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    Play for Pay

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    Play for Pay

    Agree with you zappaa. The signposts are all there and have been building for a long time. The escalating consolidation of P-5 conferences into a kind of college sports monopoly, with the prevailing ethic being "you're nobody unless you are in one of the Big Five." The explosion of TV game...
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    Guess the score: Purdue @ Rutgers

    That was my exact guess, too! I was about to post it when I saw your entry.
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    Young and Johnson

    This is a very late reply, but you hit the nail on the head. The loss of MJ and JY has hit the program far harder than we anticipated, and lies at the heart of the team's struggles this season. Think of the way those guys played in the tournament last season and your point is underscored big...
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    More in-depth discussion on transfer portal rules changes

    I like your assessment, Good Knight. You take an optimistic view that this rules change helps level the playing field. I hope you are right.
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    More in-depth discussion on transfer portal rules changes

    Thanks for the clarification, but it is just semantics, as you say. The transfer portal and its rules and regulations have changed college sports fundamentally.
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    More in-depth discussion on transfer portal rules changes

    Sorry, didn't mean to post this twice in reply. Hectic day!
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    More in-depth discussion on transfer portal rules changes

    Sorry, Russ, but your statement is not factual. On April 14 of this year, the NCAA Div. I Council passed the rule change making the 'one free year' official, and the Directors ratified it two weeks later, on April 28. yes, the portal was implemented in October of 2018, but without the new...
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    More in-depth discussion on transfer portal rules changes

    I appreciate your well-reasoned thoughts. You make some good points. We will see, but I still don't like the disorder the change brings.
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    More in-depth discussion on transfer portal rules changes

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    How to improve transfer portal

    Perfectly stated.
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    Chance that Baker is back

    BAKER AND HARPER Unlike a couple of posters, I would be happy if Geo returned. He gave us four good years, was the first above average backcourt player to take a leap of faith with the program, and was a real leader. He did not have a stellar 2020-21 season, but between the pandemic and his...
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    Chance that Baker is back

    Totally agree.
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    How to improve transfer portal

    I think that absolutely unrestricted transferring is a terrible idea. It produces a situation of utter chaos and discontinuity in a program. While the vision of the pure-as-the-driven snow student athlete has long since faded into mythology, the unlimited transferring goes way too far in the...
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    Possible Myles' injuries?

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