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whoever gets Wade- is going to be set up for tremendous success now that players and legally get paid...
My two cents; I couldn’t care less what players are paid but I do have a tangential problem with NIL; colleges and universities are supposed to be in the education not pro sports business. It takes some young athletes even FURTHER away from thinking and realizing the associated education also available is something worth working for and attaining in order to achieve a sustainable income stream.
I can guarantee you that 95% of high major players have not made any recruiting-based decisions based on "realizing the associated education also available is something worth working for and attaining in order to achieve a sustainable income stream" in the last 25 years.
I'd also argue we are in the pro sports business. We literally just sold out Madison Square Garden three days ago...
If college basketball doesn’t get its act together and provide some semblance of rules who becomes the first player to transfer on Dec. 15 and the school accepting him puts him the lineup Dec 18.
I think that already happened with Tomlin going from Kansas State to Memphis, granted he didn't play a minute this year for K-State.
Ah , yes the good old days . When Manhattan, Fordham, NYU , St John’s all had good BB teams .
Those 4 teams playing in a MSG doubleheader would fill the old Garden .
Lets face it NIL has already been bastardized. Name Image and Likeness was introduced to all scholar athletes to make money off their own name just like any other student can. Sell your autograph, tee shirts, be in a video game, make an appearance, make a rap song and earn some cash. The bigger your brand the more you could make. What it has become is a pure pay to play system replacing the traditional brown paper bag or the employment of relatives or hs coaches.
It has evened the playing field in some ways and taken away the pretense that this is not professional sports. The issue is it is not pay for performance it is pay for attendance.
It has evened the playing field in some ways and taken away the pretense that this is not professional sports. The issue is it is not pay for performance it is pay for attendance.
He can do everything on offense well. I always prefer guys that fill the stat sheet but this notion that he doesn’t defend has been completely overblown. He was a big freshman here playing for a bad coach.
He’s averaging 3.4 rebounds a game for a team that is around #300 in field goals attempted and plays at a slow pace. That’s not terrible for a volume shooter. Wisconsin also starts a 6’9 220 PF and a 7-foot center. He could be the third best defender on this team.
jerseyshorejohnny
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Fascinatingly, they only defeated DePaul by 5 on a neutral court earlier this year
carmineabbatiello
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Fordham is 0 - 5 at home and 4 - 1 on the road. That's unheard of.
They average 600 fans a game. That has to be demoralizing.
carmineabbatiello
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Is that the actual number? Rose Hill is very small but when I watch there appears to be people there with a fairly enthusiastic student section. They must have the worst home vs away record in the country. Including even Depaul.
With the money Big time college football and Men’s basketball conferences they have been in the pro sports business for decades. That is why you have 40+ bowl games in football and 68 teams in the NCAA Tournament. It is the earning of that type of money that put them into this position in the first place.
Understood and agree; point is that NIL takes it out of the alley with bags of money to an acknowledged, recognized, professionalism, education be damned. Sad…….