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All true, but it's better than nothing and what would happen if the Federal government legislates it.

When pay to play was being bandied about years ago one of the things schools and the NCAA were wary of was unionization of the athletes....ALL athletes. I am ALL in favor of unions! But think about all of the issues that come with collective bargaining and unionization. If any of you were/are in a union you realize there are issues above and beyond pay. We will see.

They are one of the few MAC teams that I haven't seen play this year either. I'm not saying they aren't good players. Just that I don't think BG had to outbid other P5 or even high majors for them. They probably had some offers from mid-majors, but BG was likely the best they received. A lot of players in the portal either get overvalued or undervalued.

I would have thought it would be the other way around.

Bruno to UCF, Delvin Morris to Kansas State

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They weren't lighting it up but they were contributing. When I think of BG getting a P5 player, I generally assume they're getting someone who was getting very few (if any) minutes. I haven't seen BG play yet this year other than a few minutes against Miami so I guess I'll see tonight what kind of players they are.

The problem with non-competes is each school would have their own. A collective bargaining agreement would make everything universal. I think at this point the universities would welcome a collective bargaining agreement because it will allow them to focus on other things.

All the MAC schools I believe opted into revenue sharing so they all have some amount of NIL. Some, like Akron and UMass, alot more than others. Neither of those players were exactly lighting it up at their P5 schools so it's not like they would have needed 100s of thousands of dollars to sign them.

Time will certainly tell as I'm sure in the coming years the case will make it to court. I will say that many employer contracts for R&D or sales positions includes non-compete clauses and those have held up in court over time. I do think it's possible the same could hold up with college athletics, but I am no lawyer or a legal expert. I'll leave that to the legal experts.

Thanks for the article. I think that in order to have enforceable contracts with so many people, a collective bargaining agreement is necessary.

Demond Williams just days after signing a contract with Washington announced that he was going to enter the portal. Washington and the Big 10 stood their ground and were going to challenge him in court. He announced that he will return to Washington instead of leaving. I feel having enforceable contracts is a step in the right direction for college athletics. I know some here despise anything P4 related, but good on Washington and the Big 10 standing their ground. That should have trickle down effects to the G5 and other mid-majors in other sports. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47554312/demond-williams-jr-transfer-stay-washington

Re: vs. Akron (1/9) Post by Falconfreak90 » Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:23 pm Akron has tormented us since about 2005. I think we are 5-37 in our last 42? For the love of Andy Anderson, just beat them. As always, they will be an excellent team.

Looking at BG's roster, they have two guys (Ruffin and Thomas) who played meaningful minutes including many starts at P5 schools (Colorado and Florida State) last year. Adding them to complement Campbell seems to have been crucial for BG so far, but I'm left wondering how did they get them? BG has had no success as of late and I haven't heard about them committing many NIL resources to basketball.

Yeah, I saw that Miami line and almost decided to re-download the DraftKings app 😆 I think Miami wins that game fairly easily. But I also said UMass would beat EMU easily a while back, so I clearly don't know anything.

Now -4.5. I would agree someone is going to have to step up bigly tonight. It's never too early to start preparing for 3DaysInMarch. You could even say the outcome of this game is less important than the development process for 3DIM. Miami is favored by 1.5 at Toledo.

I still feel college football is a bit like MLB baseball. OSU, Georgia, Alabama can still buy themselves into the playoffs most years, but other P4 still have their windows of opportunity. I doubt Indiana will be here in 10 years. At that point Cignetti would be 74 and likely retired. Indiana still managed to maximize their window of opportunity by pairing a terrific coach with renewed booster interest. When Indiana's run fades perhaps an Illinois or Minnesota emerges in its place using that same footprint Indiana established.

And if things go horribly wrong, who will be Tyler Cheese?

I got my money on Shammah

Who is going to be the Gladden, Harney, or Gray tonight?

Professional cornhole and hobby horse competitions.

Has NIL and the transfer portal broken the monopoly in college football? Watching the playoffs and seeing OSU, Georgia and Alabama get removed from it by teams that 10 years ago were not in their same league makes me happy on some level. I was wrong about the rich getting richer in the NIL era in that there seems to be a limit as to how much you can buy. I was not wrong about the freedom of movement the TP offers leveling the playing field, I just didn't see what a huge influence it is. Players want to play because showcasing talent gets the biggest bag of all which is NFL money. Transferring is the best way to get on the field for high level talent. In the past, a team like Mississippi had close to the level of talent on their starting 22. Where they got destroyed was when they had to dip into their bench against an Alabama and there was a big drop off in talent. Before NIL, Alabama dipped into their bench on a miserably hot early September day in Tuscaloosa and pulled up another future NFL player. Today, that guy is playing on the starting team for their opponent.

It's all mostly just filler content lol. I'm more pointing out that they aren't going to plan their schedule around what would give MAC basketball the best ratings. They have a lot of other programing that is as equal or marginally better. The game would only attract 10s of thousands of fans (mostly degen gamblers) regardless when it's played. I understand not wanting to play during the semifinals that way you can watch both, but frankly someone has to.