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Porgyman said:
I follow Purdue very closely. My kid graduated from there, they are my second favorite program. I’ve attended many games at Mackey, (and Ross Ade for football). By and large I agree with your assessment. The pressure is on Painter to crack through. This year was a bitter disappointment. With the talent on that team, losing to St. Peter’s was frankly embarrassing.
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I too, follow Purdue as my grandson is a Junior there . But , I did admit to rooting for St Peter ‘s . The Family wasn’t too bad in lambasting me . They should be pretty good again next season . Edey needs to build his stamina . Maybe lose a few pounds to get up and down the Court without lumbering .
 
paultzman said:
His NIL shows positive impact on retention of some kids.

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What is positive about retaining a college player by having a couple of million dollars funneled into a Cayman Islands bank account by university backed "sponsors" for a few hundred tee-shirts made in China?
Outside of Lexington nobody knows or cares who Oscar Tsbibiwaba is. Maybe the pro teams have his name on their draft lists but let's not make believe these kids are doing anything for this money other than playing for a specific school.
The elite college programs have been waiting for this form of legitimate payoff for years and they will remain elite because of it.
I feel for every kid that was declared ineligible by the NCAA for accepting a hamburger and fries by a recruiter and for all the great colleges that have to try to compete in Division One sports that can't get boosters with car dealerships to pay a kid $100,000 for hanging out at Jayhawk Motors.
 
Rocket said:
What is positive about retaining a college player by having a couple of million dollars funneled into a Cayman Islands bank account by university backed "sponsors" for a few hundred tee-shirts made in China?
Outside of Lexington nobody knows or cares who Oscar Tsbibiwaba is. Maybe the pro teams have his name on their draft lists but let's not make believe these kids are doing anything for this money other than playing for a specific school.
The elite college programs have been waiting for this form of legitimate payoff for years and they will remain elite because of it.
I feel for every kid that was declared ineligible by the NCAA for accepting a hamburger and fries by a recruiter and for all the great colleges that have to try to compete in Division One sports that can't get boosters with car dealerships to pay a kid $100,000 for hanging out at Jayhawk Motors.
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Positive meaning more retention, should have been clearer. Pretty obvious it is a shit storm.
 
paultzman said:
Positive meaning more retention, should have been clearer. Pretty obvious it is a shit storm.
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It's getting pretty bad. Miami got boosters making up companies to funnel money to kids. I forgot the kids name but he came from a losing mid-major school and signed an NIL deal for 800k.

Any school that got boosters that want to pay players is just having a field day with NIL. And don't get me wrong NIL is a great idea, the players need to be paid, but that has to be some sort of regulations and a system to make it fair to everyone.
 
MakingPlays said:
It's getting pretty bad. Miami got boosters making up companies to funnel money to kids. I forgot the kids name but he came from a losing mid-major school and signed an NIL deal for 800k.

Any school that got boosters that want to pay players is just having a field day with NIL. And don't get me wrong NIL is a great idea, the players need to be paid, but that has to be some sort of regulations and a system to make it fair to everyone.
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This is going to be the end of college basketball as we know it. As soon as a Mid Major player averages 20 pts a game or shoots 40% from 3, big schools are going to start bidding. Imagine what Kentucky would have offered Ja Morant after his freshman year at Murray St.

What the NCAA did was create an avenue for the rich to get richer, while keeping all the revenue they make off of the athletes to themselves. Think about it, even professional sports have a salary cap, now there is no limit to what schools and boosters can pay players.

I have no problem with student/athletes being compensated, but without a limit as to how much, absolute chaos will be the result.
 
panther2 said:
This is going to be the end of college basketball as we know it. As soon as a Mid Major player averages 20 pts a game or shoots 40% from 3, big schools are going to start bidding. Imagine what Kentucky would have offered Ja Morant after his freshman year at Murray St.

What the NCAA did was create an avenue for the rich to get richer, while keeping all the revenue they make off of the athletes to themselves. Think about it, even professional sports have a salary cap, now there is no limit to what schools and boosters can pay players.

I have no problem with student/athletes being compensated, but without a limit as to how much, absolute chaos will be the result.
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We might as well call it the NCAA Professional League . Kids might want to stay more than 4 years if they make enough at Alma Mater U.
 
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