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Excellent question. We were one of the first schools to head down the road. Apparently, it takes around 25years in the "building process" to realize it is all a scam for ADs to pad their resumes. There isn't going to be a "drop" to 1-aa, but we will be left behind and be in a division between where we are now and fcs.

They have no other choice but to live that way. That's the entire problem. If we tell people they either: 1. Take a scholarship and deal with the consequences, or 2. Don't go to college The following situations are created. 1. Players who are not well off will find a way to make money that leads to NCAA problems. Not good for college sports. 2. Players who are not well off don't go to college and their ability for their children to have a better life than them is limited. Not allowing kids to have a job is an idea of the past and needs to go away. I heard a guy on the radio today say, "Don't drag the past into the future." People drag the past into the future because of fear. Fear is a horrible basis for a decision.

Why should they have to sacrifice money for your decisions? This isn't about you, it is about their freedom. You make your choices, they should be free to make theirs.

Will the phony jobs be any worse than the money they are currently being handed in envelops? If a booster pays a player $100,000 for doing nothing, so what? Bankers here in Charlotte made multi million dollar bonuses before the downturn for running the country into the ground. They provided little to no value to our society. We would have been better off paying them all $100,000/year for doing nothing. It's never going to be perfect, but let's at least get it above board.

If they have a yearly disposable income of less than $18,000/year, then yes, they live in poverty. Many come from poverty and the college life is only slightly better than what they grew up in. People who live in the projects get free room and board as well...are they not in poverty?

1. As long as they meet their academic and athletic requirements, they should be allowed to do anything they want within the law. It's college athletics, not prison. 2. They are only allowed to earn $2,000 in an academic year. $67.00 per week isn't much money. NCAA rules are mid evil. I really have no idea why so many people are intent to keep other adults living in poverty and restrict freedom.

TW just gave him a contract extension. Termination isn't an option. He can't be forced to do anything because his job is so secure. If he has an ounce of self reflection, he will shake up his staff. Probably not the best solution, but the best we can expect. It's still early in the season, but things don't seem right. This team hasn't won a road game and is .500. I don't think anyone saw this coming. Given the talent, I'm not giving up.

Tens of thousands of college students have scholarships and are allowed to hold a job. The players should be able to do the same thing. Other than their scholarship, it wouldn't cost the schools a penny more.

Riveting it was not. The Butler vs. IU game was riveting and one of the best college basketball games I've watched in a long time. It had everything you could ever want in a game. Anyhow, I don't want to digress. Is it a huge flush of money down the toilet? Probably, but as long as they are having them, we my as well try to get to one. I like the bowls because between Christmas and New Years, I find them more entertaining than reruns of Mike and Molly. Actually, if you like college football, the Sam Houston State vs. Eastern Washington game was freaking awesome. Personally, I'd rather be in our own division with an opportunity to play in a meaningful game for a national championship than some half ass bowl game in Idaho. With the exception of about 40 schools, most every other school in D1A is spinning their wheels.

It's funny how a wife can cut through the crap sometimes and give us some reality. Last night, I was telling my wife how disappointed I was with the Zips play this year and how I thought they looked like poop (I didn't use the word poop) yesterday. She looked at me and said something to the effect that they looked like poop against CCU and if they still look like poop, maybe that's what they are this season. It was quite the subtle verbal slap in the face. What if she's right? She was also the person who called MAC football a couple of years ago, Dollar General and she was right about that at the time.

That undefeated December prediction is looking more and more stupid with each passing game.

Good question. He would raise the overall athletic ability of the team. We would score more transition points in lieu of trying to rely on our inept half court offense (if you want to call it that).

I see KD says that Zeke has to call for the ball more. If all it took was calling for the ball, I could go out, buy a megaphone and play center in D-1 basketball. Perfect example of KD never really taking blame in a horrible loss and displacing the blame on to one of his players. He has done this for years and I can't believe nobody else finds it as distasteful as I have. It's what survivors do though. Are we really paying this guy $500K to tell guys to call for the ball more? Call me crazy, but I thought we were paying him to bring in players, keep players, develop players and game plan. Next thing, we will have to hear about "coaching toughness". How about coaching a jump hook or accurate passes to the low block? This is your team KD. Get it together! Good reporting George. Lots to think about if people read it.

Everything the coach said is correct with the exception of paying the players. They players should be able to exploit their fame by having jobs during the off season. College basketball has been milked dry with the NCAA Tournament. There is no money left to get. Football has dictated this because it is the most popular sport in the US. In addition, athletic directors can dupe university presidents and the taxpayers of the states they work in to finance a building project so they can put it on their resume and move to a higher paying job. With football, you can have many more building projects, thus more opportunities for ADs to pad their resumes....indoor practice stadium, press box renovations, seat expansion, etc. Anyone who saw the 60 Minutes article a few weeks ago about college football should be left with no doubt that athletic directors are only concerned about money and self promotion. The AD from Michigan was shameless and I felt like I needed a shower after listening to his interview. Waddell was both shameless in saying they play LSU for an "advertisement" and shameful in his self promotion cheering on a player in front of a running camera. Waddell is one of the best self promoters I have ever seen and I take my hat off to this part of his personality. He'll bankrupt and entire state some day. I just hope that state isn't Ohio or South Carolina. When athletic directors run out of things to build, watch out because they will then be able to raise money for themselves. I make fun of the "building process" a lot because there is a big problem with the building process. It goes directly to why these ADs are so dangerous to the universities they work for and the taxpayers that support public institutions. Think of the athletics "building process" (It has been more of a frenzy than a process.) we have seen nationally the past few years as the housing bubble. It becomes unsustainable financially. After something is built, it costs a heck of a lot more money maintaining a structure than building it. BOMA estimates that only 20% of the life cycle cost of a structure is the construction of that structure. So, all of these schools building one arena or stadium or indoor arena have to maintain them in addition to the rest of the facilities on a campus. I don't know if anyone has noticed over the past few years, but our states have no money. Michigan is so broke they had to issue a $250 million bond for a press box renovation that adds future debt in the form of interest payments and maintenance on the press box. Nobody seems to have the sense to say, "We can't afford all of this freaking stuff!!!!" I see this movement of Catholic schools to their own conference as something very healthy for them and my get everyone else to get their minds right. They are finally saying, "Enough is enough." Instead of scrambling to start up football programs, new stadium projects, etc., they are just going to have their own league and do well at those things they are capable of doing well at. It might be the best thing for schools like Wake, Duke, Army, Navy, Air Force, Stanford, Baylor, Miami (FL), Vandy and other private schools to follow in their direction. Instead of these schools trying to be something they aren't, they are going to be what they are and be good at it. Hats off to them for understanding their identity. Taxpayers, university presidents, boards of trustees and smart alumni should also be willing to tell their athletic directors, "Enough is enough." Athletic directors cannot be allowed to continue down the road they are taking, but I fear the monster has gotten so big it can never be wrangled. I've met a lot of very nice people in college athletics, but most aren't the brightest bulbs on the tree. What smart person would want a job like that? It is rare to meet a Mike Thomas, a man who I always felt had a top notch intellect. The norm are people like Mack and Waddell. Nice enough people and decent at the mechanics of their job, but they have second string intellects. Wistrcill is just not a smart guy at all. It amazes me that our states have allowed/are allowing people like this to spend millions, upon millions of dollars of their hard earned money in a manner that will harm taxpayers in the future. Our society has totally lost sight of what universities are for.

Pay for their scholarship. Let them have a job. Let them major in whatever sport they play if they want to.

It's no secret on this board. I've thought that for a long time now for a host of reasons which I'm not going to get into now. If Tom Wistercill thinks something is a good idea, the opposite is true. TW thought it was a good idea to extend his contract for a lot of years. Enough said.

It's no secret on this board. I've thought that for a long time now for a host of reasons which I'm not going to get into now. If Tom Wistercill thinks something is a good idea, the opposite is true. TW thought it was a good idea to extend his contract for a lot of years. Enough said.

Define "that good".

He is the difference between winning and losing today.

I wouldn't call Zeke soft. I would call him underdeveloped. On the defensive end, he can be overly aggressive and go for blocks he has no shot of getting leaving him out of rebounding position. On the offensive end, he sets the post where the other player sets it which is what players do these days. As the ball rotates, if he is too far from the basket, he can't reestablish closer to the basket. This isnt all on zeke. Our perimeter players never seem to have themselves in position to deliver a pass to the center at an effective angle. There are a lot of things with our offense that are not allowing it to come together as we'll as it could. They need to get to work.

I wouldn't call Zeke soft. I would call him underdeveloped. On the defensive end, he can be overly aggressive and go for blocks he has no shot of getting leaving him out of rebounding position. On the offensive end, he sets the post where the other player sets it which is what players do these days. As the ball rotates, if he is too far from the basket, he can't reestablish closer to the basket. This isnt all on zeke. Our perimeter players never seem to have themselves in position to deliver a pass to the center at an effective angle. There are a lot of things with our offense that are not allowing it to come together as we'll as it could. They need to get to work.

You are reading my mind. Our ability to get the ball inside is terrible. Detroit's center, a guy who will never play a second of professional basketball on any continent, was the best center on the court today. Zeke had trouble maintaining offensive post position against him. When he did, we don't have a player who can make an accurate pass into the post without Zeke losing ground. We need better inside offensive production from the center position...34 needs to play more.

If you guys thinking beating the Titans at home is easy, this is their 14th win in a row at home. Werethe Zips out scored 80-63 the final thirty minutes?

If you guys thinking beating the Titans at home is easy, this is their 14th win in a row at home. Werethe Zips out scored 80-63 the final thirty minutes?

We allow them to run 25 seconds off clock without foul?