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The article starts with a video clip of Memphis at NT game... "The University of Memphis is currently gathering and reviewing information regarding a potential issue impacting Malcolm Dandridge's eligibility and is withholding him from competition until further notice," the school said in a statement. "Memphis' game against FAU on Sunday is essentially a must-win for the Tigers' postseason hopes. They opened the season with a 15-2 record, rising as high as No. 10 in the Associated Press poll, but have since lost six of 10 games to plummet out of most projected NCAA tournament brackets. Since Hardaway took over at Memphis in 2018, the Tigers have been the subject of multiple NCAA investigations. There was an 18-month NCAA investigation due to alleged violations involving James Wiseman and other recruits." https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39590076/memphis-malcolm-dandridge-tigers-look-eligibility

The Super Pit 3:00 PM, February 24, 2024Coverage: ESPNU Denton, TX Line: UNT -14.5 Over/Under: 137.5 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401602150/utsa-north-texas

Would it be better to rest him more since UTSA is...just UTSA?

Alabama, the University, paid Nick Saban as an employee. They agreed he was worth what they paid based on the Marketing he could bring the school. Players are not the product. The sport is the product. The sport is only as good as the coach and the players he recruits and trains make it. The players are compensated with education currently. That's what they agreed to in their Commitment letter. You could work for Apple. Apple makes billions but you make only what you agreed to be hired for, not how much Apple earns. If you want to make college players employees then there needs to be different contracts and rules from what it is now. Wages, hours expected, level of results expected, etc. You can be fired. You will need to pay for your school too as part of your employment unless negotiated. If you want to re-negotiate wages or resign to go to another school that will need to be in the contract also.

I don't mind coaches getting what the market pays. It's a career for the coach. The market makes them overpaid. Schools pay a LOT for a quality coach because they see it as an investment in Marketing for the school if they win. The players are Students, not career employees. They are getting free education in exchange for playing their sport. If they want to quit being a player and go coach for $$ then that is their option too. We would never have a statue of Joe Greene in front of the stadium if he had played college football today. He would have been bought after his first season here by a P5 school to go play for them.

Saban told ESPN.... "What we have now is not college football -- not college football as we know it. You hear somebody use the word 'student-athlete.' That doesn't exist." "But what you have now isn't name, image and likeness. A collective has nothing to do with name, image and likeness," Saban said. Saban said he would like to see any player compensation model that is created to be brought in-house at the various schools and taken away from donor-based collectives. Of course, then there could be Title IX issues. And while Saban wants to see players get their share of the financial pie, he said the only way any of this works is if there's also a commitment on the players' side. "Just like an NFL player has a contract or a coach has a contract, something in place so you don't have all this raiding of rosters and mass movement," he said. "I wonder what fans are going to say when they don't even know the team from year to year because there's no development of teams, just bringing in new players every year." https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39572219/nick-saban-wants-voice-change-college-football

UTSA failed to score basically the last 3 minutes of the game, handing it to USF.

Poor endings seem to be contagious recently in MG basketball.

As expected, the SEC and Big10 are already getting greedy... CFP officials discuss expanding to 14-team playoff in 2026 "Officials will still need to discuss how a 14-team playoff would split up automatic qualifiers -- for example, could the Big Ten and SEC get as many as four automatic bids? Those early discussions were had Wednesday, with no definitive conclusions.... Everything, of course, boils down to finances. The Big Ten and SEC have made it clear the next contract will be more financially favorable than the current one, where 80% of the money is split evenly among the Power 5 leagues. Now there's four power conferences, and the Big Ten and SEC have a combined 34 teams... There has been a push, especially from the Big Ten, for an increase in automatic qualifiers for the CFP. Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti has made clear that he values the regular season and believes that increasing automatic qualifier spots could assure that late season games have higher stakes." https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39572477/cfp-officials-discuss-expanding-14-team-playoff-2026

Hoos your Daddy?

At any one time, just over 16,000 college football players are draft eligible. And then only around 259 players will be drafted. That is 0.016% of the draft-eligible NCAA pool. Of those players, about 60% will make it onto an NFL roster at some point in their careers. However, only about 35% of drafted players will make it onto a roster in their rookie season. Those few that make an NFL roster will have an average NFL career of only 3.3 years. In other words, if their career choice is only NFL career or Bust.... 😕

That's correct, and I agree. I would say that it is diluted beyond P5 status anymore. Who decides why conferences or programs are P5 in the first place? It's an arbitrary term. The Big12 expanded to offer four G5 programs. But there are no benchmarks to meet other than an invite. And now schools like Smut are simply buying their way in, which taints the quality even more.

You really are clueless.

PAC brand > MWC brand. MWC schools see an easy road to a P5 conference with a merger. However, PAC2 currently wants only the best names in the MWC, not all. MWC leadership is trying to push an all or none merger. Eventually the better programs like Boise, SDSU, etc will split away to the PAC anyway, if there is a reasonable media package being proposed.

Exactly. He didn't go to Clemson when his dad was there.

No, it's an all-inclusive exit fee. They could just leave now without media rights, but the lawsuit is about all of it. Sorry, your best teams in your new conference will soon be leaving, lol! Welcome to the AAC 2.0

CFP unanimously approves 5+7 model for new 12-team playoff "In most years, the 5+7 format will assure the conference champions from the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC a spot in the playoff, along with the highest-ranked Group of 5 conference champion. The CFP intentionally won't refer to the Group of 5 in its description of the format, though, because there is a chance that a champion from one of the Power 4 conferences finishes ranked below the top champion from the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Mountain West, Sun Belt or Mid-American Conference." https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39563282/cfp-unanimously-approves-5+7-model-new-12-team-playoff

Rank the Top 7 players on the team. Now see how often they played together in a single game. Was there even 1 game? Certainly wasn't the 12 or 13 games you mentioned for the records. The point being perhaps our best basketball is yet to come with a healthy roster for the Tournament?

Rubin tried a comeback once and it didn't last long. Sometimes these type injuries continue to flair up for a while. They are trying to let it fully heal as long as possible, but need him back asap. I wouldn't count on him as a savior until after we see that the injury is truly over. Ross doesn't roll with a 10-man rotation unless forced to by injury during a game. But a Tourney is ironman basketball. If we are forced to play 4 games again in 4 days we will be in trouble.

"The number likely will land somewhere near the middle of that $150 million floor and that $572 ceiling. Then Florida State will pay. And while neither the Big Ten nor the SEC have expressed any public interest in the Seminoles, it seems highly likely one or both leagues would then try to scoop up Florida State as well as the other desirable properties that choose to buy their way out once Florida State breaks the seal. Given the seeming inevitability of a negotiation, it almost doesn’t matter if the Big Ten or SEC are interested now. If several potentially additive programs buy their way into free agency at once, the competitiveness of the true Power 2 could take over. The Big Ten would see an opportunity to plant its flag in the South. The SEC might feel a need to defend its borders or expand its footprint."

Agree with this, but we also didn't develop the rest of the bench to help. We can't be a 6 player team going into the Tourney and expect to win much.

It all has to do with the stupid label = P5. Some schools ($mut) would sell their souls just to get the P5 patch on their uniforms. It's a fake promotion in that case.

The PAC 2 wants to keep their Conference Brand alive, but they want to cherry pick the MWC. The MWC wants to join the PAC but they currently are holding the line at All or None. They have 2 years to get it settled but look for the PAC to remain in the future in some form.

The point was that if these "Football Super Conferences" are carrying dead weight like Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Indiana, etc...they really aren't "Super" conferences like they would be with better Brand replacements. Better programs on the fringe (Notre Dame, Clemson, Florida State, etc.) will still need a way to play in the Top tier without being in the SEC or Big10.

It's the Portal and NIL era now, no commitment from anybody.