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Julius Erving just turned 74. His last two choices for college were UB and UMass. He went to UMass because they hired his high school coach as an assistant. This per former UB man's and women's basketball coach and former AD, Ed Muto. Sprry for the triple post. It did not look like the first attempt was posted.

Julius Erving just turned 74. His last two choices for college were UB and UMass. He went to UMass because they hired his high school coach as an assistant. This per former UB man's and women's basketball coach and former AD, Ed Muto.

Julius Erving just turned 74. His last two choices for college were UB and UMass. He went to UMass because they hired his high school coach as an assistant. This per former UB man's and women's basketball coach and former AD, Ed Muto.

How?

Until today.

Separate thread: The Athletics' Nicole Auerbach beat Thamel by three minutes.

The MAC has its fair share of football only schools. It does not work. Neither does football independence for schools other than Notre Dame and possibly Army and Navy. At some point UConn will have to bite the bullet and join.

UMass is back, for all sports, per The Athletic. How long for UConn?

Magic number to go Cleveland is one. Although looking at the standings it would appear to be two, but UB beat Miami and swept Ohio. So a UB win or a loss by either Miami or Ohio sends UB to Cleveland.

Calhoun told Reggie that night that he was never coming back to UB to play. UNC came as part of three game deal. Their top guard was Ed Cota, whose high school coach was on staff at UB, Roc Eisenberg.

Dan Dakich.

Ditto the UConn game (from the reports I heard) the night before the Ball State MAC Championship Game in Detroit.

Football and basketball fly charters already.

It was Newton's father.

Contact UB Athletic Compliance and they will guide you as to what has to be done to start a NIL collective, then call a lawyer. By the way the last time I was in Buffalo, I spoke with people in the Athletic Department about a way to start an NIL fundraiser. But because of the change that would occur to do what I had suggested, they would have to find another way to fill the whole in their budget caused by the loss of income. Actually give aways do bring extra people to games. In the dark days of the Horace Clarke era for the Yankees, Bat Day would sellout every year, 67,000+. The rest of season 20,000 was a good crowd, Also as someone posted someplace here, on Tuesday a large percentage of the students left after the winner of the Drake tickets was announced. So people went to the game for a giveaway. Sometimes people will go to a game for the halftime show, i.e. Tony Hawk at a football game years ago.

But would those people have gone to the game if there was no beer? There is a difference between enjoying something that is offered for sale and only going because it is available. As I said if you need to be able to have a beer at a game to go to a game you may have a problem.

I understand the need for NIL. The people in power in Athletics know this as well. The question is who is going to set it up. TheCommish types a game, but has done nothing to raise any NIL money, other than saving UB needs 440 people to put up $10,000.00 each on average and asking me for $150.00. My position was against selling beers because, it is not going to bring one extra person to a game and because you cannot sell any to students, except some seniors and graduate students (ah for the good old days and 18 year old drinking laws, DAMM MADD). I have not seen UB's numbers on beer sales, but for the initial year the money raised at Ohio University was negligible. I also do not know if the Athletic Department gets any of the money from the sale of beer on campus. All alcohol sales on campus are controlled FSA d/b/a Three Pillars Catering. As for your position on beer, you were in favor of it until after the Baylor game on a Friday night. You then came out against it because of the amount of issues in the stands that night. Not sure when or why you switched back. Even with NIL money, facilities can make a difference where a student goes. Between the fieldhouse and new training facility, with NIL being equla it will give UB an advantage.

The return of Tony Hawk.

Hence triskaidekaphobia.

In a video yesterday she was throwing brick according to the coach. You could hear the shots clanging off the rim. She seemed to be moving ok in the background.

That is not my primary role. My primary role is working to be able to do what I want to do in my life. Part of that is donating to different parts of UB. I have had a plan since I began my work life over 40 years ago on how to have the money to donate to UB, among other schools. I have booster restrictions on me at Stony Brook, Oakland and BC (that one is real stupid, because I became a booster there when buying a parking spot for a UB football game there). I also donate to multiple other educational institutions and charities. If I was all about generating money for UB, then all of my other donations would be going to UB. This appears to be a one team collective. The "G" on GDLC does not stand for Great, it stands for Grayed. Their website says that they are unaffiliated with the school. Do you want individualized collectives by team or one for the department as a whole? So other than rant about my donations and what I support and the legacy that I want to leave at UB, which will become even larger, with an announcement near the end of the academic year, what have you done to set up a NIL program? Have you done anything to form a 501(c)(3)? Have you gotten a commitment for any money besides the $150.00 that I said I would give, if able to without violating NCAA restrictions? Have you pledged a dime of your money that will be going into a NIL group? Also they way you talk you make it see like NIL money will bring success and winning. Texas A&M football may disagree with that theory. To paraphrase McCartney and Lennon: Say you don't need no championship rings And I'll be satisfied Tell me that you want the kind of things That money just can't buy I don't care too much for money Money can't buy me wins

So you want to shut down entire departments, cause people to lose jobs and force students to transfer?

What vanity projects are there? Has athletics built something that was not needed? Naming rights can go on buildings, suites, rooms or lockers. The beauty of naming rights is that a name goes on somthing that is already there or being built, for very little money. That allows the bulk of the money to be used for other things that are needed.

Responses in bold.

NIL "donations" are not donations. They are payments for which an athlete is supposed to do something. If they do something for you are they could be your employee? Do you have the proper insurance if they get hurt? Donations to name things after yourself or another leaves a legacy for the future. NIL is fleeting at best. That money is to keep the number of actual employees of the school lower. It saves the school millions of dollars by not having to provide health insurance and retirement benefits. UB is not alone in moving to more adjunct professors than full time employee professors. You will get an apology as soon as you make a donation to athletics or a payment into a NIL fund. Until then I stand by my statements.