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Double hats off to SLU for not allowing Javonte's recruitment to get to December, never mind the spring.

Go get 'em, Demarius. Still wish you were here, but a man has to do what a man has to do. You'll be great.

He's going to dominate... Excited to see some sports center top plays from Demarius going baseline to dunk on a MAC big. Happy for him.

The MAC should be fun for him.

The 5 second closely guarded rule only applies to a player “holding” the ball. They changed the rule in 2016 to eliminate the 5 second count when a player is dribbling.

I was always surprised we never got in on Freeman when he was in high school. There were rumblings of character issues when he left Missouri State, but later on it was reported Missouri State was open to him returning so who knows.

-My disagreement isn’t as much on the ability of student athletes to get paid under the NLI as it is on your description that the NCAA’s amateurism model is a sham and has been hurting athletes for too long. How many student athletes, millions? hundreds of thousands? certainly the number is at least in the thousands, have received athletic scholarships to get a college degree. I don’t have stats for this but some or many came from backgrounds without the means to afford the cost of college and that degree gave them a chance they wouldn’t otherwise have had. -Student-athletes did get a lot in return for scoring touchdowns, making baskets, or whatever their sport involved. For many years they have gotten tutoring not otherwise available to other students. Training tables. Medical care. Clothing and shoes. Tuition, room and board. All of this, and probably more not coming to mind, tax free. -These kids are not lining up to get kicked in the gut or worse. Far from it. -If these kids didn’t know the rules before they went to school, that is on them, their high school, their parents, handlers, coaches or whoever. There has been a substantial benefit to so many student athletes through athletic scholarships affording them the chance at a college degree. To call that a sham and that athletes have been hurt by it rings hollow to me. -For those attending college just to play sports, I think college is not the place for them or that. -But it seems you have a different view of the value of the current situation, which I am not saying is perfect. I don’t think you can change my mind like I probably can’t change yours. That’s okay. -If you want to debate the integrity, honesty, usefulness of the NCAA, you will get very little debate from me. That organization lost its way somewhere along the line, yeah probably by chasing dollars, that whatever changes get forced on it are of its own making.

It’s not good.

You’re forgetting about a crucial third reason: 3) the NCAA’s sham amateurism model is quite possibly illegal, which is why they are spending so much time having to defend it in court and in front of congress for the past several years. The NIL rule is an easy way for the NCAA to allow student athletes to get paid and to appease the regulators and lawyers without forcing the schools to actually pay the players out of their own pockets.

This is being done for two reasons: 1. Social Pressure - The idea of college athletes being able to benefit from their likenesses sounds like a reasonable thing before one considers the abuses that will occur 2. Blue Bloods Realizing it Will Benefit Them - The big programs see that this will legitimize what they have been doing under the table for years. They love that it will prevent them from having to hide this activity any more and that being able to promise a kid that "if you come to ********, you will get $50,000 in endorsement deals," making it even more likely that the are able to lock in all of the top talent. I know some want to interpret this argument as if I am some big, bad ogre that doesn't want college athletes to have any money. I promise you that this is not the case. I just don't think that this is happening for the reasons you think. I also believe that it will absolutely benefit the power conferences to the detriment of schools like SLU.

yep, bet 3 seniors would of made bit of change for the billboard on 44. good concrete example bout generic big & brad That's all we're asking ***. right now if Pappy's wanted to put Yuri on an ad saying "Assist leader's know the bestway to score Q in town is a Yurmania pass away from here" on back of the game program they can't. Yuri pockets a couple hundred $$ if they can.. I c no losers except the knuckle dragging folks amongst us feelings. Right now the losers are the kids. u youngins may not be aware of this but when going pro early became a thing & a controversy back in 60-70s the similar line of thought was something like "what is that bratty kid thinking not taking this great education that he can't afford and going off to make money?". Eventually reality took over & now one has to wonder y a 1&dunner would go to school rather than take certain first round $$$. of course the big $$ of the modern era is main driver of doubters over the finish line.

Crazy how so many self-proclaimed free market capitalists won't apply their belief system to college athletes hoping to exercise some degree of control over their own name and image. Weird.

I find the coaching carousel thread very interesting, even if it doesn’t relate to SLU. It’s a nice consolidated place to discuss the hirings and firings of head coaches and assistants. Do they all have a direct and immediate impact on SLU? Probably not. That doesn’t make it any less interesting. If you don’t want to read it, just keep scrolling. It’s really not that hard. But how about this, if it will help to unbunch your panties, would it help if 1 of the mods adds “OT” in front of the name of this thread, so you know when you click on it that it won’t be entirely SLU related?

It’s really annoying to click on a thread called “Coaching Carousel” and have to read a bunch of posts about “how is this relevant to SLU?” Its relevant because it’s the carousel. It’s relevant to every school in D1. Enough with the inferiority complex when someone brings up UIUC or Marquette or whatever.

My initial reaction was WTF cares (Who instead of What). Now, that might be trolling but please accept my plea for ignorance. I am all ears (and eyes): explain to me why Saint Louis U. fans care about Coleman, Justus, Bruno, and anyone else you spit out there and what does their movement matter in Billiken circles. Please feel free to answer and then reply to yourself five or six more times. Remember: Lloyd has it in writing that he’ll take over for Few so you can leave that explanation out.

I'll take you up in the arch this summer

His first attempt at SLU basketball was not good either. For some reason he’s fixated on the arch and modern designs with SLU compared to simple and clean with others.