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This is awesome! Huge fan base that has just been waiting to be competitive in this great football conference. Way to lock him up!

Maybe the real Eric Reibe is the friends we make along the way

I’m the original sandwich-themed poster and am flattered by all imposters. It’s been a minute but someone remind me, do I have authority to ban Stuhoo? I thought we had beef.

My guy! Same to you

Maybe time to dust off the ol’ BTB account to weigh in! Hey friendos, hope you’ve all been well. Kinda exciting season coming up, I hope to spend more time on here with you all. But for now… These kids deserve to be compensated commensurate with the value they provide. Frankly they have been taken advantage of for way too long. You don’t need to look very hard to find studies discussing some of the darker sides of this imbalance. I won’t get to that. But I will repost the article that changed my mind. Really fast, my career pretty routinely requires the hiring of high level CPA’s to valuate the worth of an individual. It seems difficult and like pseudoscience until you get into it. It’s fairly reliable, and the professionals that do this work are very, very smart. So, people have tried to shed light on this issue of compensating college athletes doing these kind of value analyses; basically what is the value that a D-I basketball player brings to his university. Linking what at this point is an outdated study, but still useful for our needs, Yahoo found that the average IU men’s basketball player provides a value of $870,000 per year. And before you say “yeah but IU is the one giving him the stage and opportunity to be seen,” that is accounted for, with the university already assumed to get 51% of the total value. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/average-university-louisville-basketball-player-192239747.html A local 5 star like Braylon or a Trayce or a Romeo obviously rockets that number higher. Why should the talent not be compensated? Who do you think should receive that value the athlete generates? Remember, the school already gets theirs. The science dept and journalism and Kinsey are all the proverbial boats rising with this tide. Why should Braylon, an adult entertainer selling tickets and jerseys and proving podcast fodder and (ahem) forum hits and TV deals not get paid? I fully understand that it would be nice if Indiana kids just, gosh darn it, wanted to play basketball for their state school. It’s a fun little romantic concept with pep rallies and red barns with a hoop and dad teaching son to shoot a free throw. But this is big, big business, the money is generated, and it will go to someone regardless. If it’s not to the individual responsible for creating it, I can’t see that as anything but unjust enrichment. Yeah, the negotiations give a nasty feel to the entire transaction. But it’s not like anyone is offering to overpay the athletes. Ultimately, they are the ones getting taken advantage of.

Homer! iu 79 dorks 75

Oh brother… IU 70 Goofers 66

IU 63 Rutabega 55

IU 65 osu 71

IU. 65 Huskers. 75

IU 89 Them 73

IU 75 Buttheads 56

IU 87 dumdums 61

Kansas 86 IU 72

Ummmmm IU 72 Auburn 64