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I wouldn't call that team chemistry. It's the offseason. NIL will absolutely lead to some players transferring to other schools in search of a bigger pay day.
It's not the least bit problematic to me, Tony. They are college students who now have the same rights that all the other college students have. I'm glad they're getting a great "deal." They work hard to entertain us, and to bring respect and money to their universities, and they deserve it. If it results in some of them bringing respect and money to more than one university, that's cool too. It's nice to see the young men and women who make high-level college sports possible finally get a small slice of the pie - and yes, even $1 million is a small slice relative to the size of the pie.
So they're no longer playing for Marquette or any University, they are playing for themselves. As an alum I root for my school and I just don't see any upside for Marquette in all of this. I may be wrong but my gut is telling me otherwise; unless there is someone out there to offer players 800k to play for Marquette and then are they really playing for Marquette.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Seems like he’s wong gone.
So, do we expect to hear about JLew by the end of this weekend?
Yes they would really be playing for Marquette.There might not be an upside for Marquette. NIL is still good for the sport and more importantly it was the right and ethical thing to do
You're really on a roll with this stuff. Keep losing sleep about things that haven't happened and that might not happen, OK? It's good for the heart.
...and the administration will do to basketball what they did to football in 1960 because it was just too expensive to field a competitive team.
Obviously that is the worst case scenario. Third or fourth class citizen is more likely. And you are right about no NC aspirations. MU needs to be a player in NIL or many of us will no longer have a true rooting interest in CBB tens years down the road.Come on MU!
If he's not in the portal by Monday, it's either NBA or Marquette. FWIW he just posted a new Uncle Buck's ad on his Insta.
...and the administration will do to basketball what they did to football in 1960 because it was just too expensive to field a competitive team at the high D1 level.
ethical? You had me until you lost me
You think artificially limiting individuals income from hundreds of thousands to zero is ethical? Sounds like socialism to me
Approximately 320ish teams would fold before Marquette did. Are you predicting the end of college basketball?
muwarrior69In the past week alone, you have 23 posts on this just this thread, yet you state that Marquette basketball is the last thing you would lose sleep over.
OK, hyperbole on my part; but I still believe that it would take a miracle or a lot of cash for Marquette to have a chance at winning a NC and I don't see the administration spending as much money on Basketball as they do now if we are not competitive to compete to win a NC. It is the main reason I watch and root for the team is that we always had a shot even under Crean and Buzz. Shaka may be great coach, but if he can't keep players because there "greener pastures" for the players elsewhere it will be difficult to put a competitive team on the floor. Maybe there are sponsors out there, just have to wait and see. No doubt NIL is good for the athletes, but that does not necessarily translate to being good for Marquette basketball.