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Speaking of the NIL money: In todays article about Missouri looking at the Memphis AD they mentioned that Fed Ex has given their NIL 25 million. Sure would be nice if one of our corporate giants would step up with anything close to this.
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I know it’s probably pretty late in the game but might hope Robbie might get us into a decent Thanksgiving Tourney. Maybe somebody cancels.
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1 minute ago, Old guy said:
I believe that a large number of MBMs believes (or wishes which for some is equal to believing) that NILs are an integral part of the recruitment process and that the Coach and the AD have some degree of control over this part of the recruitment. This is plainly not correct. I enclose a link to SLU's policy for recruitment as it applies to athletes. It is here:
https://slubillikens.com/documents/2022/4/11/SLU_NIL_Policy.pdf
If you want to see how wrong a lot of these ideas are, please check the official SLU policy on recruiting. My understanding after reading the policy posted above is that SLU as an entity wants nothing to do with NILs. So now you know what SLU's policy about NILs officially is.
Guy this was 2 years ago. Since then the Missouri legislature has passed a law allowing schools to become involved with the NIL process. I don’t believe they can contribute to it but can be involved with coordinating who gets what. Missouri was heavily involved with its passage.
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Almost all municipal bonds are issued with a 10 year call feature. Thus these bonds could have been refinanced durring a period of low rates. Hopefully this was done.
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9 minutes ago, MusicCityBilliken said:
This going back now 15 yrs but I recall bonds were used to fund a good portion of the Chaifetz. Interest does have to payed on the bonds & $ set aside if someone cashes in.
You don't turn bonds back in. You sell them on the open market. Now you have to make money available for a predetermined maturity schedule or refinance.
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12 minutes ago, cheeseman said:
Read the letter you get from the Club it specifically states only 80% is deductible - now if that has changed then I haven't seen it.
When I get my annual gifting statement from the university they list the individual donations and only discount the golf tournament. $500 fee gets you a $350 deduction. They do not discount my Billiken Club donation.
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1 hour ago, cheeseman said:
I believe so - in order to be tax deductible you must be able to show that you are doing public good. Now I understand that some can play fast and loose with that requirement. Also, I think only 80% of your Billiken Club donation is deductible. Why and how that % is reached I have no clue.
With the exception of the golf tournament I don't believe that is true.
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3 minutes ago, thetorch said:
The big level boosters did not like the Coleman hire. After his first season they held a tip off club meeting as a season review. Boosters called out Coleman in public and he didn't mince words. He was fired in less than 48 hours after that.
This is true but I was also told Coleman was less than responsible. He would not show up for meetings etc. While he recruited Frazier, Ricky supposedly left school with zero credits. Isn’t a coach somewhat responsible for a players progress?
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Has the IRS ever issued a rulling on whether these contributions are tax deductible?
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1 hour ago, almaman said:
I have np giving student athletes more time to graduate. No way average 18 year old can handle all that travel, practice etc. & then have time to excel in school.
I also have no problem giving them more time but don’t forget they are all going to summer school getting 6 to 9 credit hours. That’s why some of these guys are getting degrees in 3 years.
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3 minutes ago, Pistol said:
This upcoming season is the last possible time to use a COVID bonus year.
I don't disagree that the market has gotten out of control. I still think we're going to see it cool when some of these really high dollar signings don't pan out, or at least don't turn out to be worth high-6 or low-7 figures to the fans who funded the deals.
I like the endorsement side of NIL. Every time I see a college athlete pop up in an ad, I remember there's no reason we couldn't have had that all along.
And had they allowed that all along (back before CBB and CFB became multi-billion-dollar industries), it probably would've prevented the out of control super PAC-style unregulated NIL market that we all hate- expensive to compete, devoid of transparency, and chock full of unscrupulous actors.
I also like the endorsement side of NIL. Take a Luther Burden at Missouri . Putting his name on a potato chip can be a win win. Mention your favorite Billiken player and get $10 off at Best Steak House. Gibson Jimerson loves the smashed pizza at Press.
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Assuming this article is acurate Schertz's hiring wasn't the done deal we all believed.
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1 hour ago, Lord Elrond said:
Most of the NIL for women comes from companies trying to cash in on the popularity of individual players. Caitlin Clark probably made more money in NIL last year than any male player you can name, but I don’t think any of it came from the Iowa NIL collective. Will this stay the case? I don’t know. A good test case to follow this year would be Gracie Merkle of Bellarmine, who is in the portal. She was injured last year, has 3 more years of eligibility. As a freshman, she had a monster season, averaging 15.1 pts and 11 rebounds a game, with 78 blocks. She’s 6’6”, and while averaging 70 percent FG shooting, she never tried to shoot a 3. It’s hard not to see how she could help a lot of teams. Will she get a big NIL offer from a school collective to play? I don’t know. It will be interesting to see where she ends up and what money she gets and where it comes from.
To be technical Clark did not take anything from the Iowa collective.Her deals were all with national advertisers.
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6 minutes ago, DOC said:
He got 2-3 baskets a game going back door with Yuri. That went away last year but will return this year. He's very good at it. I could see him averaging close to 20 a game.
He will have to do it on fewer minutes. Don't believe he will average 38 minutes a game.
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1 minute ago, 3star_recruit said:
Try 20K. From what I've read, NIL doesn't operate on a continuum. The stars and 4 star recruits make $100K and up. Everybody else, especially at the mid-major level, gets peanuts.
I know 20 k doesn't sound like much to the star players but 20 k buys a lot of beer at Humphries.
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11 hours ago, 2010andBeyond said:
Lol, yeah forgot about that one. He was a bit before my time.
I think of Bonner as being more of a 4.
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8 minutes ago, slu72 said:
Tha A10 clearly isn’t thinking out of the box in the climate you describe. If the ACC does indeed implode I expect the remnant teams will seek to merge with the Beast and form a hoops super league. That would likely slam the door on SLU’s dream to someday be admitted. No way will the media and AD’s ignore how many national championships those two leagues have produced over the years. So no matter what governing body takes over the hoops tournament for the national championship you can bet those schools would be included. So, how do mids navigate those waters will be key to SLU’s future?
The current College FB landscape, no NCAA management, will likely be the template for college hoops the bigs will adopt. The pot of gold is too big and will only grow bigger. Whether or not we can finagle a way into the party is the major issue that should be our primary concern.So how are the ACC teams that all play football going to fit in a Big East basketball league?
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34 minutes ago, slu92 said:
This sums up Chris May in a nutshell. I know he’s busy on his big fan fest world (local) tour that he’s the greatest AD ever with Schertz hire (Chaifetz actually did the hiring and May is just the punching bag/lackey) but whatever. Guy is still a complete fool. It’s amazing but not really at slu that only at slu would this guy be given chance to be involved in hiring a third coach. Why is that? Oh bc Chaifetz runs mbb. Forget about getting a new facility with this AD. That picture sums up Chris May’s career. An outdated, busted out light bulb 20 Years past its prime. But SLU fans now will tell you it’s an LED light! Lol
If Chaifetz runs SLU basketball and May is so completely incompetent why does he not get him fired?
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21 minutes ago, Dr. Holly Hills said:
I admittedly didn’t watch ISU this year. Just watched Avila highlights. He looks terribly slow and unathletic.
The first time I watched him I also thought he was kind of slow. After watching several games I became very impressed. He has game. Total all around player.
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15 minutes ago, slu92 said:
Let me say this I really like the Schertz hire. That being said how do people not realize AD’s don’t get to make a third head coaching hire typically, so why did May? Because Chaifetz really runs the show, that is why and thank god. The credit and praise Chris May is getting is over the top comical. He's nothing more than a glorified admin in that department to take the heat. He’s still terrible. Hope Schertz is like Majerus and totally figures him out quickly and ignores him. Ask Frank Nohairamano about what he says about Chris May in private, that he’s just there taking orders from big donors, that’s why they like him. Same guy who used May to get his kid on baseball team and same guy who carry’s extra golf balls in his pocket at his kids high school golf matches. Frank is as big of a snake as anyone in town. Chris May thinks they are buddies. It’s honestly the compounding of stupidity covered up by miracle WNIT run and great mbb hiring. Thank you Dr. Chaifetz again. Chris May go get Dr. C a Diet Pepsi please, after you finish washing his car.
Steve please give us back the bad post option.
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23 minutes ago, billiken_roy said:
somehow they would have to free up a roster spot. no idea what their individual players remaining contracts are currently. you would sure think so. they obviously like him considering he is playing over their main roster players now. that said, Ja comes back next year as well as marcus smart and derrick rose. that's a lot of former star power that goodwin would have to battle for floor minutes. he might be better looking for another team that is in need for a guard. you can bet scouts from other teams have noticed.
In a mock draft I saw they had them drafting Reed Sheppard. He would certainly get an opportunity over Jordan.
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15 minutes ago, slu72 said:
I’m excited about Schertz. I think we hired Rick Jr. But right now there’s a lot of uncertainty in the college hoops world. Things will eventually come into focus especially in the A10. I do think if we land the 3-5 ISU players we’ll be a top 4 program. But as we’ve seen top 4 in the A10 guarantees only 1 bid. For a 2nd bid we’re gonna have to go like 15-3 and finish first or second. Then at least have to make the championship game in the tourney. My crystal ball can’t see that far out today.
What kind of non confrense games are we locked into?
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1 hour ago, crymdg2 said:
Goodwin with 8 points and 12 rebounds at halftime vs the Spurs!
Just checked the box score. Played 36 minutes. 19 rebounds. 19 rebounds. How can a 6-3 guard do that.
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I’m confused. Thought we didn’t have lights.
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