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That's a completely different conversation than relating multimillion dollar athletes to the slave trade, but ok. I did no such thing, no idea what you're talking about. If you're referring to the board as a whole as "you," I'd suggest being a bit more precise with your language. There are a lot of people here, all with their own views. Free tuition is a hell of a head start compared to, you know, regular college students. Student athletes should be educated on and prepared for the fact that they are unlikely to be professional athletes. There's no reason that "the vast majority" of student athletes, disadvantaged or not, should be failing to utilize the opportunity their athletic talents have afforded them in the classroom.

I don't know what this is supposed to mean or the point you are trying to make, but I can guarantee you that 29% of D1 players do not make it to the majors. Nope, you have us confused with somewhere else. Perhaps The Buffalo News comments or local news Facebook comments? This is not true for UB student athletes at all. If you're comparing UB to colleges that do not give athletic scholarships that's comparing apples to avocados.

This thread is a mess. Comparing men doing something they love and competing to be the most well-compensated professionals in the history of the world to a slave auction is in the immortal words of Bob Uecker...juuuuust a bit outside. I'd watch ESPN if I wanted my sports stuffed with hysterical, misguided political themes. Maybe take a few plays off?

How do you feel about the NHL Combine, where 17 and 18 year olds across the world are sent to Buffalo to be similarly evaluated?

Hapless is a word that comes to mind. Maybe if we played more D3/NAIA school, something more our level? How bizarre a state flagship U can't field a competitive team in the big 3 sports.

Because some people want to build things and know everything can change year to year. Maybe they aren’t all doom and gloomers like some of y’all.

Per on3 A big Bosco kid, nice get

When will Alnutt do his job and facilitate the establishment of a collective. Its abundantly clear the other universities ADs in the conference are "encouraging" donors, alumni and sponsors to pool resources to be competitive for H.S. and talent from the portal. I get you still have to coach players up but to be competitive against other Mid Majors, P6 schools and more importantly conference rivals we need the talent which having a solid NIL and collective infrastructure in place will help. The flip side is stay complacent watch as teams beat the breaks off our teams, complain about the talent gap and when players develop then transfer to schools that offer the academics and the compensation. https://www.si.com/fannation/name-image-likeness/news/nil-collectives-generate-mid-major-hoops-success-noah9 https://www.on3.com/nil/collectives/team-unfurl-285/ https://www.on3.com/nil/collectives/feed-the-bird-foundation-304/ https://www.on3.com/nil/collectives/the-ziggy-collective-305/ https://www.on3.com/nil/collectives/1804-sport-collective-210/ https://www.on3.com/nil/collectives/friends-of-rocky-111/

South Dakota St. could easily be FBS and probably have played in Bowl games the past several years. Talented team with excellent skill players. Just like JMU could have over the years and several other quality FCS teams.

The MLB combine?

Close game between SDSU and UAlbany. Reminiscent of yesterday's NFL game where Malcolm Koonce had himself a game.

This doesn't really answer my question.

Did you really just compare the NFL Combine to slavery?