Great reporting there by Goodman. He’s just perpetuating what is wrong with the black hole NIL process.
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Great reporting there by Goodman. He’s just perpetuating what is wrong with the black hole NIL process.
Now you have tournaments, gamblers, etc. getting involved.
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In-season college basketball invitational tournament to offer $2 million NIL payouts | FOX Sports
Another new innovation will be introduced to college sports in the NIL era, this time in the form of a new in-season men's college basketball tournament that will offer up to $2 million in NIL deals to the participating teams.
Now you have tournaments, gamblers, etc. getting involved.
In-season college basketball invitational tournament to offer $2 million NIL payouts | FOX Sports
Another new innovation will be introduced to college sports in the NIL era, this time in the form of a new in-season men's college basketball tournament that will offer up to $2 million in NIL deals to the participating teams.
Unless they can find a way to retain a little more star power, I don't see the point of this. Viewership is down across the board. For me personally, I'm probably not watching games other than Iowa State, some Iowa and the occasional Big 12 game.
I just can't imagine caring if in the middle of the year Duke, Michigan State, Kansas and Kentucky play each other for a cash payout.
If he wants to waste his career there instead of being a cog in top 10 team so be it.
Maybe Wake has deeper pockets than I think, or he wants to revive the program or something.
WF has one NCAAT appearance since 2010 (First Four) (under 3 coaches) ... no Sweet 16 since 2004. Ten of previous 13 seasons, no postseason at all. (11 of 14 if we count COVID season)
Or there’s some kind of connection that we aren’t aware of. Could be an assistant, could be a current player, maybe his mom went there, maybe his grandparents live in NC. Probably $$$$ though.
Monitoring...
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Sources: Kentucky nearing 5-year deal with Pope
A former Kentucky player, BYU's Mark Pope is finalizing a five-year deal to be the Wildcats' next head coach, sources told ESPN.
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How did Creighton ever let Hunter Sallis out of Omaha? They have more money to spend on their basketball program than they know what to do with. Sallis has turned into an absolute stud at Wake Forest.
Salllis was almost a Cyclone if I remember correctly.
I haven't been following this. Have all their top choices said no? That's really surprising and a tad concerning they will throw a bag at TJ.Monitoring...
Sources: Kentucky nearing 5-year deal with Pope
A former Kentucky player, BYU's Mark Pope is finalizing a five-year deal to be the Wildcats' next head coach, sources told ESPN.
If they were going to do that, they would have done that before offering Pope IMO
No, I think Pope was pretty high on their list. Former national champ at Kentucky, on the '96 team, one of the best ever. Been decent at BYU. Made the tournament 3 out of 5 times (counting 2020), and showed they can compete in the Big 12.
He's certainly not the flashy UK style coach from the past, but that's probably not a bad thing. I think the biggest negative is that he likely won't be bringing his best players with him.
They might be looking for the opposite of Calipari too. With NIL, there's no longer a reason to hire a coach known for getting their school to forfeit all the wins in a good season.
