Itsux2beaewe
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can’t help it. Roast away…..YES it’s more rooting against Ike.
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I find myself rooting against The Zags
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Same. My son and I were cheering for the Broncos last night. I normally don't care about transfers much. But Ike's transfer was shady. He put himself above the team - which is his prerogative, especially with the money he had at risk - but that makes him fair game for criticism. Business is business. I know he was injured, but I have informed suspicions that he could have returned and helped his team last year if he wanted to.
That said, we have enough to say grace over to resurrect our program to spend too much time on an ex-Cowboy.
That said, we have enough to say grace over to resurrect our program to spend too much time on an ex-Cowboy.
LanderPoke
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He's a loser. Forget him
OrediggerPoke
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WYO1016 said:
He did make sure to visit the boys and girls club a few days before transferring…
Was that out of the goodness of his heart or merely to fulfill an NIL contract at Wyoming and capture a bag of cash from Wyoming before going to get a bag of cash from Gonzaga? We can only speculate.
OrediggerPoke said:
In the era of NIL and the porthole, my starting assumption is that it is tied to money and contractual responsibilities. And I hate that I have become so jaded and suspicious so quickly. College athletics are now a business and the players and coaches are simply contractors. It used to be different, but those days are gone. I don't begrudge kids getting actual value for the use of their name, image or likeness, but we all know that NIL is just a laundering vehicle for unrestricted booster funds to buy players.
If we had NIL BITD, which of the following players would have transferred:
- Leckner
- Dembo
- Slater
- Q Higgins
- Bailey
- Udezue
- Etc.
Probably 75% or more. We would probably never landed Quientonia Higgins. He was a McDonald's All-American.
So I don't really harbor any ill will toward Ike. How stupid would a guy have to be to forgo real money?
- Leckner
- Dembo
- Slater
- Q Higgins
- Bailey
- Udezue
- Etc.
Probably 75% or more. We would probably never landed Quientonia Higgins. He was a McDonald's All-American.
So I don't really harbor any ill will toward Ike. How stupid would a guy have to be to forgo real money?
OrediggerPoke
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ZapPoke said:
That’s the problem you can’t. Courts have ruled the NCAA simply eliminating either would be a Sherman Antitrust Act violation.
The real problem is that we are running minor league professional sporting leagues through our universities. It’s a bizarre set up if you really think about it. It has been like that for a long time, but NIL is really laying bare this systems flaws.
The spread in athletic budgets amongst universities and their donors is massive. As such, it makes for a set-up where large programs can easily poach talent from teams with less resources relatively easily. If our minor league systems were run by a private organization, it would be easy to institute a salary cap system or, at the very least, require certain financial obligations to be met in order to compete in the league. This would offer much more parity if that is the goal.
The spread in athletic budgets amongst universities and their donors is massive. As such, it makes for a set-up where large programs can easily poach talent from teams with less resources relatively easily. If our minor league systems were run by a private organization, it would be easy to institute a salary cap system or, at the very least, require certain financial obligations to be met in order to compete in the league. This would offer much more parity if that is the goal.
Itsux2beaewe
Well-known member
Zags go down in the WCC tourney. Yippee
LanderPoke
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Fuck the Zags and Ikestymeman said:
