An interesting summer with all the conference realignment.
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I guess nothing is happening outside the ACC 
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Jamal retained at ODU:
https://x.com/goodmanhoops/status/1780597126742868351?s=46&t=Y9ZJTUudJiFOC0Ajwlmckw
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I mean duh:
https://x.com/mattnorlander/status/1781049922910880117?s=46&t=wAzMZR-0PRGT1LpN6U5x0g
But it was amusing to see a certain portion of the UK fanbase try to talk themselves into him staying.
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He was a solid contributor, but he was never gonna be a star at Kentucky.
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Said it beforeā¦Wisconsin is basically UVA without the charismatic coach. Weāve been kind of fortunate not to be hit harder.
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Yeah, the fact that weāre able to debate building around our young core, is pretty amazing in todayās climate.
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Not sure if I love or hate these intra-rivalry transfers:
https://x.com/goodmanhoops/status/1782415523650666504?s=46&t=Y9ZJTUudJiFOC0Ajwlmckw
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I feel like Ohio State-Michigan is only a football rivalry. As in so special other sports canāt be part of it. When I saw that, it didnāt even occur to me as scandalous.
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This is one of several āskipping the NIT to get started on portal seasonā teams, right?
https://x.com/rumblesbn/status/1782532269896245584?s=46&t=wAzMZR-0PRGT1LpN6U5x0g
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Is this a first of its kind? Heās seeking a medical redshirt for the 2020-21 covid year season, which of course didnāt count against eligibility. So heās played 5 seasons and is asking for a 6th because he didnāt actually get to play the full free one, or something.
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Itās only a matter of time until someone sues for unlimited eligibility, if a school is willing to keep a guy enrolled on whatever masters and PhD degree paths they can invent, thereās no reason they canāt play ball while there. And of course it just takes one sympathetic judge.
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So heās already played his full 4 non-covid yearsā¦ but he thinks he should get 5 non-covid years. Because he didnāt get to play the non-counting covid year because he was injured that year. Is that right? If so, thatās insane.
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Thatās when I give up on college sports. I already watch way more NFL than CFB, and was probably close with NBA and CBB this year.
I keep telling people, Kurt Vonnegutās debut novel āPlayer Pianoā saw all this coming and it was written in 1954. People mostly talk about it presaging social unrest caused by automation stealing blue collar jobs resulting in mass underemployment but the serious professionalization of colleges sports was another subplot. Iirc, thereās a 35 year old offensive lineman who plays for Pitt as college sports are just a lower professional grade football on the NFL.
The scenario occurred to me, that I now fear is just as likely to happen as the rest of these hypotheticals, as a failed pro suing to become NCAA-eligible again. In our case, think of a Justin Anderson or Kyle Guy, someone who left after 3 years, after their NBA dream ends deciding to come back to UVA and finish their degree. And since they didnāt play all four years, hypothetically why should they be barred from playing while they finish college? The NCAA already makes an exception for an LDS mission, and another for military service, and even Chris Weinke could play pro baseball before becoming a college football playerā¦ whoās to say a judge wouldnāt decide those are all ultimately arbitrary and a player should be able to play college sports after taking a shot in the pros as well?
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I think you can argue that any kind of restrictions could be illegal. Why limit to four years? Why limit the number of scholarships?
Itās not even a question of what would be good or bad for college sports. Itās a question of law. You canāt do something if itās illegal. Iām no lawyer (if I wanted to go to law school, I probably should have attended my undergrad classes more often ā or at all), but the court rulings up to this point would indicate that the law is not on the NCAAās side.
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Taking it a step further, why is college basketball restricted to humans? We could be recruiting Air Bud in a few years.
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āAināt no rule says a dog canāt play basketball.ā
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