So $93,000 a point? That seems high.
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93000 per point per game or for the season roughly 1500 per point/rebound.
Yeah and Mike Woodson will deliver another mediocre season of 17 to 18 wins. Bobby Knight, Kent Benson and Scott May aren't walking through the doors of Assembly Hall any time soon.
I believe it’s Jeff “Goodblum” who was throwing around that number. I enjoy the Field of 68 except for him. He’s just too much to stomach.I saw a later post by someone indicating the $1.2m was not accurate.
CL: on another note, where are you hearing the two UCONN women portals are headed?
DeBerry appears to headed to Maryland. I would expect to hear something official within a week or two.CL: on another note, where are you hearing the two UCONN women portals are headed?
Liked Bettancourt and was surprised she didn't play more [ a little more] at the end of the season as Muhl was foul prone and Shade faded. I saw her as a very natural point guard.DeBerry appears to headed to Maryland. I would expect to hear something official within a week or two.
Betancourt's landing spot is unclear. Keep in mind that she was headed to junior college in Florida before UConn offered. She has made a huge jump. She returned to school at the start of last year noticeably more fit, so her work ethic is not in question. Though she could contribute at a high major program, I think she is would be a very nice piece for a mid major. Certainly, she could have a prominent role at a low major. She's definitely D1 talent.
I think that the quality of the people ahead of her in the rotation was a part of her difficulty in getting playing time. Muhl is a force of nature as a defender. It is tough to take her off the court.Liked Bettancourt and was surprised she didn't play more [ a little more] at the end of the season as Muhl was foul prone and Shade faded. I saw her as a very natural point guard.
Well, from here on out, I'm using UPS to ship.
There needs to be a cap of some sort, a way to set scaled player values. Otherwise small schools will never competeNIL is following the ridiculous growth in compensation that players in professional sports are receiving now and that growth will continue for the foreseeable future. Whether there is a solution for the colleges without deep pockets remains unclear but the schools with limited resources will struggle to compete.
Something of this nature will come eventually, but only when public opinion has shifted. Right now the NCAA/Conferences/Schools are in no position to act as public opinion is still strongly against them on account of having refused any sort of compensation for athletes over the years.There needs to be a cap of some sort, a way to set scaled player values. Otherwise small schools will never compete
Oh I believe that was always the intended endgame on this. There is a slow squeeze of small colleges to price them out of D1 athletics.There needs to be a cap of some sort, a way to set scaled player values. Otherwise small schools will never compete
Goodbye to the young people who use athletics as a way to get free education at those small schools. When, not if, those schools shut down athletics because they can’t afford to be part of it a lot of young people will be straddled with student loans who could’ve used athletics to avoid that burden. Some may not even get to go to college.Oh I believe that was always the intended endgame on this. There is a slow squeeze of small colleges to price them out of D1 athletics.
Last year, I thought the normalization would begin this year and that 23 was a feeding frenzy abberation. Boy ! was I dead wrong.The market will right itself --it may take 2 to 3 years
Schools will probably no longer be able to use the Kentucky "model" of over paying freshmen so a market will be created by the "smaller " schools offering benefit of starting
Disagree to a fair extent. People have strong allegiances to their favorite school (usually one they attended). Often more than to pro teams. So they'll continue to root for their school like they root for pro teams. Which they will be. I can easily see it being the case that schools operate money sports teams that are fully separated from the actual schooling. So you can still wear your jersey and attend the games and get excited when you win and upset when you lose. The players will just officially not have to bother with going to class, taking tests, etc. I'm guessing this separation could also help with getting avoiding title ix roadblockseventually people wont want to watch a much WORSE version of professional basketball. nobody has allegience to the team, and then fans don't care about the players. in the end it's just crappy pro basketball.
The ridiculousness has to slow down at some point as most people will get tired of a financial return on investment of 0. It’s one thing for an owner to pay players at the professional level where there is a financial return, but this is completely absurd.Disagree to a fair extent. People have strong allegiances to their favorite school (usually one they attended). Often more than to pro teams. So they'll continue to root for their school like they root for pro teams. Which they will be. I can easily see it being the case that schools operate money sports teams that are fully separated from the actual schooling. So you can still wear your jersey and attend the games and get excited when you win and upset when you lose. The players will just officially not have to bother with going to class, taking tests, etc. I'm guessing this separation could also help with getting avoiding title ix roadblocks
So said Slo MO about his choice of schools.I’ll say it - I think the notion that we can’t question a player’s decision to transfer for more money is a lazy take. Yes, they are entitled to cash in on their skills, but I think many of these kids are being manipulated by seedy “agents” and handlers who see them as nothing more than a quick payday. Of course, that’s always existed but it’s 100x more pervasive now that it’s “legal”
I imagine there will be a 30 for 30 documentary 10-15 years down the road where many of the big name transfers of this era discuss how the money was gone within a year and they regret not having a school to truly go home to.
Agree. That's what the "let the kids have some money" group is missing on this.Goodbye to the young people who use athletics as a way to get free education at those small schools. When, not if, those schools shut down athletics because they can’t afford to be part of it a lot of young people will be straddled with student loans who could’ve used athletics to avoid that burden. Some may not even get to go to college.