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2024/2025 portal/late decommits IU is interested in
Feathery replied to IUfaninIllinois's topic in Basketball Recruiting
Is that Big Ten title and 2nd weekend+ talent in your opinion? -
2024/2025 portal/late decommits IU is interested in
Feathery replied to IUfaninIllinois's topic in Basketball Recruiting
One I think should be a younger player with some upside. That could potentially be ready in a year of playing behind Ballo. -
2024/2025 portal/late decommits IU is interested in
Feathery replied to IUfaninIllinois's topic in Basketball Recruiting
Yeah I think Leal is fine I t he coming year as a 5-10 minute player tops. Cupps I have hope for. He just needs to add like 25-30lbs of muscle to his frame, as he was so slight. The roster this coming year is actually looking strong and can be a contender. -
2024/2025 portal/late decommits IU is interested in
Feathery replied to IUfaninIllinois's topic in Basketball Recruiting
Never saw it. I’m a huge believer that the college game is a guards game. And we haven’t had the guards necessary since Yogi, which means the Crean era. Just one man’s opinion and philosophy on basketball. X was too inconsistent in his play for my liking to consider IU a top 10-12 team. Also the lack of shooting and true post size. TJD was great but undersized. Saw that vs Arizona for sure. -
2024/2025 portal/late decommits IU is interested in
Feathery replied to IUfaninIllinois's topic in Basketball Recruiting
I agree. First time in years I’d expect to be ranked top 25 all season. No excuses. -
2024/2025 portal/late decommits IU is interested in
Feathery replied to IUfaninIllinois's topic in Basketball Recruiting
Ironically I heard a commentator mention that Bruce Pearl plays 10 deep. I didn’t go look it up to verify. -
2024/2025 portal/late decommits IU is interested in
Feathery replied to IUfaninIllinois's topic in Basketball Recruiting
Why are you offended for how much someone else is getting paid? Paid by people with the disposable income to pay them. It’s not coming out of the universities pockets. And the university is making over $140 mil a year off the football and basketball teams. -
2024/2025 portal/late decommits IU is interested in
Feathery replied to IUfaninIllinois's topic in Basketball Recruiting
Supply and demand my friend. There are more doctors than elite basketball players. Not saying it’s right but as someone who works in healthcare I’d rather pay to watch basketball than go see a doctor. lol. -
2024/2025 portal/late decommits IU is interested in
Feathery replied to IUfaninIllinois's topic in Basketball Recruiting
The NCAA is just the organization universities created to set the rules. The issue is the universities through the NCAA set rules that have been deemed to be illegal. To solve the issue you need a players union and the athletes to be recognized as labor/employees. Vermont basketball is attempting to make this happen now. Until there is a union you can’t collectively bargain to have rules. But the universities don’t want to share revenue until that have to so they are dragging their feet and letting the entity they set up be the bad guy punching bag. But to your point the is no issue imo with NIL and its sustainable. Even if IU has 0 money to spend on NIL there will be players that will come play. IU might finish last in the conference every year but the system is sustainable for however much any school wants to spend. Nobody is forcing schools to pay anything. They are choosing too. Before NIL other programs paid with no limit and won championships now that’s it’s open to everyone it’s a problem? And to be honest the billionaires footing the NIL bill aren’t even making a dent in what they make a year. This is a rounding error to them. So in that light it is sustainable. You might not like it but it’s totally sustainable. -
2024/2025 portal/late decommits IU is interested in
Feathery replied to IUfaninIllinois's topic in Basketball Recruiting
Really? The English Premiere League seems to be doing very well. European soccer leagues have 2 transfer windows a year. Very similar to a transfer portal. To try and have financial fair play they can spend what their revenue is. But that’s a more recent phenomenon. NFL didn’t have a salary cap until the 90’s. Baseball doesn’t have a salary cap that’s capped. Any team can go over and pay an extra tax. US sports leagues have player unions which colleges players don’t have yet. -
2024/2025 portal/late decommits IU is interested in
Feathery replied to IUfaninIllinois's topic in Basketball Recruiting
I hope it’s here forever. lol. honestly every IU fan should support NIL bc it’s the vehicle to get back to prominence. Without it there is no hope. The Dukes etc of the world will still be paying for the top players and IU would always be an afterthought. -
2024/2025 portal/late decommits IU is interested in
Feathery replied to IUfaninIllinois's topic in Basketball Recruiting
Surprised you even have a lawn for ppl to get off of. All the alimony you have to pay with 9 ex wives. -
2024/2025 portal/late decommits IU is interested in
Feathery replied to IUfaninIllinois's topic in Basketball Recruiting
Cook’s and Simon’s are my best guess. -
2024/2025 portal/late decommits IU is interested in
Feathery replied to IUfaninIllinois's topic in Basketball Recruiting
Nice!!! Welcome Mr Rice. Lets Go! -
2024/2025 portal/late decommits IU is interested in
Feathery replied to IUfaninIllinois's topic in Basketball Recruiting
Michigan fans seem to think he is theirs. I know ppl have said IU was his dream school. But he grew up in a Michigan family and attended games there. Evidently during Wisc-Mich games they would show pictures of Essegian in Michigan gear as a kid. So I’m not getting my hopes up on this one.