And those extra possessions have led to more points. I'm not talking from year to year - I'm curious if Wisconsin keeps that pace all year or not tho, but while still playing slow, Wisconsin has been more willing to play fast since they shortened the clock. They don't like to, and it's not their first choice, but they aren't necessarily waiting until the last second to shoot like they were seemingly.
On JBo's Podcast, Jay Bilas says Iowa is Final 4/Nat'l Championship Good. They also Indict the NCAA, which had $500M in Cash Reserves 5 Yrs Ago
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And those extra possessions have led to more points. I'm not talking from year to year - I'm curious if Wisconsin keeps that pace all year or not tho, but while still playing slow, Wisconsin has been more willing to play fast since they shortened the clock. They don't like to, and it's not their first choice, but they aren't necessarily waiting until the last second to shoot like they were seemingly.
If they're being paid more than they are worth, there's surely no need for a rule that caps the amount of benefits they can receive, right?
Just like if there was currently a law that no kindergarten teachers can be paid more than $1 million per year. Getting rid of that hypothetical law would have no effect because no kindergarten teacher can earn $1 million per year on the free market.
This is kinda interesting:
www.cbssports.com
Pac-12 study reveals athletes 'too exhausted to study effectively'
A study involving nine of 12 Pac-12 teams reveals athletes are not happy with their schedules, which often include 50-hour 'work weeks,' leaving them too tired to study effectively.
www.cbssports.com
Another interesting thing to note: Bilas brought up this podcast itself, and the possibility that Jordan could get sponsors for it (and therefore receive income).
Why shouldn't Jordan and Zack be able to make some money off their work/off their podcast?
Why shouldn't Jordan and Zack be able to make some money off their work/off their podcast?
no one is making billions. Just think about the billions spent every year on athletes. I doubt most schools would be able to afford sports if scholarships were funded by donors.
Fine. Take away scholarships, tutoring, stipends and let the free market determine their worth. You would quickly find that most "athletes: would love the current system.
The average G league salary is 35K. an Iowa athlete is pulling in between 80-135k in total compensation plus no interest on debt. Can you image the compensation of an athlete at Northwestern or stanford.
Face it, Scholarships are a high end socialist system that people want to apply free market forces to. The problem is, pro-pay people only want to apply the free market in a few areas and have absolutely no negative consequences.
A very very few d1 athletes are losing out on NIL but they are benefitting everyone else. Why would you want to acquiesce to a few players at the expense of the rest? Those few could choose to go to the G league or another minor league route. The problem is the money just isn't there and neither are the fans. Why do you think there isn't a minor league system for football, no one watches. If there was a dollar to be made, someone would. The NIL $$ is from the school in 99% of athletes.
A very very few d1 athletes are losing out on NIL but they are benefitting everyone else. Why would you want to acquiesce to a few players at the expense of the rest? Those few could choose to go to the G league or another minor league route. The problem is the money just isn't there and neither are the fans. Why do you think there isn't a minor league system for football, no one watches. If there was a dollar to be made, someone would. The NIL $$ is from the school in 99% of athletes.
no, the clock rules were in effect last season and Wisconsin played at the same insanely slow pace as always. This season with the same coach and same players and same clock rules they are magically shooting the ball faster than they have since probably Stu Jackson was coach. That change was unrelated to the clock changes.
Seems to me no one is talking about one obvious fact. If there aren't some strict regulations about the pay for athletes, what is to stop a booster from paying a kid $10,000 a month to wash his car once a month? I think trying to regulate this is a can of worms.
If boosters want to pay players, why should we care? Currently, that is illegal and so it creates an uneven playing field for programs that follow the rules.
However, if it were legal and transparent, why do people think we should spend so much effort making sure athletes don't make money while they play college sports? Our laws generally promote the ability for adults to freely contract with each other for goods/services. We impose limits to the right freely engage in contracts when the goods or services subject to the contract are deemed harmful to society (e.g., drug dealing, prostitution, etc.). I don't think playing college sports is something that is harmful to society, and so if someone wants to pay a player to play sports at their favorite college, I fail to see why we should make that illegal.
the point is to try to get it above board and let a kid earn $10K in income for whatever service they are providing (be it actual work or simply advertising or whatever) and let it be taxed as income and what not instead of somebody handing $10K in cash in a bag to someone in a dark alley.
Wisconsin's pace may have a lot more to do with who they've played so far this season rather than a change in style.
possibly but they have never had these splits previously, not even particularly close. Time will tell if it holds, but through early season they are shooting the ball way way faster than they have in early season play previously.
