Colton Crowdis committed.

[Small Orange Soda]

You're missing the point.  It's not about the money not being available.  It's about throwing your entire compensation structure out of whack by hypothetically paying a back-up big who might play 8 - 14 MPG as much or more than Royce or Adrien are making.

I think people are clinging to the Sheek situation and trying to apply it everywhere. Like you said, SLU panicked, threw a huge bag at him along with a starting spot and a chance to go home.

Marquette isn't a poverty program and it's not a charity either. Royce would've been a hot commodity in the portal. He's getting paid. Bigs may be a commodity, but all possible backups aren't screwing up the pay structure.

I'm not sure why it's so hard to just acknowledge Shaka thinks Caedin is a lot better than those of us on this board do, and that played into his decision. His minutes diminished down the stretch the year before too.

[Pakuni]

You cannot know this for a fact.  You can and are presuming it.

You're right. I cannot know for an absolute fact. I think given the facts we know, the circumstantial evidence overwhelmingly says I'm right. You're free to be the "well actually" guy here.

I mean, when I wake up in the morning and the ground outside is soaking wet, I can't say for an absolute fact that it rained overnight. Maybe one of those forest-firefighting planes dumped a load over my block. But I'd feel pretty safe going with rain as the explanation.

[Pakuni]

Since it is an argument you enjoy using, which coach has said they're relying on 10ish minutes a game from Caedin?

Ignoring that I presented that as a hypothetical (notice the first word of my sentence?) ...
They relied on Caedin for 10ish minutes a game down the stretch last year. Given that the only difference among the post options between last season and this upcoming season is swapping Gold for Fru, it stands to reason that relying on Caedin for 10ish minutes a game remains a possibility.

But yes, you are correct, no coach has outlined exactly how many minutes Caedin will play next year. You got me there.

[Pakuni]

It's crazy if people think Fru is making the same money Ethan is.  Or Caedin is making more than Nigel.

These are things no one here has ever written.

[wadesworld]

Maybe because back end players like Josh Clark are rolling around in $135,000 BMW X5 M competition SUVs with a license plate that says "0.3 GPA".

Maybe that has something to do with it?

I don't know what cars players are rolling around in, or what their license plates read.  But I think I remember hearing all the players got BMWs.  I'm guessing that's not coming out of their pocket from their NIL/rev share money that MU is offering them.

[MU82]

These are things no one here has ever written.

Pretty sure wades was being hyperbolic and referring to the fact that, in the past, some Scoopers claimed that Shaka's pay scale was based on seniority - hence Hamilton (a redshirt junior to be) making more than James (a sophomore to be).

In other words, there has been a ton of misinformation here about who gets paid what.

[wadesworld]

You're right. I cannot know for an absolute fact. I think given the facts we know, the circumstantial evidence overwhelmingly says I'm right. You're free to be the "well actually" guy here.

I mean, when I wake up in the morning and the ground outside is soaking wet, I can't say for an absolute fact that it rained overnight. Maybe one of those forest-firefighting planes dumped a load over my block. But I'd feel pretty safe going with rain as the explanation.

It's highs of 80s consistently right now where I live.  It hasn't rained the last few nights, but the ground is still wet when I wake up.  Plenty of dew in the morning which make the ground very wet without rain.