Does Bucky NOT have a Basketball NIL?

[Heisenberg]

https://x.com/Karley_Marotta/status/1783262813458215103

Greg Gard talks about NIL and the transfer portal as well as Chucky and AJ leaving.

"If anybody in your right mind told any of you guys that you could go triple your income by doing a different job, you would do it in a heartbeat."

[The Sultan]

This topic is currently being discussed in the 2024 Transfer Portal thread.

[Uncle Rico]

Classic

[wadesworld]

Superbar.

And triple a budget if 0 is 0. Good clickbait title though, you win!

[94Warrior]

They have plenty of $$$ for NIL.  It's a variation of the age-old excuse when they can't understand why a kid would leave, or not want to come to, their esteemed University of Wisconsin @ Madison.

1.  Bo/Gard cooled on the kid.
2.  He didn't have the grades to get in.
3.  He wanted to go to a school where he didn't have to go to class.
4.  And now, we don't have the NIL money to compete with other schools in the transfer portal.

Whatever makes them feel better!

Just think of the endless chatter you'd hear if they ever had 2 academic All-Americans on their team.  But, since it just happed at MU there is nary a whisper. 

[Stretchdeltsig]

Hard has always blamed others, the players or things for his lack of success. Now he's blaming the portal and nil. The guy has never blamed himself for his poor recruiting and lousy coaching. Sad.

[Heisenberg]

Greg Gard Opens Up on NIL, How the Badgers Can Be More Competitive in Transfer Portal

Wisconsin has lost a total of seven players to the transfer portal and has currently yet to make an addition.

https://247sports.com/college/wisconsin/article/greg-gard-wisconsin-badgers-basketball-opens-up-on-nil-how-uw-can-be-more-active-in-transfer-portal-230927052/

However, the issue isn't necessarily losing players. It's being unable to win recruiting battles in the open market and replace those bodies. NIL and pay-for-play have essentially become one and the same. Gone are the days of selling your program's winning culture, play style, academics, campus life, etc. Most top players are going to the highest bidder and UW has currently struck out with every serious target they've pursued.

[Uncle Rico]

Classic

[The Sultan]

College basketball is as doomed as Apple stock and ESPN.

[Its DJOver]

I hate uw-madison as much as the next guy, but when they comment that we have little brother syndrome, this is what they're talking about.

[The Sultan]

I hate uw-madison as much as the next guy, but when they comment that we have little brother syndrome, this is what they're talking about.

Why should we care?

[Its DJOver]

Why should we care?

We shouldn't, but people will get upset nonetheless, just ask Viper.

I'm all for pointing and laughing when they have an unexpected transfer or lose out on a recruit that was supposedly a lock, but starting a new thread with articles about their NIL strategy and GG quotes screams inferiority complex.

[Uncle Rico]

We shouldn't, but people will get upset nonetheless, just ask Viper.

I'm all for pointing and laughing when they have an unexpected transfer or lose out on a recruit that was supposedly a lock, but starting a new thread with articles about their NIL strategy and GG quotes screams inferiority complex.

Look at who started the thread and ignored the conversation taking place in another thread.

You are right about the little brother syndrome, though.

[The Sultan]

We shouldn't, but people will get upset nonetheless, just ask Viper.

I'm all for pointing and laughing when they have an unexpected transfer or lose out on a recruit that was supposedly a lock, but starting a new thread with articles about their NIL strategy and GG quotes screams inferiority complex.

Why do I care if they think we have an inferiority complex?

[Its DJOver]

Why do I care if they think we have an inferiority complex?

YOU clearly don't.  Many member of the MU community do.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

I hate uw-madison as much as the next guy, but when they comment that we have little brother syndrome, this is what they're talking about.

With a picture of viper next to the comment

[PJDunn]

Threads like this make me glad that my tenure in Wisconsin was only 4 years.

[tower912]

Why do I care if they think we have an inferiority complex?

You have a superiority complex.

[lawdog77]

You have a superiority complex.

Not just on this topic 

[tower912]

I never said just on this topic.   

[Viper]

We shouldn't, but people will get upset nonetheless, just ask Viper.

I'm all for pointing and laughing when they have an unexpected transfer or lose out on a recruit that was supposedly a lock, but starting a new thread with articles about their NIL strategy and GG quotes screams inferiority complex.

...haha!...my RED hate goes back to '82 or thereabouts...reenforced by way of a healthy in-family Hatfield McCoy that I 100% enjoy. We are the big dog but Walmart Badger is insufferable. And, U of Dane Cty has had more hoops success than we have had the past two decades. So, we keep our enemy close, and celebrate their misery. Let's face it, UW was once current day DePaul. No longer. Haven't been since Stu Jackson got em going. And, with ND avoiding us, the RED rivalry is all the more in focus. Zero inferiority complex, but 100% healthy hate. After all, when it comes to the Red Menace, a little hate is...good.

[withoutbias]

For anyone who thinks this is proof of MU having an inferiority complex, you should probably check out Buckyville.

[WarriorDoc]

For anyone who thinks this is proof of MU having an inferiority complex, you should probably check out Buckyville.

They are throwing every bit of cope at the wall. Copes I've read, paraphrased:

"I'm ok with having real standards for NIL if it means sacrificing a few wins, but if it ends up being more than a few wins I'll object"

"There is superior value of the UW alumni network, academics, etc beyond just basketball" (my favorite response to this was yes, they'll do a great job selling insurance in Madison)

"These guys have no in-state pride anymore"

Hope it makes them sleep better at night. I wish them well - although considering Wisconsin's play style, lacking NIL, and Gard's track record - I do think they will be a middling Big Ten team for the next 3-5 years until they make a coaching change.

[PointWarrior]

"There is superior value of the UW alumni network, academics, etc beyond just basketball" (my favorite response to this was yes, they'll do a great job selling insurance in Madison)


Or a shitty radio gig on ESPN Wisconsin. 

[MU82]

Madison's the only school with an active "alumni network."

Tonight, my wife and I went to an outdoor concert. I was wearing my gold Marquette hat. A guy with a Marquette polo shirt comes up and we have small talk. Turns out he was an engineering grad who has a job with a suburban Charlotte engineering firm - along with 4 other Marquette alums. Seems the owner of the company also was a Marquette grad.