Quote from: je100 on Today at 03:02:41 pmStruggling to make sense of this kid.  Shoots about 50% from distance, yet hit only 3 per game, averaging about 11 ppg.  Against more quality competition his stats are worse.  I woulda like to have had him I think, but maybe not quick enough to get open or get shots off?

Going to start applying moneyball to college sports.  If the stats per $ are not there....pass.

Quote from: je100 on Today at 03:02:41 pmStruggling to make sense of this kid.  Shoots about 50% from distance, yet hit only 3 per game, averaging about 11 ppg.  Against more quality competition his stats are worse.  I woulda like to have had him I think, but maybe not quick enough to get open or get shots off?

Yeah, it makes you wonder.  It looks like he's only ranked 104 on 24-7's list of transfer players, so IDK where asking $1.7M is coming from (if that's accurate).  If it is accurate and KY paid it, more power to Koby, but that would be another example of how insane NIL is getting.

Quote from: Exit Pursued by a Boar on Today at 02:43:04 pm$1.7M? I assume that's per year. How does a coach tell him to go to class?  I hope NIL money comes via some sort of contract: meet certain conditions, we give you a certain amount of money.  So now colleges are paying more than developmental leagues and 4-8 times as much as the highest paid players in Europe. That's crazy. I'm to the point where maybe "university" teams should just fully divorce themselves from higher education.  We could just have teams from Fayetteville, AR; Norman, OK; or Bloomington, IN.  How can we define the players as "student athletes" with a straight face?

EPBAB

We are really the only country that has high school and college sports associated with school.  It really doesn't make sense to have them associated.  Should go to a "club" system like Europe has which is where I think we are rapidly heading.

EIEIO

Quote from: cjack on Today at 03:01:50 pmI love the guy saying it took an insane amount of money to get Calipari here when he signed for less than his salary at Kentucky.

Well, he also got Mussleman's buyout.

Quote from: JHicks3636 on Today at 03:14:54 pmI noticed MoSt has a catcher today that might be a transfer option for us. He is hitting .056. Surely we have interest.

He's bound to be due...   

Quote from: Birminghog on Today at 03:14:42 pmTook you 42 seconds, Ponderin! What's the deal? Oh yeah, you win today, although it's unofficial since it's JHicks' game.

How do I know what he was booing? I don't think I can recognize him as the winner.

Thiero is in town

sounds like Thiero is in town

Come on stop believing everything people say.  Koby Brea is the 104th ranked player in the portal (247sports) and averaged 11 points a game last season.  Does that really seem like a player that is going to value at 1.7 mil?

Great three point shooter that apparently isn't getting the right feedback to keep his name in the draft.

I noticed MoSt has a catcher today that might be a transfer option for us. He is hitting .056. Surely we have interest.