iuswingman

So basically if Reneau turned into MM?

Having 2 players in the post that have no outside games clogs the inside and replacing Ware with Ballo makes that issue even worse than it was last season.

He would be better as our only starting post big. MM could easily handle the 4 in college.

true but I think chairs at IU were tied down even after Knight left. never know when someone might copycat.

the potted plants must be nailed to the floor now.

If portland is as good as bloomington then sounds like a great place to live.

I guess when we are throwing around millions, anything is possible.

And I will be happy when KC announces. The problem still is the addition of Ballo means we are going to again clog the post with bigs which is why adding him was great and bad at the same time.

How so? The debate would be whether or not more outside shooters are needed. We definitely need better outside shooting much more than we needed another big body clogging up the post. I would rather that 1.2 million (or some of it) go towards the best shooting guard in the portal.

following who?

True. Although it is probably generally better to be more hands off in that situation vs rocking the boat with a heavy stick.

True, our opinions are based on incomplete information but if pro-Palestinian was an accurate generalization then I don't see how the exhibit should have been cancelled. Those that were offended could just boycott it. It would have to move towards antisemitism or saying Israel deserved to be attacked for it to move to towards that line of being cancel worthy imo. Anyone who complains about becoming a nation of cancelling people for their views should see this in that same light based on what little is known. But if those posts come to light and are much worse than expected then of course my opinion may change so put an asterisk next to it for now. I've heard quite a bit of people complaining of liberal bias in universities. If that is an issue then conservative bias should be just as much an issue.

Although it does says that it is a common scenario in these types of votes, not that it was the reason this time or that it was just referring to IU only. That may have just been contrasting the reasonsing for Whitten's vote of no confidence verses what most vote of no confidences are about.

So it was ok to cancel the exhibit because of her ideology? And here I have been led to believe canceling people was wrong. If roles were reversed, then I would wager the people defending her would be taking an opposite stance. Between that and failing to support the Dr that was attacked by rokita, she deserved the vote of no confidence.

The complaints against Whitten seem pretty valid to me. Abuse due to political bias should be wrong regardless of what side of the aisle

Through the window, off the bleachers, nothing but net

But if we went to a paid employees with contracts, NIL would hopefully actually mean earned NIL. At this point, might as well have drafts and guaranteed 2 or 3 year contracts.

NIL in the pros is actually about NIL. Pro teams aren't paying players under the table with fan donations to come to their team and pretending it is NIL because they actual have contracts and rules.

Pro sports have salary caps for players in order to maintain competitive balance so obviously there are ways to accomplish it legally even if it is highly unlikely to happen. Though, my actual point was more that the salary explosion is a result of bidding wars more so than it being required because the job is just so undesirable (as zline was trying to imply).

That doesn't make the salaries and NIL amounts any less ridiculous

Fishbowl doesn't require 7 figures and being paid more than doctors. Bidding wars is the only reason they get paid ridiculous amounts. If every school decided they would stick with 6 figures, there would be complaining but very few are taking a pay cut to change professions. Obviously the talent wouldn't be as good but quit pretending no one would play for just a free education.

A) You realize most people make 5 figures right? and travel is only for a part of the year. It wasn't that long ago that 6 figures was the norm for coaching and there was no shortage of coaches. B) There are plenty of people that play sports for fun and there are plenty of students that would play for free tuition. You act like playing basketball is a deadly or even dangerous occupation. I can think of much more dangerous occupations that pay less.

I understand the discrepancy between coaches salary and player's lack thereof I think the fairness should have been coaches making less, not players making more. If colleges are swimming in that much cash, then reduce ticket prices, subsidize tuition for all students. There wouldn't have been as much gripping if coaches were still making 5 figures. The issue is competitive fairness and the fact that there is no fairness in the current setup. Colleges are just in bidding wars for the best players.

Probably a sure thing we will be going after a backup big. It's a gamble on how he does against better competition but may be the best option we can get for those backup minutes.

I get that. Was only saying that Mgbako was already on the team and his deciding to return likely had nothing to do with Liam not coming. Rest of my post was just my opinion on the replacements.