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4 hours ago, Lord Elrond said:
Not with this amount of money. Back in the days of shady guys handing kids bags of money it was all under cover. Now, it’s all public and semi-public, and people can throw in money without worrying about going to jail. The cost to everyone has skyrocketed, and no one putting in NIL money is getting any return on their money (no share of ownership, no part of revenue from the sport) other than the pure ego of buying their team a championship. And most of the money will not buy a championship, and the rate of increase is crazy. I just don’t see this as being sustainable.
We will never know what amount of money was spent in the past before NIL. Could be similar amounts... with new money being thrown in without fear of any repercussions, lessening the need for old money and their contributions possibly decreasing? I would assume it is more now though, with lots of new money pouring in on top of the old money. If it has been sustainable for decades before NIL, and the assumption that there is more money involved now, I can see it flourishing now that there are not any risk of legal issues.
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24 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said:
Sustainability seems to be impossible to me. Pro sports works because you make money off of it. This is just people putting ever increasing amounts of money into this purely for what? Ego? It’s just not sustainable into the future.
This had been going on for decades in college football and basketball.
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On 4/12/2024 at 6:48 PM, dlarry said:
I w a talking about this earlier today.
I love Jimerson as a Bill. One of my all time favorites, but I don’t consider him an all time great.
Good….definitely, but not a top 5 or even 10 player.Although a tourney run will change my opinion.
With Jimerson starting the season at 25 years old, is he the oldest or one of the oldest Billikens to ever play?
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20 hours ago, slu72 said:
Good pickup by Mack. My guess is he’ll do well at CofC. Wished we could have kept him. If Mack liked what he saw why didn’t we?
Mack coaches in the Colonial Athletic Conference where Curcic is better suited, I am guessing that is why.....and Harriman probably had some input.
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7 hours ago, Old guy said:
I think that, at least to some degree, the high margin of victory depended upon the fact that the Cavaliers considered the opposition totally inferior to them and so they were not ready to fight them. Besides the roundheads really believed that their God was a mighty fortress as they sang as they fought.
This forum is no place for ethnic slurs. Do better.
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4 hours ago, NextYearBill said:
Hot take: Hughes and Thames will not see the floor next year
stop planning around the failed boss’ employees
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15 hours ago, RUBillsFan said:
Here is an article that ranks the nicknames. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/robbie-avila-nicknames-cream-abdul-jabbar/df900acb04b9a2fef4662980#:~:text=Cream Abdul-Jabbar,-This one is&text=This will be the nickname,making those T-shirts first%3F
I have some quibbles with the article's rankings. I'd put Larry Blurred/Blurrd above Larry Nerd. Nerd feels too derogatory and not cheeky/fun to me. I agree that Cream the best:
- It matches his position. Avila is a center & Abdul-Jabbar was a center.
- Cream works on 2 levels both is complexion and his body type.
- It is not ISU specific like Larry Blurred/Nerd so it can travel with him better to SLU.
That all being said, I'd love some SLU specific nicknames. I was going to save this analysis for if/when he officially commits to SLU, but what the heck. I'm excited about it now. Some of these are admittedly terrible. I'm just spitballin.
- Wheezy Ed
- Avilliken - H/T to MMP on Twitter
- JordPair (of goggles) Jett
- Specs Sinquefield - think we can get Rex to dump in some NIL if we pump this one up?
- Willie Read - I actually love this one & it makes me even more sad that Willie's SLU tenure was cut short or it would be a phenomenal one
- The St. Louis Ram(bis)
- Anthony BonNerd
- Jake For(eyes)ter
- DJ For(eyes)man
- Horace Grant Gehlen - former walk-on Grant Gehlen I think actually went by Gus, so probably no.
- Horace (Grant) Dixon - anyone remember Ho Dixon? Soderberg really couldn't recruit.
- Darrin Clarke Kent - he's not from MN and not a huge disappointment, so probably not
- Buddy Holly Brehmer - Brehmer was the coach after Bennington / before Bob Polk, probably a no on this one
- Robbie Guillaume - Robert Guillaume (voice of Rafiki) attended SLU & wore glasses
forgot..... Jahidi White
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4 minutes ago, willie said:
Just checked the box score. Played 36 minutes. 19 rebounds. 19 rebounds. How can a 6-3 guard do that.
7' wingspan
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19 minutes ago, Clocktoweraccords2004 said:
How old is old guy
However old @jimbofive is...
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18 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said:
Is he on Truth Social?
Not sure of this, but fairly certain he subscribes to Grandy Glaze's OnlyFans page
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22 hours ago, ACE said:
These are the players that remain:
Brad
Thames
Hughes
Curcic
Zhang
Magassa
The only two we need to keep on this list are Hughes and Thames. Hughes is self explanatory. Thames has something nobody else on that list has, something which can't be taught, either you got it or you don't, Thames has it and you need players like that around.
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1 hour ago, Slu let the dogs out? said:
Sometimes I wonder if Old Guy is Putin.
The Dude disappeared from the board when Old Guy showed up
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2 minutes ago, SLUDrew said:
Just saw that Pitino will remain at New Mexico.
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1 hour ago, RiseOfTheBillikens said:
Lol compare this to Bruce
Bruce is the Ishmael Boorg of Division 1 Basketball
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1 hour ago, WVBilliken said:
Not as high level as I expected .... no A10 team interest?
I think that list is on par with his talent and ability. What interest level were you expecting a low end guard in the A10 to garner?
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1 hour ago, Pistol said:
UPDATED:
- Joe Gallo - Merrimack
- Josh Schertz - Indiana State
- Chris Mack - Retired
- Porter Moser - Oklahoma
- Darian DeVries - Drake
- Brian Wardle - Bradley
- Blake Ahearn - Memphis Grizzlies (assistant)
- Mike Brey - Retired
- Dustin Kerns - Appalachian State
- Bruce Weber - Retired
- Mark Byington - James Madison
- Bryce Drew - Grand Canyon
- Mike Morrell - UNC Asheville
- Chester Frazier - Illinois (assistant)
- Bucky McMillan - Samford
- Jake Diebler - Ohio State (interim)
- Preston Spradlin - Morehead State
- DeAndre Haynes - Marquette (assistant)
- Dusty May - Florida Atlantic
- Pat Kelsey - Charleston
- Danny Sprinkle - Utah State
- Tom Crean - Retired
- Chris Carrawell - Duke (assistant)
- Chris Harriman - SLU (assistant)
- Cuonzo Martin - Retired
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3 minutes ago, FatherB said:
JOE GALLO
Chris Mack
Deandre Haynes
Darian DeVries
Josh Schertz
Niko Medved
John Stamos
Brian Conklin
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JOE GALLO is correct answer!
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28 minutes ago, Pistol said:
We'd sure have some fun, I can promise you that.
I want the Brat-Zooka at all home games!
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May have figured it out... May was waiting for the official announcement that Fontbonne was closing before naming Lance Thornhill as Ford's replacement.
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52 minutes ago, JMM28 said:
does Fontbonne have a baseball field we can buy?
Does this mean Lance Thornhill is available
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1 hour ago, wgstl said:
Dayton fans on Twitter are saying Bennett is missing from all social media pics the last few days
He's in StL but not dressed out
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5 hours ago, billikenfan05 said:
Grandy Glaze does gay for pay porn and only fans. I believe he is straight and has a child. There’s a bit of a difference there.
To be fair, the line between gay for pay and simply gay can be somewhat blurry, after seeing video of him toss a rope in another man's mouth on Twitter/X.
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Correct, I can only assume it has grown now with NIL, more new money on top of old money without risk of legal issues. If it was sustainable before, it will continue to be sustainable in the future. More money available now, equals more demand for money, the ratio is most likely still very similar.