NCAA, NIL, Realigment, More Realigment, $$$, Title IX, etc

Considering that Calipari made a personal visit to campus yesterday, I have to think he swung by AD Owens’s office and relayed a similar message.

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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-5-highest-paid-college-basketball-players-this-year-no-1-is-making-4-2-million-from-nil-963cbc7a?st=7u2mgC&mod=1440&user_id=66c4ba9c5d78644b3a902e05

Informative but disappointing. I don’t see us as a pro sports team. We provide an outstanding college educational experience. Let’s keep perspective.

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The disruptive consequences of this new age in college sports economics:

https://x.com/nickatnocap/status/2044416453261119947?s=20

I watched this clip with Seth Davis, Andy Katz, and Daniel Poneman.

https://x.com/MarkZanettoCBB/status/2044222583202050428?s=20

I really don’t fully understand what he is trying to convey.

Just read on X that at today’s Ohio State spring football game, fans could round up their concession bill to the nearest dollar and it would go to NIL.

Hopefully there’s someone at SCU thinking about these outside the box ways to raise NIL funds

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Does anyone know if this is valid. Barstool is typically pretty reliable.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DWlz65bFGzo/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Would the WCC retry acquiring Grand Canyon? Is seems as if they may not have enough schools in the Mountain West.

It was posted on April 1st

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https://x.com/RossDellenger/status/2046574905542537388?s=20

Southern Conference statement of support for an expanded tourney and suggested format.

I’m guessing they want the lowest ranked net teams to be in the play in because it increases their odds to win a game and earn the money that comes with it.

Personally, I still want the play in games to be half at large and half AQs. But I recognize that if we continue having seasons like last year, that would actually force us to play an extra game, so I’m conflicted.

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Priorities.

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Coming next season. Even more glad we made it this past season. Wouldn’t have hit the same if we had made it under an even more expanded field.

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This disgusts me.

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Well, it really started when Oklahoma and Texas went to the SEC. And then Ed O’Bannon won the class action lawsuit. And somewhere in there ESPN and the other networks decided to pay gobs and gobs for live sports content.

Where does it end?

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https://x.com/NILnotNLI/status/2050953931677909358?s=20

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Men’s Basketball Ticket Sales
Big Sky | Fiscal Year 2025 | FRS Reporting

Montana: $331.0K
Weber St: $294.9K
Montana St: $232.2K
Eastern Washington: $127.2K
Northern Colorado: $107.9K
Idaho: $91.6K
Idaho St: $58.9K
PSU: $56.6K
NAU: $52.1K
SAC St: $43.4K

https://x.com/KcSmurthwaite/status/2051069289424130087?s=20

Cool story:

https://x.com/SEisbergWCIV/status/2051430699865935872?s=20

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