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Can’t imagine how we’d do that, which is why NIL is so odd. Would I pay a GM and then make everyone else an independent contractor paid out of tips and service fees? It’s silly how wr ended up with NIL collectives rather than donors contributing to schools directly and letting athletic...

ESPN would love it, based on their obsessive coverage of MLB/NBA/NFL trade deadlines.

Depends on their social media presence, which per my discussion with ETN actually favors the female athletes. I don’t know who’s popular among their fellow students these days, but maybe someone could move the needle - albeit probably not for their athletic exploits.

From what I understand, we could pay them millions but cannot ply them with alcohol - even if they’re of age. So the brewery’s options are limited to the food in our kitchen, but if I’m an athlete I’d feel like a horse being led to water and fed lavishly but sternly admonished not to drink.

To clarify given the time of year we were looking at baseball/softball more than the revenue sports. They’re trying to build something with our NIL however they can, as they should; I can get behind these low-key proposals much more willingly than outright donating to pay players. The latter...

Hey! We nearly packed the house last year - it just took “The Shot” by JK and $3 tickets to do so…

As a past sponsor who lapsed after Learfield took over, I’ve been approached but the discussion revolved around potential feeding players for appearances rather than cash contributions. Jake and Wardle might be the last of the breed that settles in as Valley stalwarts. Everyone else either...

Who’s the 1% that stays in Terre Haute? There’s no “there” there.

We’ll get an extra folding table for @Cindy00 gailgate and set it on fire for them to jump on; they should feel right at home.

Give our ISU credit for getting ahead of their search when they pre-fired Muller in order to get a head start on landing Pedon. Based on where the game was at the time, he was the guy to get. Can he adapt to being a “system” coach where the players come and go every year? We’ll see, but in the...

A six-figure payday can go a long way towards helping him in his post-collegiate life. Playing for a P5-6 might help his visibility for an overseas career, too. As a for his transition to the higher level, we’ll see. Foster could still take a step forward like Reeves did. He’ll also be four...

We still have JK so at least we have a chance if he continues progressing as a sophomore.

Wasn’t University of Chicago basically in the original B1G but gave up football entirely in the 1930s and dropped out? Imagine the reaction here if we did that…

Could this be how we landed Ty Pence? Or was it the allure of building on Courtney’s family legacy?

For a brief minute it looked like some admins and coaches might have to take a pay cut, but the good times can keep rolling now that they got the boosters to pay for the talent. It’d be like my drivers or bartenders working for tips only. State governments that would never go for the latter...

Schertz did it faster and flashier, but Muller had us as relevant in 2017, and we made a few NITs and played on Sunday in 2015 and 2018, as well. The cliff we fell off afterwards was steep, but even in decline he could still recruit; just look at how many of his players started in tourney...

A Redbird jersey is forever: just ask @Adunk33 about his Justin Clark and Trey Blue vintage collection.

I miss waking up at 9 AM on Friday in STL - in part for Chili Mac at that weekdays-only hole in the wall - and watching the annual tradition that was the “Bradley Shuffle” of their few downtrodden fans checking out of their hotels preparing to quietly trudge their way back to Peoria. Milton...

First year or two DePaul can play whoever they want and his job is safe. Get towards years 3-4 if things aren’t progressing, and they’ll schedule more strategically.

Was that the one where Tyler Brown stepped on the sideline on what should have been the game-tying three? I’m getting a little rusty keeping the in-state screw jobs straight. 😉