Lord Elrond

Well, there is the plastic ice made out of melted grocery bags that the Blues are putting in Enterprise center to save costs. I heard that earlier today.

I like that, well crafted Stu!

March Sadness, more like

You’re not alone, my bracket went down in flames today. Sic transit gloria mundi

Illinois laying a massive egg. How can you have a shooting line of 21/15/25 overall in the second half of a game?

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That’s exactly right. There is a clear need to upgrade the equipment to broadcast the games, both cameras and where they are mounted and connectivity.

I’m surprised the Go Pro mount cost the university $10. I assumed it was just something they rummaged out of the lost and found.

@Old guy is old because he doesn’t like the alternative.

That’s right, next game is in Madison. At least SLU got one home game out of this.

Unfortunately I had to miss the game. This is the farthest the Women’s team has ever advanced in postseason play ever.

John Belushi clearly said: “Was it over when the German’s bombed Pearl Harbor?” I rest my case!

I’ve felt SLU marketing of its athletic programs has been pretty bad the last few years. One of the worst examples was the Bronze Boot game last year. SLU basically sent out a couple emails, from the SIUE side they were bombarding alumni, current students, anyone they could get ahold of with daily emails and other social media posts. Just one small example

So you think the athletics department should promote SLU athletic teams? Radical…

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I’m honestly not sure any transfer rules apply anymore curtesy of the courts. At least for non-academic reasons. A situation like Magassa’s would still apply

But you have to admit, we have been subjected to seeing the weave SO MANY TIMES over the past 8 years that it represents a shocking change…

What? An agent putting out made up information to boost a client’s value? Shocking….

Schertz does have his team do the weave??? THAT’S going to be a change!!! Personally, I hope to never see it again. I’ve come to associate it with mediocre basketball.

Coach Tillett brought 4 with her from Longwood. Of course, one was her daughter….

They looked at him and found something that made them pass. Only answer that makes sense.

Is this not the age of NIL, where you build a team by paying players? How is money spent paying more for coaches and more for buyouts to make coaches under contract go away an effective use of your money? Seems to me like the problem is boosters used to the old ways of “it’s all about the coach and how he recruits” instead of adjusting to the new NIL reality. Just 2 years ago they went through the hiring process and found a guy, and in 2 years he either became a total idiot, or Louisville has no idea of how to select a new coach, OR, more likely outcome, they need to spend more in NIL. Schools need to spend less on coaches and buyouts, and figure out how to get more money funneled into NIL.

Interesting question. While we don’t know the actual numbers, I’m saying it’s a way for a school to pay some money to players without making them employees, I.e. launder the money and make it multiply. Example with made up numbers, but you can see how it would work. 9 Mil to players in NIL, say another 3 Mil to cover expenses and turn a profit for whoever is running it. So 12 Mil total cost. You are going to get TV money from the broadcast rights, sponsorship money for ads around the arena, and ticket sales, like you would any game. Say you get 8 Mil for all that. Where do you get the remaining 4 Mil? From the 8 teams each paying 500K to be in this. They get a great recruiting tool to bring in players, plus their 500K turns into over 1 Mil in money that pay their athletes (double your money in a 3 game tournament? Not bad) plus you didn’t pay the players directly, you laundered it through whoever runs the tournament. You can even use NIL dollars from your collective to cover, effectively doubling the money you spent. While the numbers are guesses, I bet it would look pretty good using real life numbers.