This is unfortunately going to be the case yearly with Linder. Players are likely to move on once they’ve grown tired with him. None of these transfers will be commanding huge NIL.

Novak wins. Unfortunately faces Brooks in the next round.

I wonder what Napoleon Bonaparte’s legacy would have been had the transfer portal existed during the French Revolution?

I’ve been pretty clear in my belief that the future of the program appears pretty hopeless under the current coach.

That said - we aren’t going to fire Linder because Burman gave him an extension until 2027 2 years ago and the buyout is cost prohibitive at this point.

Apparently Foster has another year now!?!? Must be an additional medical redshirt. The recent portal entry could be a numbers game if Foster and Wenzel were to return. If he returns he could go straight from college basketball to Social Security. I hope he does return. A player to root for in what ...

Caden Powell - gone


Seems that 2 seasons is the limit for most players under Linder.

Very disappointing. He has a long way and unlikely way back to AA.

Kid transfers from Alabama to Iowa. Collects $100,000 NIL money. Transfers back to Alabama before spring ball starts. https://saturdayblitz.com/posts/kadyn-proctor-situation-proves-that-the-nil-system-is-currently-broken-01hsez6najyw This is great! Stuff like this will help put an end to the madnes...

Apparently Foster has another year now!?!? Must be an additional medical redshirt.

The recent portal entry could be a numbers game if Foster and Wenzel were to return.

Interesting that the punter participated.

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...

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.