SHUHoopsFan said:

Well I feel lied to. Thinking this back in February was frowned upon. Liberal media told me so.

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SPK145 said:

This will have zero impact. It’s not recruiting anymore, it procurement.

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HallBall02 said:

Disagree with this take. While it certainly is not as impactful, with paying players now… it could hurt recruiting. If you said very little impact, would agree.

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Gohall129 said:

Trying to compare Bruce pearls tweet to conservatives boycotting Disney is one of the worst takes I’ve ever seen on the board.

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HallBall02 said:

Thanks for hoping I waste time on your bad takes. Probably true.

Yes you certainly can believe opposite and turn a blind eye for big payday. But some may not, or jump to other offer if similar.

Yes, pearl is out spoken.

No, you are incorrect. It could have an impact and is likely a net negative being outspoken on political issues…see Disney

My guess the AD wasn’t thrilled but maybe I’m wrong there m.

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cernjSHU said:

Yeah. That’s the onset of dementia. One day you are good. The next day you are out of it. Anyone who has ever dealt with this knows there are days that the person is with it mentally and then the next day they have a bad day and are out of it.

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Gohall129 said:

I hope you wasted a lot of time writing that.

You can believe the opposite and still play for the guy that’s giving you a million dollars to play ball for a season.

Pearl is an outspoken guy. This has no impact on his future at Auburn or their success

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dehere23 said:

Someone sent me this link along the lines of Uconn's importance to the league (Big East 2024 TV ratings across each game): https://lookerstudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/9815f157-ea60-478f-a481-2dc93fae6ca8/page/tWDGB.

I don't know how to digest all these numbers or what they mean in the grand scheme, but a few takeaways:

-Uconn was first in TV viewership by several million (17.3 million). Marquette the only other team that was close with approx. 15 million. After that you have Creighton, St. John's and Nova all in the 10m viewership range, in that order. No on else close to that 10 million mark in TV viewership, including us, Gtown, Providence etc. So there was a real drop off once you got past Uconn (king of the hill), Marquette, Creighton, St. John's and Nova.

-No coincidence, the common thread among the top 10 most watched games is either Uconn, Marquette or St. John's.

- The top 5 rated Fox games were the two times Uconn played Marquette and the 3 times they played St John's.

-Uconn is basically at the top of every most watched FS1, Fox and CBS game

- Our game v. Uconn was the second most watched Big East-related game on CBS, trailing only Uconn v. North Carolina, and slightly ahead of Creighton v. St. John's on CBS.

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