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She just signed an 8 year $28 million endorsement deal with Nike. And honestly, they may be getting a bargain. I don't like Dave Portnoy of Barstool, but he thinks she should have been worth closer to 10 million a year, and I think I agree.

While there are certainly people who hate college sports in academia, I don't think anyone is institutionally trying to "ruin" them because of dislike. That's conspiracy nonsense. What is happening, is people are trying (and succeeding to some extent) to right the wrongs of athletes not...

Considering that the NCAA is toothless at this point, why wouldn't ASU just flip them the bird and say they don't care?

This. It's not like the U is some underfunded little sister of the poor school like say, Chicago State.

If if's and buts were candy and nuts... The wealth of boosters has ALWAYS been a factor, whether under the table or out in the open.

And this is why I've been saying for the last year - Within a couple years, UST will buy a better basketball team than the Gophers because they have alumni who will pay for it. Not just alumni, but wealthy parents whose kids went there, even if they themselves didn't. I know one such parent...

Little guy? Minnesota is the 9th largest school in the country by on-campus enrollment.

Yep. All the major Texas schools have sports-mad oil wealthy boosters. Tough to compete.

Don't sign Canadians. Sign a bunch of 8 foot tall guys from Serbia.

Maryland had a pretty major sugar daddy with the founder of Under Armour, but I think his success has fallen off quite a bit. Still, as a company they could fund that money.

How long before North Dakota brings back the Fighting Sioux name and logo?

Yeah, I could see it happening in baseball. Don't weird shenanigans like this happen in European soccer too? I could be wrong. I've always assumed Russian oligarchs do things like this in the KHL. I would guess in the NFL, NBA, NHL there's something in the bylaws that would consider this...

The interesting question here, is does the bag man/booster part of the college sports economy remain, and how? If I'm Rich Uncle Pennybags and I want Joe Cool to attend my alma mater Directional State U., I'm going to either give him a bag of money/new car/private jet etc. under the table, or...

They'd fall under workmans comp law too.

It also prevented them from having to make their own decisions and take ownership.

It doesn't matter what the member schools want if the courts rule it unconstitutional. If the case currently in the courts for retroactive back pay succeeds, it will bankrupt the NCAA.

100%. Unless there's some form of standardizing contracts and collective bargaining that all parties agree to, anything the NCAA/colleges try to do will be shot down in the courts.

Yep - it's 100% no limits free agency. It is entirely likely you'll see teams pick up ringers mid season or for the tournament. I honestly believe this will happen.

That popped up in my youtube feed. I'll watch it. dalukes generally creates decent content.