One would think*.... the Ivy institutions should have some very $ucce$$ful Alums who could elevate their athletics... if they so choose...
(can Ivy athletes get NIL?)
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Elite academic schools (Ivies and many others) almost always have the largest Endowments and high % of alumni contribution rates. St.J unfortunately has a very low % participation rate for giving back. Lots of reasons to explain it, but it is a known fact.
One of the factors in ranking a school and elevating its profile is Give Back % among Alumni, we do very poorly there, except for Mike Repole and some others, of course.
Ivy League rejects class action lawsuit settlement, fueling NIL debate in college sports
The Ivy League opted out of the settlement reached in Grant House and Sedona Prince v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al., last month. On Jan. 21, Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris informed student-athletes that the athletic conference would not alter its rules in response...
www.columbiaspectator.com
Can’t be a bad thing for us
As cool as it be… last thing I’d want is Capt Jack getting hurt in a Rucker game
Eff it- can’t be scared of injuries… go for it
Our Johnnies as a #1 seed in this "Way-Too-Early" NCAA Tournament bracket: https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...-may-be-hoping-for-ncaa-tournament-expansion/
Influx of NBA Draft-eligible players into college raises questions for league, union
The quandary points to how college basketball may now be close to being considered a pro sport, at least in the NBA's eyes.
www.nytimes.com
Very interesting tidbit about how NBA could eventually interpret NCAA as a pro league and, thus, impact draft eligibility rules.
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If an international player is drafted by an NBA team but chooses to stay with his professional team, the NBA club retains his draft rights in perpetuity — a draft-and-stash, as those players are sometimes known. But that has not been an issue for a college player, who, if drafted, would come straight to the NBA, either because he has no college eligibility left or declared early for the draft while maintaining eligibility. Here, none of those cases applied.
While the memo only accounted for a “limited” number of players, the NBA still had to figure out how to account for them. Based on the NBA’s interpretation, such a player is no different from a draft-and-stash. It did not matter whether the player played for the University of Kansas or Real Madrid; the league would handle each player as if he were on a professional team.
According to the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement, a professional team or league is defined as any that pays a player beyond living expenses, which is where college sports now finds itself. While college athletes have received payments for NIL since 2021, those have been from collectives, companies and other external sources; now, with the newly enshrined House settlement, they can also be paid directly by their schools.
“Playing intercollegiate basketball will be considered under the provisions of Article X, Section 5 of the CBA to be signing a player contract with a non-NBA professional basketball team,” the memo said.
But this was not necessarily a binding opinion, as the league’s lawyer made clear. The National Basketball Players Association, the memo said, could potentially contest this interpretation. The union could argue that if such a player were taken in the draft, his rights would only belong to the team that selected him for a year before he became a free agent.”
This is something the NHL does well. They allow drafted players to return to their juniors or college team.Influx of NBA Draft-eligible players into college raises questions for league, union
The quandary points to how college basketball may now be close to being considered a pro sport, at least in the NBA's eyes.
Very interesting tidbit about how NBA could eventually interpret NCAA as a pro league and, thus, impact draft eligibility rules.
“
If an international player is drafted by an NBA team but chooses to stay with his professional team, the NBA club retains his draft rights in perpetuity — a draft-and-stash, as those players are sometimes known. But that has not been an issue for a college player, who, if drafted, would come straight to the NBA, either because he has no college eligibility left or declared early for the draft while maintaining eligibility. Here, none of those cases applied.
While the memo only accounted for a “limited” number of players, the NBA still had to figure out how to account for them. Based on the NBA’s interpretation, such a player is no different from a draft-and-stash. It did not matter whether the player played for the University of Kansas or Real Madrid; the league would handle each player as if he were on a professional team.
According to the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement, a professional team or league is defined as any that pays a player beyond living expenses, which is where college sports now finds itself. While college athletes have received payments for NIL since 2021, those have been from collectives, companies and other external sources; now, with the newly enshrined House settlement, they can also be paid directly by their schools.
“Playing intercollegiate basketball will be considered under the provisions of Article X, Section 5 of the CBA to be signing a player contract with a non-NBA professional basketball team,” the memo said.
But this was not necessarily a binding opinion, as the league’s lawyer made clear. The National Basketball Players Association, the memo said, could potentially contest this interpretation. The union could argue that if such a player were taken in the draft, his rights would only belong to the team that selected him for a year before he became a free agent.”
I believe the new NHL CBA just passed something where signing rights to draft picks will be uniform across the board until age 22, regardless of the league prospects are picked from or which league they play for next. In other words, if an 18-year-old CHL player is drafted but decided to play NCAA, a team will still hold his rights for four years.
Of course a top level 18 year old hockey players does not receive the NIL money basketball (and football) players of the same caliber (Gavin McKenna who is essentially next year’s NHL version of Cooper Flagg) signed with Penn State and has a $700k NIL deal, which is the highest ever for a hockey player.
While the NBA has some differences, the NHL CBA is a good template.
L J S A
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If he has a great season at PSU but the team that drafts him decides they don't want to rush him, I wonder whether another school would try to lure him away. Or if the NHL team actively tries to steer him to transfer to a BC or BU.
NCAA Tournament expansion debate: Hoops scribes Seth Davis, Mike DeCourcy have it out
Two veteran reporters could not disagree more on the scorching hot topic of NCAA Tournament expansion.
www.nytimes.com
My vote would be against expansion.
Or open it up to all of D1, add a weekend of meaningless games, and count your additional TV revenue.NCAA Tournament expansion debate: Hoops scribes Seth Davis, Mike DeCourcy have it out
Two veteran reporters could not disagree more on the scorching hot topic of NCAA Tournament expansion.
My vote would be against expansion.
We already do with the conference tournaments. And I find the tournaments from the one bid leagues to be some of the most fun games of the season because of what is on the line.
RedStormRising
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I have to imagine those are the only games that get any broad media coverage, must do wonders for the MEAC, Big South, America East etc. budgets.
I say this as someone who doesn't want expansion. But if you're going to do it, I'd rather just re-make the NIT into a series of one-game play-in games for the 10/11/12 seeds & figure out a way to include low/mid-major regular season champs in it. Give the inventory to a streamer (Netflix, Apple, etc.). It'd be a ton of money for the NCAA, be a different brand than the tournament, and be something distinct enough to where you really want to avoid it as a fan. The closest to a win-win.
Totally agree. If there is one thing that doesn't need tinkering with it is March Madness, so of course they'll tinker.NCAA Tournament expansion debate: Hoops scribes Seth Davis, Mike DeCourcy have it out
Two veteran reporters could not disagree more on the scorching hot topic of NCAA Tournament expansion.
My vote would be against expansion.
This article is really good and dives into why expansion makes no sense: https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...hy-the-ncaa-tournament-doesnt-need-to-expand/
Also there was a poll online and like 95% of responses were against expansion. Basically no one wants this except the coach finishing 15th in the sec (and his commissioner)
Also there was a poll online and like 95% of responses were against expansion. Basically no one wants this except the coach finishing 15th in the sec (and his commissioner)