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by OrediggerPoke
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:01 pm
Forum: Cowboy and MWC Football
Topic: Pro Day
Replies: 6
Views: 363

Re: Pro Day

Interesting that the punter participated.
by OrediggerPoke
Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:22 pm
Forum: Cowboy and MWC Football
Topic: How to End NIL?
Replies: 36
Views: 1312

Re: How to End NIL?

I wonder if there are rules in pro sports? Would it be possible for nfl fans to pay a collective not associated with the team and the collective paid players? There are rules under the collective bargaining agreements. Which is why the establishment of employment status and labor unions might be on...
by OrediggerPoke
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:42 am
Forum: Wyoming Basketball, Wrestling, etc
Topic: Cowgirls in WNIT
Replies: 5
Views: 542

Re: Cowgirls in WNIT

I found the answer. The WNIT is the new CBI.

Women’s basketball now has the WBIT which is the new 2nd best tournament.

https://www.ncaa.com/championships/bask ... women/wbit
by OrediggerPoke
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:50 pm
Forum: Wyoming Basketball, Wrestling, etc
Topic: Cowgirls in WNIT
Replies: 5
Views: 542

Cowgirls in WNIT

Congrats to the team on the invite and good luck!

But how does a 16-14 team who collapsed at the end of the season get an invite? This is perplexing.
by OrediggerPoke
Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:13 am
Forum: Cowboy and MWC Football
Topic: How to End NIL?
Replies: 36
Views: 1312

Re: How to End NIL?

Nil does need to end. I could see the title IX argument working. Odd they’ve used title IX for all sorts of things except when a dude is swimming on the girls team. on cue! a group of like women athletes suing for title IX violations. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/15/sport/ncaa-title-ix-violations-tr...
by OrediggerPoke
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:28 am
Forum: Cowboy and MWC Football
Topic: How to End NIL?
Replies: 36
Views: 1312

Re: How to End NIL?

It is a title ix issue if the university is working closely with the collective. Define working closely with and how they are preferentially favoring men other than marketplace value. Men in non-revenue sports have the same value as women. It's free market. It might destroy but it's free market. Th...
by OrediggerPoke
Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:36 am
Forum: Cowboy and MWC Football
Topic: How to End NIL?
Replies: 36
Views: 1312

Re: How to End NIL?

The players won’t give up anything. But what they are doing is actually moving the needle in the direction of less opportunities for student athletes in future years because schools will begin dropping athletics. While I’m all for the free market, Title IX decisions have been pretty clear that equa...
by OrediggerPoke
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:13 am
Forum: Cowboy and MWC Football
Topic: How to End NIL?
Replies: 36
Views: 1312

Re: How to End NIL?

I don’t think any one is arguing that we should prevent businesses from actually using athletes’ likeness for legitimate business marketing purposes. Collectives have nothing to do with marketing. They are simply a vehicle for boosters to funnel money to college athletes wholly unrelated to actual ...
by OrediggerPoke
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:06 am
Forum: Wyoming Basketball, Wrestling, etc
Topic: NIL
Replies: 11
Views: 445

Re: NIL

I'm guessing most of you are aware of One Wyo. https://1wyo.org/ The director was interviewed on Ryan Thorburg's Pokescast just a few days ago. Athletes must donate time to charity to receive the NIL funds. Seems reasonable to me. If we want to be competitive, then NIL is going to be a big part of ...
by OrediggerPoke
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:54 pm
Forum: Cowboy and MWC Football
Topic: How to End NIL?
Replies: 36
Views: 1312

Re: How to End NIL?

Nil does need to end. I could see the title IX argument working. Odd they’ve used title IX for all sorts of things except when a dude is swimming on the girls team. Yeah I agree. Why shouldn't athletes make money off their name and image? They have been getting screwed for decades with schools and ...
by OrediggerPoke
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:05 pm
Forum: Wyoming Basketball, Wrestling, etc
Topic: NIL
Replies: 11
Views: 445

Re: NIL

On a somewhat related note - kudos to the Wyoming donors for coming together and raising real money for the families of the swimmers. Hopefully there won’t be a need for a similar fund drive in the future, but causes to actually help people will continue to get my money.
by OrediggerPoke
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:02 pm
Forum: Wyoming Basketball, Wrestling, etc
Topic: NIL
Replies: 11
Views: 445

Re: NIL

No clue. I have literally seen nothing for it. Is it still active? Haven’t heard much about it either. That leads me to believe there isn’t much going on with it. I believe that they are actively working with a handful of high dollar donors. My belief is mostly to make ‘charitable’ gifts to real ch...
by OrediggerPoke
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: Wyoming Basketball, Wrestling, etc
Topic: NIL
Replies: 11
Views: 445

Re: NIL

My NIL donation will remain at $0. I could care less to pay 18-22 year olds so they can have nice cars. I’d rather move to D2.

But there are some interesting lawsuits coming down the pike. I hope they are successful.
by OrediggerPoke
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: Wyoming Basketball, Wrestling, etc
Topic: Trending in the Wrong Direction
Replies: 18
Views: 739

Re: Trending in the Wrong Direction

You could be on to something. Is Linder hoping to get fired and cash in on the large contract buyout? He can then go wherever he wants and take pretty much any job he wants because of the money he will inevitably receive from Wyoming. I’d have to think he would have too much pride but his comments ...
by OrediggerPoke
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:48 am
Forum: Wyoming Basketball, Wrestling, etc
Topic: Trending in the Wrong Direction
Replies: 18
Views: 739

Re: Trending in the Wrong Direction

Because last year was such a trainwreck, I think I felt somewhat relieved that this year's team wasn't as bad. But in reality, it was still a pretty awful result. Another losing season and not really competitive with the better teams in the conference. As others have posted, we will basically start...
by OrediggerPoke
Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: Wyoming Basketball, Wrestling, etc
Topic: Big 12 Championships
Replies: 6
Views: 430

Re: Big 12 Championships

Volk gets the 5 seed! Faces Harvard in 1st round. In second round could face 12 seed Noto of Lock Haven who should have been more like a 6 seed. 125 is the most open bracket I’ve ever seen in college wrestling. 20 different guys could win it. Some really dumb seeding this year at the NCAAs. Noto is...
by OrediggerPoke
Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:29 am
Forum: Wyoming Basketball, Wrestling, etc
Topic: Trending in the Wrong Direction
Replies: 18
Views: 739

Re: Trending in the Wrong Direction

I agree with a lot of what you say. I do disagree on volleyball. That program is on this rise. I’m skeptical whether we will be able to keep Coach Prigge for long. We just lost our women’s soccer coach to St Louis. Huge hit to a surprising program she built. In wrestling, I hope Volk wins it this ye...
by OrediggerPoke
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:28 am
Forum: Wyoming Basketball, Wrestling, etc
Topic: Big 12 Championships
Replies: 6
Views: 430

Re: Big 12 Championships

Volk gets the 5 seed! Faces Harvard in 1st round. In second round could face 12 seed Noto of Lock Haven who should have been more like a 6 seed. 125 is the most open bracket I’ve ever seen in college wrestling. 20 different guys could win it.
by OrediggerPoke
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:04 pm
Forum: Wyoming Basketball, Wrestling, etc
Topic: Fresno - twice in a row
Replies: 31
Views: 1520

Re: Fresno - twice in a row

Manyawu got a total of 8 minutes. He can’t show up if he doesn’t play. That’s definitely on Linder! I’m thinking he is in the portal as soon as it opens.
by OrediggerPoke
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:35 pm
Forum: Wyoming Basketball, Wrestling, etc
Topic: Fresno St @ MWC tourney
Replies: 55
Views: 1275

Re: Fresno St @ MWC tourney

stymeman wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:41 pm Xoveir Douchsell have fun in LV for free for 1 nite...Aggies with show you guys why u suck so much tomorrow
I’ve never heard anything but praises from folks who know DuSell personally. A common theme I heard with him was ‘selfless.’Congrats to him, hopes he pulls a shocker and knocks off USU!