College Bball Thread

[RaceToTheTop 30,797]

Louisville currently 11 of 21 from three and shooting 58% overall.

[RaceToTheTop 30,797]

Khristain Lander....is still Khristain Lander.  Looking absolutely horrible right now.

[RaceToTheTop 30,797]

Just as I post about him, Lander comes to life.  8 points in short order including back-to-back threes.  Louisville still up 13 at 77-64 with 7:15 left.

[MikeRoberts 7,979]

UofL blows, I saw the in-game odds were incredibly in their favor so I threw some money down on western Kentucky and then tuned in to see Lander catch a ball out of bounds and I knew I was f’d

[RaceToTheTop 30,797]

Louisville going to get their first win.  Up 88-78 with 1:12 left.  The Cardinals shot really well -- 13 of 25 from three and 54% overall.  But I see why they are bad.....they usually shoot poorly and they don't play a lick of defense.

[J34 1,638]

Keion Brooks went for 30 last night for UW.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 90,047]

8 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Khristain Lander....is still Khristain Lander.  Looking absolutely horrible right now.

14 min. off the bench.  8p; 2r; 3t; 4f

 

[Hovadipo 61,335]

Lol jesus. I'm all for kids getting paid, but things are starting to get goofy.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,474]

4 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Lol jesus. I'm all for kids getting paid, but things are starting to get goofy.

You knew that was coming though

[Hovadipo 61,335]

1 minute ago, btownqb said:

You knew that was coming though

Jealousy, yes.

Boosters late/negligent on payments? I can honestly say I didn't see that one coming.

[Alford Bailey 13,208]

Welcome to the corrupt world of cbb

[Class of '66 Old Fart 90,047]

17 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Jealousy, yes.

Boosters late/negligent on payments? I can honestly say I didn't see that one coming.

Any fundraising effort I was ever involved in always anticipated a percentage of pledges to never be honored for one reason or another.

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26 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Jealousy, yes.

Boosters late/negligent on payments? I can honestly say I didn't see that one coming.

But to me... was this model truly ever sustainable? I just don't see that it is. 

15 years from now... we are still going to be asking these same boosters to pony up or they don't get to see their favorite QB? Just seems that is going to get old after awhile. 

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25 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

Welcome to the corrupt world of cbb

I think college sports in general. 

[Hovadipo 61,335]

1 minute ago, btownqb said:

But to me... was this model truly ever sustainable? I just don't see that it is. 

15 years from now... we are still going to be asking these same boosters to pony up or they don't get to see their favorite QB? Just seems that is going to get old after awhile. 

Very much agree. Not sustainable at all. From what I understand, most coaches were just going to try to survive the initial wave of NIL where everyone was going to want/get something. Then, like everything else, water finds its level and it goes right back to the haves (5-stars, elite schools) and the have nots (everyone else). 

I just didn't see water beginning to find its level less than 2 years in lol.

[LIHoosier 27,694]

The outgoing Gov. Of Massachusetts is going to be the new NCAA president starting in March.

https://sports.yahoo.com/massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-to-follow-mark-emmert-as-ncaa-president-152624218.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAfRDm5OcepgkklYZxBn0-ZHJ7hYi8OISeSbreS73kLum_e1IRznnnozYfi6OlPOyS5wZKNrbo0PIDiAwty0ro6-_34uOXlpdyLwb7CiaL41p-2UrIOfeaBdj9oGZkcSeKOUQZsJ6iYY0D5MVRk_BveasNn1MCdEz9oHtFLZu5NI

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1 minute ago, Hovadipo said:

Very much agree. Not sustainable at all. From what I understand, most coaches were just going to try to survive the initial wave of NIL where everyone was going to want/get something. Then, like everything else, water finds its level and it goes right back to the haves (5-stars, elite schools) and the have nots (everyone else). 

I just didn't see water beginning to find its level less than 2 years in lol.

Gotcha gotcha. Some of these places, imo, could really get out of control. 

I think as a teammate... it'd be pretty hard to see someone make 400K or whatever and you are getting nothing. 

[DWB 1,098]

18 minutes ago, btownqb said:

I think as a teammate... it'd be pretty hard to see someone make 400K or whatever and you are getting nothing. 

I worked for 20 some years for several companies where my boss made a boat load more than me. He was the leader of the team. He had earned his place. 

If you don't like it as a team member, then you either need to work harder, and smarter, or go find a job where you're the leader.

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2 minutes ago, DWB said:

I worked for 20 some years for several companies where my boss made a boat load more than me. He was the leader of the team. He had earned his place. 

If you don't like it as a team member, then you either need to work harder, and smarter, or go find a job where you're the leader.

I didn't think these were jobs? I thought they were just mistreated student-athletes? 

I am all for making these jobs. Contract the players, pay them a salary, and let's regulate. They better start performing though.. or they should be fired. 

I don't see what your example means in regard to this topic at all. QB gets paid 400K for example, do you think that Center or Left guard that protect him are getting paid that?But sure, they should just suck it up and accept that?... I thought that is what these players couldn't handle in the first place. Confusing times. 

[rcbowla 8,214]

I didn't think these were jobs? I thought they were just mistreated student-athletes? 
I am all for making these jobs. Contract the players, pay them a salary, and let's regulate. They better start performing though.. or they should be fired. 
I don't see what your example means in regard to this topic at all. QB gets paid 400K for example, do you think that Center or Left guard that protect him are getting paid that?But sure, they should just suck it up and accept that?... I thought that is what these players couldn't handle in the first place. Confusing times. 

I thought this was all suppose to be so that players would be compensated for their NIL which I agreed with. That doesn't really seem to be a component at all and instead it's just used as a way to legally do what they were doing illegally before and contract mercenaries. Idk I knew this was all going to get stupid and it didn't take long at all for that to be true. There has to be some way to regulate all of this but if it's up to the NCAA then there's no point in even trying. I want athletes to have options and to be compensated for their NIL but I hate what college athletics has become. Be interesting what takes place with all of this in the future.

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