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I am not disagreeing with that

Posted on: April 10, 2024 at 20:55:49 CT

meatiger MU

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The revenue of the athletic department is now north of $150 million now. You brought up 25 million. That is 16% of the budget. Pro sports are 50%.

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"Calipari is assured an NIL budget of reportedly $5M+ ..." - zounami MU - 4/10 18:34:58

UK has that budget for Call and he plateaued players - sfprman MU - 4/10 20:56:30

I'm not sure UK did. That was one of the issues.(nm) - SuperTone MU

- 4/11 09:09:15

He needed to change his philosophy in recruiting - wu-tangtiger MU - 4/10 21:11:05

Drew Hanlen on the current setup - wu-tangtiger MU - 4/10 20:10:16

didn’t Drew Hanlen think he should get a crack at the HC job - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 4/10 20:52:57

right now it's the mid-majors getting squeezed, but soon... - zounami MU - 4/10 20:51:02

That is the way I see it too - DevilsAdvocate KC - 4/11 05:24:56

NIL isn’t really an issue. Or not the main issue. - wu-tangtiger MU - 4/11 07:18:59

and "NIL" is a misnomer... it's just pay-for-play (nm) - zounami MU - 4/11 07:33:13

it's a combination of both (nm) - zounami MU - 4/11 07:32:26

Congress is the only thing that can fix this broken system (nm) - zounami MU - 4/10 20:13:36

The NCAA should have recognized that they were losing all - wu-tangtiger MU - 4/10 20:20:56

wouldn't have mattered... the lawfare against them would - zounami MU - 4/10 20:23:11

They have no legal standing - meatiger MU - 4/10 20:21:53

They had to involve the athletes in setting - wu-tangtiger MU - 4/10 20:23:46

There's no way a fair & reasonable agreement could have been - zounami MU - 4/10 20:25:56

RE: They had to involve the athletes in setting - meatiger MU - 4/10 20:25:12

it was more about parity than profits... remember, these are - zounami MU - 4/10 20:27:31

RE: it was more about parity than profits... remember, these are - meatiger MU - 4/10 20:30:34

players receive more $ via "NIL" than admins these days... - zounami MU - 4/10 20:35:19

NIL is still a fraction of the revenue - meatiger MU - 4/10 20:37:19

$5M+ in basketball, $20M+ in football... that's what the - zounami MU - 4/10 20:42:21

I am not disagreeing with that - meatiger MU - 4/10 20:55:49

apples & oranges – college sports isn't pro sports.... - zounami MU - 4/10 21:08:16

It is completely relevant - meatiger MU - 4/10 21:14:29

nope, not relevant at all (nm) - zounami MU - 4/10 21:43:32

So why has this become an issue in the - meatiger MU - 4/10 21:48:55

why was sports gambling legalized in the last 3-4 years?... - zounami MU - 4/10 22:00:45

Government saw the revenue - meatiger MU - 4/10 22:23:02

...oh, and thanks to Title IX we'll still have to fund the - zounami MU - 4/10 20:43:28

Revenue sharing would work - wu-tangtiger MU - 4/10 20:26:24

killing non-revenue womens & olympic sports isn't a good - zounami MU - 4/10 20:28:40

RE: Revenue sharing would work - meatiger MU - 4/10 20:27:08

...and unfortunately, democrats are currently in charge (nm) - zounami MU - 4/10 20:18:05

The only thing that can solve it - meatiger MU - 4/10 20:20:18

or Congress, which could create antitrust exceptions for - zounami MU - 4/10 20:21:50

why do you want the federal government doing - 90Tiger STL - 4/10 20:37:14

how would it violate the constitution? (nm) - zounami MU - 4/10 20:39:29

...antitrust regulations are via federal statute, and - zounami MU - 4/10 20:47:03

is there anything you can't extrapolate to be under - 90Tiger STL - 4/10 21:19:11

it's exactly the kind of thing that the commerce clause was - zounami MU - 4/10 21:26:39

lol - 90Tiger STL - 4/10 21:14:45

That has nothing to do with interstate commerce - meatiger MU - 4/10 20:57:35

wrong (nm) - zounami MU - 4/10 21:02:08

RE: or Congress, which could create antitrust exceptions for - meatiger MU - 4/10 20:22:35

minor league basketball - what's the big appeal? (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 4/10 19:48:55

when R's are back in charge, Congress needs to fix this - zounami MU - 4/10 20:19:24

RE: minor league basketball - what's the big appeal? (nm) - DevilsAdvocate KC - 4/10 19:52:59

I thought only bad coaches needed NIL(nm) - meatiger MU - 4/10 19:42:07

no, they need more of it though (nm) - zounami MU - 4/10 20:11:25

I don’t understand why people are paying coaches 8 mil - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 4/10 19:23:55

With Calipari's track record of sending player to the NBA - alstl MU - 4/10 20:32:52

amazing how Calipari turns 5* phenoms into NBA prospects (nm) - zounami MU - 4/10 20:36:36

Wilt would be standing at the 3 point line in a certain - alstl MU - 4/10 21:09:09

Bingo(nm) - TigerFan92 STL - 4/11 03:20:26

Agreed(nm) - DevilsAdvocate KC - 4/10 19:43:07

I don't either.. I'd rather have the players(nm) - oldtgr MU - 4/10 19:29:52

indeed... you're better off with a ~$4M coach and using the - zounami MU - 4/10 19:27:09

You’d have a thousand applicants at 500k per - cybertyger MU - 4/10 21:03:54

...and on a side note, "NIL" is getting out of control (nm) - zounami MU - 4/10 18:36:56

any policy originating in California - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 4/10 19:26:25

and more generally, any policy originating by Democrats (nm) - zounami MU - 4/10 19:27:52

Don’t worry isn’t Ted Cruz on this?(nm) - DevilsAdvocate KC - 4/10 19:44:34