This Week's This Is Our Show - Scott Stricklin joined us...

[dawgstudent]

an array of questions were asked including where we are with the basketball program, how the new NCAA scholarship rules effect State and Power 5 scheduling.

We also give our take on basketball so far this season.

Enjoy.

http://vspor.to/1E0r3AV

 

[MagnoliaHunter]

and i couldnt hear anything he said

I could hear the host just fine, but Scott's volume setting must have been about 1/4 of the host's. Turn that volume all the way to 11. This is true on all of BSR. When you changed Chad's it made a big difference. Please do the same thing for all of your guest's mics.

 

[dawgstudent]

I'm listening and Stricklin's volume seems pretty much at the same level.

 

[MagnoliaHunter]

ok. its me. Thanks DS.

I listened to it not in my truck and I could hear it ok. I guess my old truck makes too much noise at lower frequencies. the people I am having trouble hearing on the broadcasts all speaker in a lower tone. I wonder if the wife will think that that is reason enough for a new truck.

 

[DudyDog]

DS....a question. I listened to the show this morning. Scott was talking about the new legislation that passed regarding the payment to athletes. One thing that caught my attention and maybe I interpreted it wrong, but it sounded like the amount to be paid to the athlete was based on the tuition of that particular school. What got me to thinking....and again, I hope i misinterpreted it, but if school A's tuition is higher than school B's tuition, it sounded like school A could offer more to the athlete than school B.

I know that makes no sense, but I swear that is what it sounded like from Scott. Even in his Wednesday email he states, "the definition of a full scholarship now includes a miscellaneous expense item, as defined by each schools financial aid office". That last part "as defined by each schools financial aid office" is the part I'm confused about.

Surely I'm looking at this totally wrong, or a school like Alabama can come into Mississippi and tell recruits from our state that they will be able to offer them more "expense money" than MSU can if they sign with them.

Tell me I'm wrong. thanks

 

[HD6]

Asked him on Twitter, he said this https://twitter.com/stricklinMSU/status/558124407835856901 and he linked this. It's a long read. http://t.co/QCLFRdwqDd

 

[DudyDog]

Thanks HD. Yea, reading through this quickly indicates to me that it will be manipulated to accommodate the needs of a particular situation in getting recruits to your school. The SEC has added an ammendment that requires a school to report any changes made above the avg amount established for that school, but it will be left up to the financial aid department at that school to use "professional judgement" in offering more than their calculated cost of attendance. This has BearShark manipulation written all over it.

I'm going to read through it more carefully tomorrow to see exactly what it says. First thoughts are that it's going to give the cheaters another option in their recruiting "tactics".

 

[ReadyReady]

Agree with the concerns. Will be interesting to watch.

Probably not very significant, but if I recall correctly, the cost of attendance figure is particularly important for international students. I remember one discussion back in grad school about our department not including the cost of a laptop in "cost of attendance" despite laptops being required for undergraduates. "Keeping the number low for international students" was given as a reason, and it was considered a pretty significant one.

I wouldn't expect inflating that number to be very easy, but stranger **** has certainly happened.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Well if there is a way to "work" the system I hope we figure it out quickly and get really really good at it. If you ain't cheatin you ain't tryin.

 

[sandwolf.sixpack]

Well if there is a way to "work" the system I hope we figure it out quickly and get really really good at it. If you ain't cheatin you ain't tryin.

I am sure that programs will figure out a way to work the system, and based on our history, I would expect us to be several years behind our competitors in getting on board with it (if we ever do)......we just don't seem to be comfortable pushing the limits or working in the gray area.