what exactly could the LolNCAA do about it? they just had their hand slapped by SCOTUS not too long ago.

They could have reasonable rules and enforce them. The SCOTUS decision doesn’t stop them from that. But they won’t do either one.

/shrug.

what reasonable rules are you looking for the NCAA to put in action and have enforced? am i missing something obvious?

the NCAA isn't interested in inviting additional legal challenges after having egg thrown on their faces is such a dramatic and public fashion. any rule that precludes or delays athletes from getting paid would be a non-starter imo.

the NCAA doesn't want their legitimacy challenged anymore than it already has.

Basketball recruiting is moving to the dirty way of football recruiting. One thing I've always liked about basketball recruiting is that once a player commits, other teams stop recruiting them. It's not like that in football where committed recruits often take official visits to other schools still. But with this transfer portal, teams are actively recruiting other players. Look at Oscar Tshiebwe. He was essentially plucked away from West Virginia by Kentucky.

I agree that something needs done about it, but I don't know how or what.

It's not unreasonable to have a rule that you can't tamper with players on the rosters of other teams -- that's why we have the transfer portal. You can contact guys in the portal all you want. Same for recruits. I just don't want a scenario where Cal calls up Armando Bacot and says "hey, I know you just announced you were going back to UNC, how about $5 mill to come play for us?".

It's a rule in every professional league that I know of, so it's not like it's some revolutionary concept. The NCAA maybe (probably) even has that rule already on the books. Nobody -- not the SCOTUS, not the public, not anyone -- is going to object. At least not seriously. It doesn't impede the ability of players to move or get paid if that's what they want to do. Just declare for the portal and go crazy.

But of course that contact will happen through intermediaries anyway, thus the /shrug.

agree with the above. but as you note in the last sentence... 'shrug'

No, not really

This was a goofy day

So basically Timme followed Oscar on Instagram, and then this got out of control to the point where even UK people who said no this isn't happening said fine, lets just pretend

https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-w...KtuL2A-hLDC3J0

Lol nice

maybe Gonzaga is getting Oscar!

Jay Wright stepping down at Nova. Whoa.

Whaaaat?? There has to be more to this

that is a whoa NotRedd

i would like to think if i was rich beyond belief and accomplished big things in my line of work, i'd step away at 60 if i could. Wright has a bunch of healthy yrs ahead of him to enjoy. then you look at someone like coach k, who is 75 and grinded all these yrs.... i don't know man, sign me up for the Wright path.

I don't have nearly the the wealth or success in my field as Wright, was able to retire in early middle age. Ligastar's right, it's pretty nice. Beats going to work every day.

Dana O'Neil's Athletic article said his Tokyo Olympic duties were a 37-day odyssey without a break and he returned to the U.S. in early August and almost immediately jumped into preseason drills with Nova. perhaps he'd still be the coach if he had last summer off?

article also says he has a Jersey shore beach house which he loves. he said the good thing about Covid was recruiting from Zoom and being able to stay at his beach digs. dude is gassed. the beach life beckons.

Pack to Miami with an 800k NIL deal. Sorry Redd.

nice get for The U. going to be fun watching this cat in the ACC these next few seasons. NIL is really going to be tough on schools with middling booster money.

on an unrelated note, Keels yet another dookie to jetison Durham.

#Brotherhood

While RJ is officially returning!

Not that it was really in doubt.

It's ok. Purdue went from likely top 15 with Pack to bubble team without (unless they land some awesome transfer out of nowhere). I don't think Purdue is ever going to be competitive in the NIL deals and recruiting is trending towards being 100% NIL driven so it is what it is.

Caleb is back! Man, I thought next year was going to be a downish year with multiple departures. All we are losing is Brady and adding a nice recruiting class.

https://247sports.com/college/north-...aft-186050275/

Lmao. I love Theo.

They’ll have a solid chance at a deep tournament run for sure. The sophs to be have a lot of skills and weight room development to work on. Who knows how effective or ready the 3 FR are or will be by March.

2008 I thought we were the best team but so did every team in that F4. No shocker they dominated all season and every game was over within 5 min for the most part and every team was blown out in that NCAA tourney. 2016 I also thought we were the best team in the country and just played for the natty in a heartbreaker, so it was no shocker we were back in 2017 and finished it off.

This year I felt like we caught lightning in a bottle amd were the best team for the last month of the season, but lost to a better team for the whole year and handed it to them. A big part of what made it happen was Manek and his stretch shooting ability, quick release, and able to hold his own vs other bigger 4s. Defense is what most FR have to learn at this level so I jist don’t see the same magic set up to auto repeat. Hopefully so, but they at least have the talent to do it. Bacot or Love leaving would have been the end of that imo.

Brady was a big part of our success, but RJ, Bacot and Caleb taking their games to the next level was also a huge difference.

Leaky is what he is, but if those 3 can take a further step forward and carry the end of season momentum, it’ll be fun to watch. The thing is, it’s not like they never had the talent. It just took a challenge in January by HD and through some shitty losses to get them to consistently play to that level. Really hope they start the season that way. But they always had that consistent performance in them.

Puff and Styles showed some promise. I’m not sure what to think of Dunn. But he was a top 75 prospect.

Ant is gone. Kerwin and McKoy are like 10th men quality.

Hoping the freshman plus Dunn can fill in the 7-10 roles. By all accounts, Trimble should get PT. And the other dudes all have potential.

I really want to see HD develop his bench, Roy style, in Nov and Dec. Especially with it being full of freshman and sophomores.

I felt like a lot of this season was HD proving he belongs, so he rode his guys as much as possible. Hoping he relaxes a bit after this run and really focuses on depth development for the end of season run.

Thoughts on NCAA President news? Seems like he will be outta there soon. Latest it can be is like June ‘23 but seems as though it’ll be sooner. Wonder what impact that’ll have.