Now I would dap up hug and whisper āwhats yalls NIL like?ā
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Itās a little depressing to see the crowd at Providence tonight after the poor turnout at JPJ this week. Friday night is a little more convenient I guess, and it is a conference game for them. But damn.
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Also all of their fans are insane drunks, so itās a tough comparison. (Former coach in the building, too. That helps)
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Memphis down 16 at half at home to Mississippi St.
Thatās because they arenāt very good and Miss State is
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Bond had a decent night v Wazzu. 17 points. 5-8 from 2, 2-7 from 3. 2 assists, 2 turnovers, 2 steals.
This yearās team (our team) is really unathletic. It didnāt have to be this way. Tony made really really odd roster and PT decisions these past few years.
Thereās this narrative that Tony was beset by all these external factors the past few years, and yknow, itās not totally incorrect, but also Tony was beset by Tony. Itās like he got really really successful and decided that he succeeded because of his idiosyncrasies and not despite them.
Kadin, Igor, and Leon ā¦ all playing elsewhere for teams that are better than us. All not here because Tony decided he didnāt want them here. At least not on the court. (Yet I constantly have to read how poor Tony was attacked by the evil portalā¦)
Big problem is our guards stink (or are hurt or are one-dimensional), but maybe a good guard or two might be attracted to play with the guys aboveā¦ Frustratingā¦
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Jalen Warley
Is he here? Why not?
These arenāt hard, my friend. Jalenās not here because Tonyās not here and Tonyās not here because Tony didnāt want to be here. So, did Tony REALLY want Jalen here?
Warley is a good guard.
Warley came to Virginia despite not having the athletic players you mentioned.
Warley left for reasons unrelated to the lack of athletic payers you mentioned.
Hirtherto henceforth and without further ado, your original point - good guards donāt come because we donāt have good athletes at other positions - has been undermined.
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My point was that good players attract other good players. Things donāt happen in a vacuum. If we had better players, maybe our players who have decided not to play might have decided to play.
So thatās my point. Argue against it if youād like.
Adieu even? Further
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You had me at āhitherto henceforthā
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Letās not please
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Awful
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Please noā¦
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Oh, jesus christ, no.
Iāve mentioned this like a zillion times, but Kurt Vonnegutās debut novel was āPlayer Pianoā. It wasnāt a particularly great book overall, but in ~1954 he nailed a ton of things that have become big deals in recent years. An obvious example was the impact of automation, not just on general work conditions, but on the societal impact of such a shift. But a throw-away plot point was the increasing professionalism of college sports. A minor character was, iirc, a 35-year old offensive lineman who played for Pitt.
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About 3 years from that being reality
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Kind of like 34 year old kicker Matt Ganyard on our football team last year
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Was it the Onion that had a piece right after NIL became legal about how Auburn had nabbed a defensive lineman away from Cincinnati by making an NIL offer Cincy couldnāt match? Then at the end of the article it reveals that they didnāt hire the guy away from the Bearcats, they hired him away from the Bengals.
The NFL veteran minimum is around $1.2M, the rookie minimum is $800k, practice squad players make less than that, and its only going up 4-5%/year. There are already college players who make more than NFL players and average compensation for most positions across the entire NFL is under $2.5M.
This is already starting to be a minor problem for the NFL at the lower end. I donāt know how fast NIL is growing, but I suspect its at least 4-5x the 4-5% NFL minimum growth. 3 years, or at most 5, is probably right for it becoming a genuine issue for the NFL, especially if the NCAA starts fiddling with eligibility limits.
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Yea got to imagine NIL changes a lot of late round guys thought process. Especially given the risk of becoming a practice squad guy and theres no minor league or europe to jet off to.