Oso planning to go pro
I have a problem with giving a wealthy athlete a scholarship if they can pay their own way.
Let the bidding wars begin. Can an athlete higher a NIL agent to see what school offers the best deal? Can a deal be made with the understanding the player will have a place at said school before being put on the portal? I wouldn't be surprised if Kam, Stevie or even David have a decent sophomore season put their names in the portal. Rather sit on the Duke, UNC, Kansas or UCLA or wow Miami bench with a cushy NIL than playing for peanuts at Marquette.
MU, along with pretty much everyone else, won’t be able to compete against the Blue Bloods for top players just as it’s always been. Kam, Stevie, and David would need to have more than a “decent” sophomore season to even get a sniff from one of the programs you mentioned. Maybe if one of them wins conference player of the year, it’d be a different story. From an NIL perspective, MU should be in a pretty good spot relative to all non blue bloods. It would be devastating to the program to start losing guys like the three you mention to a program like Iowa for example.
Not quite as ridiculous as your previous take, but pretty ridiculous. As others have stated, plenty of "wealthy" athletes have gotten scholarships over the years.Look, we get it ... emotionally and mentally, you're trapped back in 1969. You long for the days when athletes were indentured servants and when only the coaches, ADs and other power brokers could make any money. And you wish there were a way to resurrect Al and Willie Wampum. I know the rules of 2022 are onerous for you, but you have to try to somehow soldier on, brave sir.
Ask Ulice Payne if he was an indentured servant. He has done quite well for himself.https://www.marquette.edu/alumni/awards-2010/recipient_Payne.php
I usually like to formulate opinions/decisions based upon single events that fit my mindset as well. My wife and I were watching a television show the other night and a man was convicted of a crime he didn't commit. In prison he fell into a religious group, and took advantage of the opportunity to further his education. He said that while the false imprisonment took 10 years from him that he would never get back, he also felt an odd appreciation because he felt if he wasn't in prison he likely was headed down a path that would have seen him dead. Based upon this story...false imprisonment is my stance on best practice for high risk young adults.
OK, I don't think Jim Chones felt like an indentured servant. He signed a pro contract for more money that I made in my entire working career.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
I have no problem with an athlete earning from NIL. I have a problem with giving a wealthy athlete a scholarship if they can pay their own way.
Since there's the remaining "will he or won't he" transfer portal discussion around Justin, the date to watch is May 1st. That's the deadline for players to enter the portal and be immediately eligible for next season. If we get to next Monday and Justin isn't in the portal, his options are down to going pro, returning to Marquette, or sitting out next season.
I found this quote interesting:"Given what a second-round pick can earn, compared to the NIL money Love could collect, it’s likely that he’ll be back at UNC."https://tarheeltribune.com/2022/04/07/with-nil-money-changing-equation-unc-should-have-roster-to-make-redemption-run-like-1982-and-2017/We have a 20-page thread where there is a commonly accepted wisdom that Justin should leave because the money he could earn even as a mid-2nd round pick is too much to pass up. Looking at the decisions by Love, Bacot, Oscar Tshiebwe to remain in college, the opposite seems to be turning out to be the case--the NIL money might be better than what a 2nd round pick might earn. It raises the question as to how far is MU from being able to retain Lewis based on similar NIL.
Do you think Jim Chones or Ulice Payne would have liked the opportunity to make money in college off their NIL? Because if the answer is yes, your point is moot. If your answer is no, you're lying to yourself.Hell, Chones had access to NIL he might have been able to finish the season instead of leaving early for the ABA.
weak, just condescending and weak.
This.Al woulda been able to secure NIL funding for his guys, too.Sorry if change scares some people here. It's hell that athletes actually want to have control over (and to profit from) their own names, images and likenesses the way almost everybody else in America can. "Just shaddup and entertain me ... and if you don't entertain me enough, I'll rip you on the interwebs!"
MU, along with pretty much everyone else, won’t be able to compete against the Blue Bloods for top players just as it’s always been.
So, eliminate lacrosse, golf and hockey as scholarship sports?
In the long run, while the NIL is good for some players, it is not good for college basketball.