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1 hour ago, DooleyBull06 said:

I saw a headline today that the NCAA might revenue share with athletes. Wonder how that would work and if that would “level the playing field”. Doubt it. I’ve said it and I agree with others, once funders realize they aren’t getting bang for their buck they will make deals multi year contracts. 

Can’t do that unless they’re employees. And once that happens the anti non-compete laws kick in. Are you withholding payment until the end of term? Good luck. 
That said, this is stupid. 

53 minutes ago, everlast2504 said:

I mentioned this as well.

There is nothing about any of us from stuffing an envelope full of cash and giving to to a player, for pretty much any reason.

In that instance there is less control of what happens next as they can also just walk away

47 minutes ago, UBinMD said:

This one is a bit odd, but maybe there is a new punter in town that is kicking lights out or something. Are punters getting big NIL money? Lembo is a ST guy, so would be interesting to know his thoughts on this loss.

Wasn’t he Canadian as well? As it stands currently international players can’t get NIL money. So a little weird. 

Also our punter. 

On the last day to enter the portal, we lose a big piece. 

2 minutes ago, Tee4three said:

Any idea on when merch will be available? And what they mean by merch

Merch is on the website. Looks like it’s only available based on what subscription you purchase. I’m sure there will be more later on. 

Coach Lembo has been forthright that at our level it’s mostly about roster retention. Lose a guy to a big program? It’ll happen. This helps prevent losing a good player to Toledo or Akron. 

6 hours ago, trueblue32 said:

I’m not down on the collective, I’m down on the decision makers running the athletic department. This is just another avenue for Alnutt and co. to light UB supporters money on fire. Last year I paid $275 per season ticket per home win and I’m supposed to be fired up about a monthly subscription to increase that?

If the collective opens an avenue to support for the next coach that comes in I’d sign up. The 13 scholarships are filled and none of them had other D1 scholarship offers, much less NIL offers. Donating money this year (for MBB) is going towards a bidding war that no other D1 schools are participating in

My point was you have no idea if any of the current MBB signed guys are getting a nickel. Maybe AJ Boldin is? Maybe a Chellia is? Maybe Red Murdock is? Don’t make assumptions without getting good info (which I obviously don’t have either). 

14 hours ago, trueblue32 said:

Letting Halcovage piss away the first year of money in an attempt to save his sinking ship is the worst thing that could happen for continued NIL support imo

Message boards are great. This guys reality is based on complete speculation he has zero idea about. The collective is less than 24 hrs old and yet he’s down on it big time. 

Show me where they hurt you 

Especially with hopefully a functioning collective in place. 

Any word how this went?

An interesting article. East Tennessee State AD says their hoops team needs $200k annually. 

https://richmond.com/sports/college/schools/university-richmond/university-of-richmond-atlantic-10-conference/article_b4fcd2f0-00a3-11ef-8d09-9ba837b436cf.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share

22 minutes ago, trueblue32 said:

Honestly don't think they'll be able to. I can't imagine any coach with experience coming and taking a lower title than Tibbs and Presutti who Halcovage named Associate Head Coaches for no reason. They painted themselves into a corner

If not an experienced former HC, maybe someone younger with some recruiting chops ala Hunter Jenkins but without the whole fraud stuff. 

I believe the stud point guard who committed to us was a Cage guy as well. 

30 minutes ago, Chet said:

It’s going to dire.

Honestly take your negativity elsewhere. It’s the offseason. We’ll have plenty of time to cuss and throw fits. This is GH’s team now. We can be realistic but still optimistic until it’s time to roll the ball out. 

Previous staff didn’t even trust him on a swing pass. Amazing. 

5 hours ago, Blue03 said:

All she had to do was mention Buffalo once during her interview, and that alone could have ramped up recruiting for future years

She has said multiple times that Syracuse is her “hometown team”. Whatever. 

Nah. As far as I’ve heard she doesn’t mention Buffalo at all…ever. Best of luck to her, but she’s not #ForeverABull 

32 minutes ago, UBinMD said:

This could be a fun team to watch!

To be fair, if this were GH3 you all would be roasting him for bringing in someone with .6 pts per game last year, only scoring in 1 game. Hopefully she has more upside. 

Toledo WBB hired the Monmouth coach who beat us in the WNIT

6 minutes ago, MuchMany said:

Wow. I get it, but it's going to be a challenge to get Bama consistently to the level that Cal had Kentucky. The resources, facilities, NBA connections, etc are just different.

Aside from Brandon Miller, Oats hasn't really sniffed the best talent in the country yet. Maybe this Final Four run will change that, but it's the next step needed to consistently challenge the blue bloods. Let's see if his recruiting cranks up now with his new contract and success.

Since NIL Oats has been much better than Kentucky every year. There comes a point of diminishing returns with money. Oats will be fine. 

34 minutes ago, Big 4 Hoops Blogger said:

Those are the two big questions right now. I think Oats could become one of the best coaches of this generation if he goes to Kentucky. Knowing how much he cares about winning, it's hard for me to see him turning down that type of opportunity.

What can Kentucky offer that Alabama can’t? Seriously. I know Kentucky is the “blue blood”, but Bama has just as many dollars to offer. Oats just went toe to toe with the likely back to back champion in the Final Four. Clearly he can do it at Bama too. 

According to the Twitter machine BH raised over $300k NIL dollars a few weeks ago.