

 

[dk423]

There are a lot of factors that cut against the NBA. The salaries are so crazy compared to to other sports, and that it creates a lot of resentment with the load management.

The NBA playoffs are way too long and drawn out. The whole thing is exhausting. Two days between games when they switch venues? They’ve created an environment where nothing happens worth watching before the playoffs.

And with the level of skill, the regular season games aren't worth watching until the second half.

 

[paultzman]

 

[ADORAZ]

Let's gooooooo. Hasn't been a college basketball game since 2009.

 

[Moose]

 

[paultzman]

 

[Moose]

Someone tell Joson he will be long gone by the time this game comes out.

 

[paultzman]

Someone tell Joson he will be long gone by the time this game comes out.

As long as I’m not.

 

[RedStormNC]

Changing landscape when your newly named AD successor was president of a NASCAR race team.

All about sponsorships

Carolina Extends AD Bubba Cunningham’s Contract By 2 Years, Hires RFK Racing President Steve Newmark As Executive Associate AD And Successor - University of North Carolina Athletics

As the college athletics landscape continues to evolve, the University of North Carolina and its Department of Athletics continues to adapt for success.

goheels.com

 

[dk423]

Wasn't sure where to put this, but thought it was a great article

Heir Ball: How the Cost of Youth Sports Is Changing the N.B.A.

Pro sports have long seemed like the closest thing we have to a true meritocracy. But maybe not anymore.

www.newyorker.com

 

[paultzman]

Here's the math and data that prove why the NCAA Tournament doesn't need to expand

Matt Norlander busts the biggest myth regarding tourney expansion and lays out the stakes for a historic week in college athletics

www.cbssports.com

 

[paultzman]

Sensible way to earn some $

 

[Amaseinyourface]

Sensible way to earn some $

Ivy has got some thinking to do. Thankfully they are good at that at least.

 

[dk423]

Sensible way to earn some $

Before people get outraged, this makes a lot of sense also because he suffered a pretty bad ankle injury last year. While he wouldn't be rehabbing per se, why go at not-100% when he can fully recover + step up in a division + get real NIL?

 

[paultzman]

Before people get outraged, this makes a lot of sense also because he suffered a pretty bad ankle injury last year. While he wouldn't be rehabbing per se, why go at not-100% when he can fully recover + step up in a division + get real NIL?

Agree