Another NIL causality
- Thread starter I.I.
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At 75 years old I'm sure he made the decision that he absolutely didn't need the Bullsh!t!
Wahhhhhh, being in Miami should be great stuff for NIL.
He mentioned that after going to a Final Four he lost eight players. These kids would play for Antarctica University if the $ is right. Don’t blame him a bit for retiring.
Other than the top 10 jobs, college basketball coaching has to be to worst job in athletics with 20 hour work days, kids demanding money from you all day long and getting fired quickly if you don't win big.
Ironic since the reason most of those kids were at Miami in the first place was due to $$$$.
Head coaches make enough coin to soften the workload. I feel worse for the countless assistants who make a small fraction of the HC, who move their families from job to job…that’s got to be tough.
But conveniently didn't mention his own departure from George Mason after a Final Four because the $ at Miami was right.
Yeah, I can't blame top athletes for chasing after an extra $50k. They may not get opportunities like that ever again. I don't like the system NIL has created, but I would totally change schools in their shoes for $$$. Even if I was being groomed for the NBA, an injury could derail that.
Since we now have the trappings of a free agency market for nearly every player every single year, it might be tempered somewhat if schools could sign students to multi-year scholarships/contracts that were harder to get out of. If not 4 years, then at least 2 might be helpful. With exemptions for coaching changes and stuff like that.
My guess is thar most of the guys that aren't going to the NBA, but are going to draw any decent NIL $ are likely headed overseas after their eligibility runs out. That leads me to question whether they're getting good advice and not hindering their development and future opportunities by jumping from school to school. Time will tell.... There are lots of opportunities for solid players that are not the NBA if they're willing to utilize their passport and not smuggle drugs into countries like Russia.
I assure you there is absolutely no desire to bang Griner.....
I don't think she would want to bang you. She banged her wife in more ways than one. I just didn't see what that had to do with your post.
an aside: Having 2g or less of hash is punishable by a fine or 15 days of detention in Russia. She had .7 grams in a vape cartridge, and got 10 years for it. That is considered a pretty minor offense, even by Russia.
Thank goodness, the point is that situational awareness should always be a priority when traveling whether for pleasure or work. She knew where she was headed when she got on that plane with the vape cartridges and there was a State Dept. travel advisory/warning in place. She had a target on her back as a US citizen, a recognizable public figure in both the US and Russia, her lifestyle is not accepted in Russia, etc.. I know several guys that played overseas and at different times didn't accept contracts due to the climate of the country. Each would have told her to make sure that advisories were checked and that luggage was checked, rechecked, and checked again for anything that would draw attention or violate any laws of the destination nation.
In interviews, she said she was rushed leaving, and packed in panic mode,. She was returning to Russia, not going for the first time. She was well aware of the laws. I'm pretty certain she had found ways of getting it on the black market while she was in country if she couldn't deal without it. She said she started unpacking her suitcase in security, and her heart sunk when she felt the cartridge through her clothing.
But regardless of whether you believe her or not: 1) She suffered immensely for it. & 2) I still don't see what it had to do with your original post.
