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Post by bulkey on Nov 12, 2023 10:33:25 GMT -5
I get confused on your take on this. Do you want the NIL to go away? I'm not condoning or condemning, only trying to understand the current basketball situation. On another thread, I reintroduced the Athletic article in which 30 WCBB coaches anonymously reported that, overall, NIL considerations play a large, often determinative, part in recruitment of stars. So, when we see programs that in recent years had not had huge recruiting success suddenly attract top 5 talent and can also imagine that those schools have lots of alums with very deep pockets that can contribute to NIL collectives, it's just another thing to post about possible reasons for their choices. When we suggest that a player prefers (say) Duke, ND, or Stanford because of its academics, we're not saying (or realistically shouldn't be saying) that most of them are going to benefit directly from the very marginal differences in those academics compared to (say) UConn. What we're saying is that the academic atmosphere of those schools produces superior subsequent social and professional networking. That's really nothing more than saying that the economic benefits of Duke, ND, and Stanford might be better than UConn. That's effectively following the money as well.
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Post by huskyharper on Nov 12, 2023 14:44:41 GMT -5
brilliant analysis, Bulkey. You put into words what is really happening in WBB and college sport world.
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Post by rukia on Nov 12, 2023 15:30:26 GMT -5
Nice
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Post by rukia on Nov 13, 2023 20:28:19 GMT -5
Joyce Edwards is going to decide on Wednesday. And it is between Clemson, LSU, and South Carolina.
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Post by rukia on Nov 13, 2023 20:51:54 GMT -5
Every reply is for South Carolina. Makes me think it is them.
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Post by bulkey on Nov 13, 2023 20:57:09 GMT -5
I'd bet on South Carolina. Kim was going nuts, and it's clear that she's lost her and Sarah (whom we may have lost, too).
Of the very strong teams emerging in WCBB, South Carolina and UCLA seem to me to be the strongest on paper. Carolina is stronger in reality, because it has a far better coach and it's way more explosive.
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Post by rukia on Nov 13, 2023 21:05:17 GMT -5
LSU could still get Cambridge. But it sounds like she is going to punt until the spring. No one wants to be working on recruiting a 2024 recruit in spring of 2024. All of these colleges want to move on and start working on 25, 26, and 27.
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Post by rukia on Nov 15, 2023 19:53:16 GMT -5
South Carolina is ecstatic. And they should be. Fulwiley and Edwards in back-to-back years. Wow!
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Post by bulkey on Nov 15, 2023 21:33:55 GMT -5
South Carolina is ecstatic. And they should be. Fulwiley and Edwards in back-to-back years. Wow! Yup, both explosive, super-athletic players who are also tremendous ballers.
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Post by rukia on Nov 17, 2023 18:09:29 GMT -5
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Post by rukia on Nov 18, 2023 20:14:22 GMT -5
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