Wrook Brown Enters Portal

[OrediggerPoke]

Says he loves ‘Wyoming football’ but the decision is purely to be closer to family after graduating this spring. Says he doesn’t have a landing spot closer to home identified yet. Sounds like a family illness could be involved as well based on statement from Sawvel.

Bummer as it is a big loss but best of luck to him and his family.

 

[LanderPoke]

Dang. He was a great player for us

 

[Steamboat]

This sucks

 

[doreno5]

Made some big plays for Pokes. Sorry to see him leave.

 

[Itsux2beaewe]

Liked this kid a lot.

 

[stymeman]

Stepping Stone U forever what we are and always will be, unfortunately

 

[Itsux2beaewe]

So…….I see where Wrook visited Virginia. Is that a 1/8 of a mile closer to his home?

 

[TheRealUW]

So…….I see where Wrook visited Virginia. Is that a 1/8 of a mile closer to his home?

I thought he had signed with the University of Houston.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

I thought he had signed with the University of Houston.

He did.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

So…….I see where Wrook visited Virginia. Is that a 1/8 of a mile closer to his home?

He also visited Arizona before signing with Houston. Making yourself in demand is probably wise for NIL dollars.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

I thought he had signed with the University of Houston.

https://uhcougars.com/sports/football/roster/wrook-brown/9486

 

[doreno5]

He did what we need to get used to. Play some for Wyoming to get better before entering the portal.

 

[TheRealUW]

He did what we need to get used to. Play some for Wyoming to get better before entering the portal.

There should be a transfer fee that the new university pays UW for developing the player.

Ideally, it would be a percentage of whatever the player’s NIL compensation is at the new schools. The more years of eligibility left, the higher the percentage.

This system has two big advantages:

1) It makes the school the player is transferring out of whole via financial compensation. This allows smaller schools like UW more revenue to share with players who do stay and any new players coming in.

2) It would help stabilize NIL deals to a more reasonable level as schools would be footing a bill directly tied to how much NIL funds the player is getting. The more you want to pay the player, the more you have to pay UW.

 

[doreno5]

"There should be a transfer fee that the new university pays UW for developing the player."

I love the concept but there is zero chance of something that logical ever happening.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

There should be a transfer fee that the new university pays UW for developing the player.

Ideally, it would be a percentage of whatever the player’s NIL compensation is at the new schools. The more years of eligibility left, the higher the percentage.

This system has two big advantages:

1) It makes the school the player is transferring out of whole via financial compensation. This allows smaller schools like UW more revenue to share with players who do stay and any new players coming in.

2) It would help stabilize NIL deals to a more reasonable level as schools would be footing a bill directly tied to how much NIL funds the player is getting. The more you want to pay the player, the more you have to pay UW.

Such a required ‘transfer fee’ would almost undoubtedly violate anti-trust law in my opinion. To meet an exception, most likely either Congress would have to act or the players would have to becomes employees and be allowed to unionize and collectively bargain (which is a worse result for ‘amateur’ sports).

 

[OrediggerPoke]

"There should be a transfer fee that the new university pays UW for developing the player."

I love the concept but there is zero chance of something that logical ever happening.

Agreed because it is probably unlawful under current law.

 

[TheRealUW]

Such a required ‘transfer fee’ would almost undoubtedly violate anti-trust law in my opinion. To meet an exception, most likely either Congress would have to act or the players would have to becomes employees and be allowed to unionize and collectively bargain (which is a worse result for ‘amateur’ sports).

Why would the players being employees and having the ability to collectively bargain be a bad thing for college sports?

College athletics are no longer amateur sports. We shouldn’t treat them as such.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

Why would the players being employees and having the ability to collectively bargain be a bad thing for college sports?

College athletics are no longer amateur sports. We shouldn’t treat them as such.

Not aligned with the academic mission and Cost! Go to an employment model and you can guarantee we will be bowing out in most (if not all) sports. Payroll taxes, health insurance, workers comp, unemployment, other benefits, etc… Scholarships are then classified as taxabale income (bad for the athlete).

Let’s do it. Just get rid of the current model and you can guarantee that at most we (along with most schools) will have football/basketball/volleyball and nothing else.

 

[McPeachy]

Why would the players being employees and having the ability to collectively bargain be a bad thing for college sports?

College athletics are no longer amateur sports. We shouldn’t treat them as such.

So, in that same sense, fans can now ridicule the hell out of athletes as they are now paid professionals. Everything is fair game now?

 

[doreno5]

I agree that the athletes should not treated as employees, they are more like independent contractors. The main difference being that other teams can poach players and the players are basically free to break their contacts without recourse. It is truly FUBAR.