Zeleny' Orel
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There is also a new federal lawsuit that was filed in early April 2023 in the Northern District of California's Oakland Divison against the NCAA and the P5 conferences seeking back pay for thousands of current and former student-athletes who believe they are entitled to damages from schools who offered payment since the 2021 ruling of the Supreme Court. The class action suit states that these payments have been allowed since the summer of 2021, and the athletes who participated on teams on or after April 1, 2019, at schools that now provide such benefits believe they qualify for back pay since there is a 4-year statute of limitations.
Stories are available on usatoday.com (April 4, 2023) and theathletic.com (April 4, 2023).
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This caught my eye in the strategic plan:
- Provide Alston awards to all Mean Green student-athletes starting in fall of 2023.
Hadn't heard of Alston awards so did a quick search.
Based on the 2021 Supreme Court ruling in Alston v. NCAA, Alston Awards allow schools to provide up to $5,980 a year for academic-related benefits, if so inclined, with the individual schools setting up the requirments that must be met by an individual athlete to qualify for payment. I determined that "Alston Awards" is the nickname for the educational benefit payment previously litegated.
My question is about the strategic plan statement:
Have all Mean Green student-athletes not already been getting this stipend since the term "provide to all Mean Green student-athletes" is used? If not, which team's student-athletes, if any, have been getting this money? Is this expense a budgeted item in the regular athletic budget?
Just asking for someone with knowledge on this matter to help sort this out for me since I do not know the current situation for UNT student-athletes and what this goal changes.
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36 minutes ago, untbowler said:
#1 player is transferring to Kansas; committed on March 2nd
That won't help in the upcoming conference tournament.
36 minutes ago, untbowler said:#1 player is transferring to Kansas; committed on March 2nd
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8 hours ago, Andrew said:I will just have to disagree. People these days are loose with commitments. To be fair it goes both ways and schools could also move away from players. To me none of it makes sense. People just quit on jobs, marriage, family, etc…. One precedent leads to the other. Somewhere over the last few decades we have lost our way. All about me me me instead of commitment and the betterment of others. I am disappointed in Mac as well. My wife use to see him at the coffee shop and think he was committed to the area. She liked him, but no more and her words were a whole lot worse than mine 🤣. She used it as an example for our son about commitment and actual family over fame and cash. Very disappointed in all of it.
It was the same with JJ to an extent but he stayed longer and landed his actual dream job.Just to add a little context after listening to Mac's introductory event at Tech. Although I am sure that money and the possibility of advancing his career was part of his decision, there are plenty of family ties to Tech. His wife played soccer for Tech, his older sister went to Tech, and his grandfather played football for Tech. To me this seems as if Tech had a special appeal that other colleges may not have had and factored into this decision. I don't fault Mac for his decison and I think Tylor would be remiss if he did not consider how this all affects his future. He gave his all to UNT for 2 years, is getting a degree, and only has a one-time chance at setting himself and his family in a position for the future. I am not sure how you can fault them for that. And this comes from a 50+ year diehard UNT fan! I think they are considering family.
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I attended the Irving Schools Foundation "Breakfast with the Stars" this morning at the Irving Convention Center, which was emceed by Cynthia. This event awarded 253 seniors with scholarships in front of aproximately 1,000 people. Corporate sponsors, business and civic leaders were all present in the audience. Cynthia, in her opening remarks, of course mentioned she was a proud UNT graduate, but this year also made it a point to mention that the Mean Green were the NIT Baskeball Champions. When announcing winners and where they were going to school, she put special empahsis on UNT and always followed it with a "Go Mean Green."
She always touts UNT but I was glad to hear the NIT Championship mentioned. It never hurts for students, heads of corporations, civic leaders, and the public at large to hear the accomplishments of UNT from such a visible alum. By the way, she does an excellent job as a emcee for an event that lasts about 4 hours. Live snipits on the news at 5, 6, and 10 on Channel 8 although I don't think the UNT statements are included!
Just wanted to share how the NIT Championship is worth a lot in publicity in different types of settings as well as hopefully recruiting. Thank you, Cynthia, and GMG!
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4 minutes ago, CMJ said:
Love the look on the kids' faces as well as Tylor's! Some future Mean Green fans in the making!
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6 hours ago, meangreenacct said:
Honestly I have had way more people at work and in personal life bring up the NIT championship than did the round 1 win over Purdue. People noticed - especially when they saw the 31-7 record attached to the win.
I had my Mean Green shirt on today walking into a medical building for an appointment and, upon entering the lobby, an older couple was coming out and the gentleman said "Mean Green, ya'll sure had a good basketball team this year." Second time this week someone has commented on Mean Green basketball...people have noticed!
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5 hours ago, MeanGreen22 said:
Tylor is going to be able to change his family’s life in one year of college basketball. He poured his heart and soul into the university for 2 years. 2023 season is a business transaction.
Totally agree...at some point you have to look at the future and make tough decisions accordingly. I don't think anyone could say he didn't "pour his heart and soul into UNT" but now he has to evaluate his situation with a look to the future which offers opportunities that won't be available to him later
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4 minutes ago, Green Otaku said:
We've got to stop viewing losing coaches a bad thing. There's two paths here, you are either losing a coach because they were excellent, or you are firing a coach because they failed. I'd pick the first one every time. Until we get in the realm of $3m a year we will always be a target for schools with bigger budgets. Mac gave us the best BB in our history, and set the foundation for continued success. It's up to UNT to keep that going and not waste it away.
And therein lies the problem we have had in UNT athletics the 50+ years I have been a fan...now is the time for this to change! The Mean Green nation needs/has to band together and really support all our athletic teams, starting with basketball, to become a major player nationally. GMG!
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4 hours ago, MeanGreen13 said:
I agree... honestly, I think he sees that the team won't be as good next year and his time to move up is right now. I have faith in Rubin, Abou, and Aaron, but we would need to see a flashback to HS Rubin for us to have a remote chance of being as good next season. Defense wins so I don't think we'll be bad but I think Mac knows it's time.
Also think in the back of his mind is Seth's experience of not taking a higher profile job when offerred and the resulting history of that decision...strike while the iron it hot if you are a competitve person who wants to challenge yourself at another level. Wish he would stay but also wish him well if he moves on to Tech...he deserves our thanks and best wishes because he gave us his all out effort while here.
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28 minutes ago, 97and03 said:
Looks like we are still recruiting TEs.
@Seth Littrell?
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I often wonder if Grant thinks about what happened to Seth when he didn't leave for the bigger stage when he had the chance. I do think Grant will keep winning at UNT but the AAC will be a tougher road.
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2 minutes ago, CMJ said:I'm pretty sure she wants to keep coaching.
I'm beyond sad her tenure here was not more successful.
Me too...I watched her play as far back as high school and she has always been a class act
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Unless she is really set on continuing in coaching, I hope they find a role for her in the athletic department as an ambassador for UNT. I think she would be an asset.
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13 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:
This is what I hate about things like the RPI. We won two games against a bad team and dropped six places - TAMU-C moved up seven.
LaTech, who we just beat 2 out of 3 games, moves up two places and goes ahead of us after beating a team ranked lower than TAMU-C
We have to sweep UTSA!
Note we have the fewest home games played at 6, along with Middle Tennessee
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Down to 4 healthy players against WKU on Sunday, but managed to pick up 1 point in a 4-1 loss due to forfeits. Anyone know the health/injury issues of the players and how long they will be out?
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UNT Tennis was finally ranked for the first time (#69 in the nation) going into a 3-match stretch Friday. Unfortunately they only had 5 healthy players so they had to forfeit two singles matches and a doubles match against Tulane Friday and UTSA Saturday, losing 4-0 in each match. Terrible time to be shorthanded. WKU is up on Sunday. I don't know if the injuries are long-term or not, but the timing could not have been worse. Hopefully they are back at full-strength soon! GMG
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5 hours ago, TIgreen01 said:
I know TP won the award, but Jelly is the best player in the conference. He was the difference yesterday.
This was not Mac’s best team and they still won 26 games. Really gritty and tough group of kids. They never quit, but we have holes all over the place offensively. Will be interesting to see who is back next year and what pieces are brought in. How Abou continues to develop will be crucial. He struggles against the better posts in this league, but he has the tools to be an all conference level player. I’d love to see a talented kid on the level of a Jelly Walker come in. We will need it at the AAC level. Someone who can single handedly pull us out of a scoring drought or take over a game.
I think there is a difference between the Most Valuable Player and the Best Player. Jelly Walker may be the best, most talented player, but Tylor was the Most Valuable Player to his team, thus earning the MVP Award.
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Perhaps there is a position within the Athletic Department that could utilize her ambassador skills?
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Interesting that all 5 members are from Texas universities
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Plus only one of the matches looked competitive. FIU was ranked #45 so they are a good team, but I had hoped for closer matches.
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1 hour ago, ADLER said:
A bunch of us on Gomeangreen.com pitched in to rent a searchlight for a game many years ago. Multiple Skytrackers, one placed on all four sides of the Pit would really light up the facility and make EVERYONE aware that that a major event was taking place.
Any idea of the cost of doing this?
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48 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:
The corner columns should have green up lights, the roof should have something on he facing and run spots. I attended the FAU game and am coming back to town for the WKU affair on 3/4. The outside of the SP was dark prior to the FAU game and nothing exuded excitement. We really need to work on our game day presentation.
Seems like I remember that in the past searchlights were used around the Super Pit on game nights...very effective because they could be seen at a distance
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3 hours ago, dodgefan said:
Saw this on YouTube. SMU's breakdown of the 2023 AAC Schedule.
So according to this guy, Austin Aune will be back as quarterback next year...breaking news to UNT, I think
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Ikaika reaching out to the Mean Green Nation
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Subscriber #58...need to speed things up to get to 1,000...GMG Nation!