My understanding is that the league opted-out of revenue sharing and discourages NIL but nothing technically prevents it. There isn't a single Ivy school with an NIL collective.
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McNeese hired Baylor assistant Bill Armstrong to replace Will Wade.
West Virginia hired UNT HC Ross Hodge
Love him or hate him, but the way Will Wade handled it was perfect. He was honest with the team, and he said repeatedly how he wasn't going to get upset at his players for doing the same and would even try to help them if he could.
They've effectively reloaded in the past without a step back.
I predict Farok will be a very good HC. He has been in the system for a long time and risen up. Still young, very smart. Has player cred.
He will be a very good HC somewhere.
My understanding is that the league opted-out of revenue sharing and discourages NIL but nothing technically prevents it. There isn't a single Ivy school with an NIL collective.
I may become a fan of the Ivy League. Fran hated the portal and NIL. I feel the same way
I love that athletes are going to get a profit share and a piece of things like the EA video games. I love that they can earn a bit if I buy a CU jersey that has their name on it. And I love that they can do an endorsement deal with State Farm or Louis Vitton or Dr. Pepper or whatever.
But I absolutely hate the collectives along with the unlimited transfer rules. It's turned college sports from something where we connected with a kid developing into an adult over 3-5 years into cheering for your team as a brand with whichever pay-to-play mercenaries were put in the team uniforms for that season.
Done per Rothstein
You hit on a good point.
It's great that players get some money for their efforts and don't have to live in poverty to play a sport.
Fact is though that something like 95% of them will never get a pro paycheck playing sports and the majority that do will be out in 3 years or less after mostly making close to league minimums. High draft picks with big contracts are rare.
College is about school and for athletes playing their sport. It is also about transitioning from a teenager under parents wings to a successful independent adult.
In a few years even for the guys who made a lot the NIL money is going to be long gone, and their dreams of making a fortune playing the sport will have faded away.
What kind of education are these kids getting bouncing from school to school, what kind of positive adult influence are they getting when they used to spend a few years with a coach and a staff and a fairly stable team maturing in the college town they selected (or that was the best offer in recruiting.)
We know that a sadly high percentage of pro athletes have burned through their pro money and are living on what they can earn 5 years out of the game. Where will these college athletes be once the system has used them then discarded them.
Discard very much applies when we see the majority of athletes who enter the portal not get a scholarship offer to go someplace else. With the money in the system now and the pressure to win "right now" we are seeing schools that almost always honored a scholarship even if a kid didn't turn out to be a player instead pushing kids out the door.
We are seeing it not just in football and basketball but in all sports mens and womens including the non-revenue sports. Things have changed and while much is for the better not all is.
ahoelsken
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I saw that clip, and heard he bitched about his players not being to spend more time in NYC around Christmas? It's funny as hell to me either way..
John Denver hired Ross Hodge from North Texas.
The line hasn't moved much since the announcement.
In this era, I'm not sure it should. The players know what's going on - hell, half of them are already looking at other places. Guarantee there are people on the Florida staff discussing other jobs and players checking around too.
New Mexico hires Eric Olen from UC San Diego
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New Mexico hires UC San Diego's Olen as coach
New Mexico has hired UC San Diego's Eric Olen as the school's next head coach.
He's a very good coach. What I wonder about is the fit. The guys who have had success at UNM have been aggressive and creative recruiters, sometimes playing in the dark side of the gray area to get talent.New Mexico hires Eric Olen from UC San Diego
New Mexico hires UC San Diego's Olen as coach
New Mexico has hired UC San Diego's Eric Olen as the school's next head coach.
BuffLuke80
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Hell, they more or less have to. You aren't going to find much talent in New Mexico that can play D-1. Maybe a guy here and there but not many.
MaybeaBuff
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The thing that New Mexico has in its basketball program is interest. They have good NIL basis for the basketball team and The Pit is a great place to play basketball. Granted there is little in the way of basketball talent in general for New Mexico and lets face it Albuquerque isn't awesome, but they can recruit and get guys there because of atmosphere and pay check. Toppin and Overton both started out at New Mexico before they went on to be big parts of Texas Tech. New Mexico has always seemed like a fringe top 25 program.
BuffLuke80
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I'm aware, I've been to The Pit quite a few times, it is a cool place to see a game. They've probably updated it since I was last there. Seen men's and women's NCAA games there. Alana Beard was one of the women I saw play at The Pit against New Mexico, no less. The year escapes me, 2004 maybe?
BuffLuke80
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Bro, it's not even close in that regard.
Probably slid behind NM United in recent years, but it's like a 1A and 1B thing depending on who is winning.
ahoelsken
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They'll be fine long term I think. Let's see what happens.
Nice to see Maryland replace Willard with job hopper Buzz Williams. If I'm Aggie, I'd try and double Grant McCasland's salary and see if that will get him to leave Texas Tech.
Current talk that Aggie is gonna make a hard run at Beard.
Would love to be a fly on the wall for the self-righteous circle jerk where Aggie higher-ups convince themselves that he's actually a good guy.
Kind of old news now but Beard decided to stay at Ole Miss a couple days ago
Aggies going with the Samford coach:
Sources: Texas A&M to hire Samford's McMillan
Samford's Bucky McMillan is set to take over for Buzz Williams as Texas A&M's men's basketball coach, with the two sides finalizing a five-year deal, sources told ESPN.
Huss to Creighton as HC-in-waiting, sources say
High Point's Alan Huss is stepping down and will rejoin Greg McDermott's staff at Creighton, where he will be named head coach-in-waiting, sources told ESPN.
Just took High Point to their first tournament appearance and won Big South Coach of the Year in both of his years there.