I'm in!

God bless you, @Bazza. If you don't mind me asking, what meds are you taking? I need to switch to what you're taking.

 

I mean, I am not going to start watching high school badminton, ya know.

Let's just say I'd rather watch the current team, with the current NIL madness, than what our EX was doing. So, while I wish it was 2004 again....I'll soak in 2022 for what it is.

 

I'll still follow the uniform and enjoy it on occasion, but to be honest, I could give a flying fish about about the coaches and players the way things are run now.

 

How long before it is like the NBA where the players make more than the head coach?

 

Count me in too

 

I follow the uniform for the time being but that will depend on how things play out going forward. I'm certainly not going to tie up my Saturdays being invested in paid mercenaries that will leverage performance each year for a better contract before either resigning or transferring to Georgia,fsu ,Miami etc etc.

Sports Fandom is always a bit silly but if this ends up like the pro sports model then I'd be embarrassed to root for a jersey when the players themselves no longer have any sense of allegiance to their schools.

 

I think a market correction might come into play after a couple years. Most of these kids won't play in the NBA. The average fan will lose (even more) interest in ncaa basketball. Then the providers will be like . . . "why am I paying this kid?"

 

A public company would never fund this, as no shareholder value. Need private investors, which were formerly known as boosters. Now the money is greater. Unfortunately you need a billionaire booster like UM, TN, Texas, TAM, … currently have. Someone that loves their University enough to shell out $10 million each and every year. Sad to even have to think like this.

 

I hope this means you have joined the Gator Collective for the basketball program.

 

So it’s the coaches and players fault?

 

“I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member”


― Groucho Marx

 

I don't believe I assigned blame, but if you must know, it has nothing to do with their fault.

 

It's a Gators NIL fund where you pay monthly, supposedly goes to paying the players

 

I agree. It's like a gold rush environment now. Eventually they won't see a proper "return" on their investment, and it'll correct. The only unknown is billionaires willing to fork over vast sums of money just to see their college team win. That has no connection with any economic reality.

 

<joke>I thought that was what booster fees were for.</joke>

 

Come on man! If you can come up with $25,000 a month, we can sign a good player. Can you do it?

 

ha, true. unfortunately like monthly bills the payments never seem to end