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howeda7 said:
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Probably the craziest part about this is how it just came out of nowhere. Coaches make amazing money but I bet a lot of them would gladly give up a bunch of it to see some sort of stability reintroduced to college athletics.....whole system is a joke.
 



MNVCGUY said:
Probably the craziest part about this is how it just came out of nowhere. Coaches make amazing money but I bet a lot of them would gladly give up a bunch of it to see some sort of stability reintroduced to college athletics.....whole system is a joke.
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I mean, right and wrong in college basketball rules is what we collectively say it is, but we need some order and uniformity. I like the way Izzo puts it: this is ridiculous and embarrassing. It's as if a program, say Minnesota, were severely punished for their players getting too much assistance with legitimate classes while another program runs sham classes for decades and is ruled to have done nothing wrong. Oh, wait...
 
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If you paid attention to college hockey you would see that there are several ECHL players that have gone back to play college. It depends on how much money they made which is the deciding factor. Bemidji St started it on the hockey front and when his guy got approved others have done it. It was only a matter of time before it made its way to basketball.
 

GreasyGopher said:
After retiring from the NBA, LeBron will go play college ball with one (or more) of his sons and fulfill a childhood dream by winning an NCAA championship!
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I mean it wouldn't totally shock anyone at this point, would it? Ohio State perhaps.
 

Bad Gopher said:
I mean, right and wrong in college basketball rules is what we collectively say it is, but we need some order and uniformity. I like the way Izzo puts it: this is ridiculous and embarrassing. It's as if a program, say Minnesota, is severely punished for their players getting too much assistance with legitimate classes while another program runs sham classes for decades and is ruled to have done nothing wrong. Oh, wait...
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I think Izzo will reach his Nick Saban breaking point soon.
 




Now, some high school kid will sue the NCAA for allowing a former pro to take his roster spot, and a college scholarship, away. It never ends if you don't put some rules in place.
 


He’ll probably make more in NIL and direct pay at Louisville than he did in the G League. That is the case the mindless lemmings will make (and the spineless NCAA will accept). After all, who could be so cruel and heartless as to limit a player’s opportunity to make more money by playing “amateur” basketball just because they’ve already bypassed that for the “pros?”
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goldenboy said:
He’ll probably make more in NIL and direct pay at Louisville than he did in the G League. That is the case the mindless lemmings will make (and the spineless NCAA will accept). After all, who could be so cruel and heartless as to limit a player’s opportunity to make more money by playing “amateur” basketball just because they’ve already bypassed that for the “pros?”
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This is exactly the argument that has already been made in college hockey and is the supporting basis for allowing it. There are already 5 or 6 that have been approved weeks ago for hockey. Basketball was just a little later to the game on this. See Hudson Thornton on the Bemidji St hockey roster. He was the first and others have followed.
 

Swaggerson said:
If a G league player can make the move ... why not an NBA player who still has eligibility?
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Supposedly it only g league players who have eligibility but have not taken more money than just expenses, travel, food. No salaried players.
 

combes1 said:
Supposedly it only g league players who have eligibility but have not taken more money than just expenses, travel, food. No salaried players.
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Might be the "rule" today.....until someone decides to sue.....the sad part is that nobody really seems sure what the actual rules are anymore or if there even are any.
 

GreasyGopher said:
After retiring from the NBA, LeBron will go play college ball with one (or more) of his sons and fulfill a childhood dream by winning an NCAA championship!
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Think of the NIL money he will receive. LOL What a mockery.
 



MNVCGUY said:
Probably the craziest part about this is how it just came out of nowhere. Coaches make amazing money but I bet a lot of them would gladly give up a bunch of it to see some sort of stability reintroduced to college athletics.....whole system is a joke.
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Izzo is an excellent coach but he’s run a very dirty program for decades. Always conveniently looking the other way when his players were “misbehaving” everywhere but the court. The point is that he can pontificate all he wants about the sins of the system but he’s not giving up a penny of his paycheck to make it more fair. Nor are most coaches.
 

jamiche said:
Izzo is an excellent coach but he’s run a very dirty program for decades. Always conveniently looking the other way when his players were “misbehaving” everywhere but the court. The point is that he can pontificate all he wants about the sins of the system but he’s not giving up a penny of his paycheck to make it more fair. Nor are most coaches.
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I get why it rings hollow with people when coaches who have clearly benefited from gaming the old system complain about this new insanity but still need as many coaches as possible calling out the ridiculousness of what is going on in college athletics.

And love them or hate them, guys like Izzo have some clout and people pay attention when they speak.
 


MNVCGUY said:
I get why it rings hollow with people when coaches who have clearly benefited from gaming the old system complain about this new insanity but still need as many coaches as possible calling out the ridiculousness of what is going on in college athletics.

And love them or hate them, guys like Izzo have some clout and people pay attention when they speak.
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PERFECTLY stated
 

jamiche said:
Izzo is an excellent coach but he’s run a very dirty program for decades. Always conveniently looking the other way when his players were “misbehaving” everywhere but the court. The point is that he can pontificate all he wants about the sins of the system but he’s not giving up a penny of his paycheck to make it more fair. Nor are most coaches.
jamiche said:
Izzo is an excellent coach but he’s run a very dirty program for decades. Always conveniently looking the other way when his players were “misbehaving” everywhere but the court. The point is that he can pontificate all he wants about the sins of the system but he’s not giving up a penny of his paycheck to make it more fair. Nor are most coaches.
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Remembering the 96-97 team beating MSU in Izzo’s first year by about 25 points in East Lansing with the Spartans only breaking 40 because of a bogus goal-tending call. That was fun as was beating Izzo in the initial Big Ten Tournament the next year.
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