Kind of reinforces what we've started talking about here.
Redshirting anyone is just a waste of resources. In this day and age, you're unlikely to ever get that extra year from the player and might not even get one!
What a f@*&ing joke college basketball and football have become. This whole quasi-professional sports system is a national embarrassment. Congress needs to act to restore amateur athletics to university athletics and to implement a professional development system where these athletes can opt out of school in order to get paid.
Last Edit: Apr 9, 2024 21:20:54 GMT -5 by Stagophile
I'm not sure how that would look. A professional league for ages 19-22 would probably be irrelevant. Let's face it... 99% of the NIL transfers will never touch the NBA. It's not their extraordinary talent that would attract. The only reason anyone cares about their basketball careers (now) is because of the decreasingly(increasingly?) pseudo-similar connection fans feel with the players based on the college experience or maybe some kind of regional substitute for the lack of a top pro team. That's what makes these games valuable ($$$).
You'd be lucky to get even friends and family to care about a Jr. G League showdown between the NW CT Muskrats and the Upstate NY Pond Turtles.
Europe does have a system where there are levels of semi-pro to pro teams all the way up to their top leagues that are under the umbrella of various sports clubs. ex. Imagine a Fenway Sports Club based in Boston that runs the Celtics... Red Sox... several layers of minor leagues under each... maybe men's and women's soccer clubs and so on. People understand that these are the places for competitive professional sports development and they patronized as such... although nowhere close to the level of the NCAA. I believe universities DO have sports teams, but they are basically intramural non-professional.
(^I'm not an expert - but I believe that is a somewhat accurate description of Europe.)
I also think it's important to separate bad feelings toward the system from bad feelings toward the players. These guys are just making what they feel are the best decisions for their lives. Take sports out of the equation... if any of us had been at Fairfield and, after a solid academic year, Georgetown had shown up and offered you $100k and a free ride to transfer... most would've taken it and nobody would've been off moaning about on some academic-oriented message board.
I'm curious if the mix of public and private institutions in the NCAA really ties its hands? Is it just the $$$? I agree with most everyone that something needs to be done - it's just hard to see what that is.
The fact that Marouf didn’t enter the portal when it first opened makes me think that either Bleechmore’s decision to play another season or hearing about which transfers will be visiting Fairfield made him think that he might end up with Anthony Davis level playing time next year. It might be a false hope on my part but Bryant’s Earl Timberlake did enter the portal earlier; then decided to return to Bryant. Twenty more days until the portal closes for undergrads.
A near-complete roster rebuild every year for Mid Majors. I hear the argument that, since Coaches routinely leave for bigger and better opportunities, then players should have that same choice. I somewhat disagree. Is there no value to getting a near 90,000 education for FREE? Is there no value to giving kids a chance to play on the DI level? This whole transfer thing has COMPLETELY ruined the college landscape. I get it, NIL is powerful. Heck, I would have jumped at the opportunity to collect 50,000 in college - would have been significantly better than my $7/hr at Wines Unlimited. So, it comes down to the old adage, you can hate the game but don't hate the player. Every season from here on out is a complete crapshoot...
A near-complete roster rebuild every year for Mid Majors. I hear the argument that, since Coaches routinely leave for bigger and better opportunities, then players should have that same choice. I somewhat disagree. Is there no value to getting a near 90,000 education for FREE? Is there no value to giving kids a chance to play on the DI level? This whole transfer thing has COMPLETELY ruined the college landscape. I get it, NIL is powerful. Heck, I would have jumped at the opportunity to collect 50,000 in college - would have been significantly better than my $7/hr at Wines Unlimited. So, it comes down to the old adage, you can hate the game but don't hate the player. Every season from here on out is a complete crapshoot...
Exactly, calling kids traitors in this environment that has been created is ludicrous IMO.
It's business, not personal.
They are no longer amateur student-athletes. NCAA has created a professional league. Who wouldn't move for a better opportunity? Are people criticized for moving from a job at Boeing to Airbus for a better opportunity? Even before NIL, kids transferred for simply more playing time and chemistry. They were even willing to sit out a year. Now you have $$$ involved and no wait.
Can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. NCAA as a regulatory body is feckless and of no value. The game is now changed forever and any "fix" is not going to get you back to the old days of the amateur student-athlete.
Casey showed us he can coach last season. Now let’s see how he handles the transfer portal to reload for next season. Seems to me that navigating the portal is actually the harder part of the job.
Post by alsostagparty on Apr 10, 2024 8:00:45 GMT -5
The team has just disintegrated. Who knows what happened in the end of season discussion between the coaches and Moumine? Now we will be hoping for some D2 or 3 level players to save us. Seck, Smith, Curtis, Bleechmore, Rogan is still a solid starting lineup but they don’t strike me as tops in the conference. PG is a dire need, and we need a high major star.
There will eventually be some very big potential negatives and risks for the players partaking in this chaos. It’s just going to take some time for those things to rise to the surface and get publicized.
Maybe there will be a fan backlash, or some mid major schools will band together and defect from NCAA. It’s all about keeping the high majors at the top in ranking, media coverage and revenue stream.
What a contrast in what’s happened between the men’s and women’s teams.
Who knows what happened in the end of season discussion between the coaches and Moumine?
Considering sobro’s post, unless I’m misunderstanding it, sobro seems to know how the end of season discussion went between the coaches and Moumine.
Sobro’s earlier post: The buried lede is that no one should be surprised when the practice of NOT renewing a scholarship will become more and more prevalent.
I agree with Sobro. Loyalty is a two way street. If the players have no loyalty to the school and should have the right to explore opportunities via the portal then the school should have no loyalty to a players either. I
