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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?

You won't have much company in your boat implying that it has to be one or the other for a D1 program with the resources UB has to offer. Demanding excellence in both doesn't seem an unreasonbable requirement for a D1 AD, and many many schools are doing it every year.

Massey has a ranking system too, they're a little bit higher than NET but still in low 200's. Yesterday's game dropped UB out of the 100's. https://masseyratings.com/cbw2024/979

Agree once again. One other mention that as we were watching the game they were being out hustled really the whole game which should not happen after the last two games and being at home.

First the NCAA would not be providing anything to the athletes, it would be the individual schools. Do you count the value of the education and fees as income against "minimum wage" payments. That would require taxes to be paid. Where does an 18 year old get the money to pay taxes on the value of their education? Think about a kid at Duke. Where do they get the money to pay taxes on over $60,000.00? As for unionizing, only 14 FBS schools are subject to the National Labor Relations Act. The rest are public employers and only subject to their individual state laws on employer-employee definitions and unionization. Have you also taken into account all of the extra expenses that go along with students being employees? For example New York State employees vest for a pension after five years of employment. Do the athletes qualify for a pension and lifetime health insurance like of New York employees? How much will it cost schools to cover all of their athletes for workers' compensation benefits? This would not be limited to football and basketball teams. It would have to apply to all teams. Furthermore, everything that wants people give these benefits to Division I athletes, the same relationship between schools and athletes apply at Division II and Division III schools as well, as it relates to employer-employee relationship.

That is not actually fair considering they did great St. Bonaventure,Niagara and Canisius. The only lopsided loss was to Stony Brook which is very good. A fair criticism would be the lack of cohesive half court execution or prolonged scoring droughts or lapses of defensive communication or intensity. All of which are fixable with the understanding the team is relying on crucial contributions from a freshman Lewis-Williams starting and two freshmen Davis and Lopez coming off the bench. Once they really get comfortable balancing school and basketball this team will be different. Until then there will be a learning curve highs and lows

Per on3 A big Bosco kid, nice get

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.

Not if you believe in education first. I will take 0-12 and 0-30 turning out people with real degrees.