Notice his hating *** didn’t say crap last year when Kansas was spending big money on a roster, but this year when Kentucky and byu do it’s a problem now
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Notice his hating *** didn’t say crap last year when Kansas was spending big money on a roster, but this year when Kentucky and byu do it’s a problem now
He isn't wrong. The entire thing has become FUBAR and no longer college basketball.
Kinda weird how BYU wants to suddenly try to outspend and one up Pope now that he is gone. They shoulda ponied up when he was there.
The dude couldn't be more accurate. It's an absolute **** $how. However, as long as this is the business model that we must all compete under, I hope we play the **** $how game better than anyone.
Regardless of how it turned out in the long run, Cal had us on the cutting edge of the one-and-done era. Maybe Pope can do the same in the Portal era.
Regardless of how it turned out in the long run, Cal had us on the cutting edge of the one-and-done era. Maybe Pope can do the same in the Portal era.
I agree. Let's $h*t $how the heck outta this thing. Flex our muscles and 90s New York Yankees this circus!
Bet Jon and Fran can tear up a Chili’s menu.
I can picture him now, rage eating some Honey Chipotle Chicken Crispers and contemplating the downfall of college basketball.
I can picture him now, rage eating some Honey Chipotle Chicken Crispers and contemplating the downfall of college basketball.
Has it really changed or is everything just more out in the open? Do I love it all? No, but I’d honestly take openly paying guys versus the behind the scenes of putting families in mansions for a year and pretending like every guy picked their school due to love.
So I guess this is how it's going to be. Kentucky loads up better than anyone so far this year, and now the sport is finally broken. Lol, got it.
You can tell Pope has people running scared. And you might say "why does Francis Fraschilla care?".. because for anyone unaware, he's an out-and-out Kansas Homer.
This is honestly glorious to see the hand-wringing in real time.
You can tell Pope has people running scared. And you might say "why does Francis Fraschilla care?".. because for anyone unaware, he's an out-and-out Kansas Homer.
This is honestly glorious to see the hand-wringing in real time.
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Bingo this is the right answer it was always done under the table now everyone can show their cards and nothing has to be hidden anymore.
The major donor now is best friends with the coach that’s why
The sports media class advocated for player pay and freedom of movement.
They are Frankenstein lamenting the creation of a monster.
They are Frankenstein lamenting the creation of a monster.
He might not be, but he didn’t say anything when his buddy self was spending big money
The NCAA screw things up by not doing anything some years back, if they put rules in place for NIL then it would not be this bad as we see today. JMO
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Meh. The monster keeps growing. At least he has a voice and is saying something now. I get your point, but I hope more voice up about it.
I think some of you take things like this waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too personally and are constantly looking to be slighted by the talking heads. The only bad part about what he said is that he regularly goes to Chili's...
College basketball has been ruined for 20 years. This is a fix. Sometimes the medicine tastes awful.
But no cure without it.
But no cure without it.
Nawh. Fraschillia only comments on stuff like this when it’s teams like us doing it. He never says a word when Kansas does stuff like this
There’s a simple solution, if you don’t like it, don’t watch.
It’s like with the annoying Duke slurping on ESPN, I just don’t watch it. They start kissing Duke’s tail and I turn it off or put it on mute or just ignore it.
Watch something else if you hate what college basketball has become.
There are hundreds, make that thousands of games on YouTube from the good old days you can watch over and over again and reminisce about better times.
Crying about it ain’t going to fix it.
I kind of find it refreshing that it’s out in the open.
If you think players haven’t always been paid, you are naive.
It’s like with the annoying Duke slurping on ESPN, I just don’t watch it. They start kissing Duke’s tail and I turn it off or put it on mute or just ignore it.
Watch something else if you hate what college basketball has become.
There are hundreds, make that thousands of games on YouTube from the good old days you can watch over and over again and reminisce about better times.
Crying about it ain’t going to fix it.
I kind of find it refreshing that it’s out in the open.
If you think players haven’t always been paid, you are naive.
I agree with many others that the money isn't the main problem... it's the unrestricted transfers.
These guys want to be paid like pros, then there should be contracts and caps on the # of transfers and/or reinstitute sitting out a year (or something similar) when players want to transfer more than once.
Maybe something like this:
1 transfer without penalty,
2nd transfer = sit 1 year as a transfer...Exception = head coach leaves/fired, then the sit rule is waived
These guys want to be paid like pros, then there should be contracts and caps on the # of transfers and/or reinstitute sitting out a year (or something similar) when players want to transfer more than once.
Maybe something like this:
1 transfer without penalty,
2nd transfer = sit 1 year as a transfer...Exception = head coach leaves/fired, then the sit rule is waived
Did I miss another post by him? Was he referencing UK at all or just the sport in general?
He’s not wrong. It needs to be fixed. Needs some sort of regulation. I mean, go Cats, obviously. But it is seriously messed up at the moment.
I can’t hear what he’s saying with Self’s balls in his mouth.
The amount of money being thrown around (if true) is unsustainable, IMO (I can see boosters from lesser/non-"basketball first" programs easily throwing in the towel if their investment doesn't generate the results they think it should fairly quickly).
That being said, I like that NIL and the portal has leveled the playing field that IMO had been rigged by the AAU/shoe company handlers of pouty high schoolers and the "pick-a-hat" diva mess that we had to deal with for far too long. Was being beholden to that system really so much better than what we're seeing today? To me, it was worse. Look at it like this: we miss on a 5* late in the recruiting process 10-20 years ago and it would pretty much ruin our chances in the upcoming season. In that era, the games those handlers liked to play could really hurt us with a coach like Pope who had never proven to be a great high school recruiter at this level and it could greatly lower his ceiling here despite him being a really good coach. Miss on portal players 1, 2, 3, or even 4 times in a row today and you can still end up with a really good player in that spot, if the price is right. Sucks for mid-major programs or those not willing to spend as much, but great for us. And Florida just won a national championship with pretty much a "money ball" roster, while Duke's "dark money" funded team lost in the Final Four. The money matters, obviously, but it's not the be-all and end-all.
That being said, I like that NIL and the portal has leveled the playing field that IMO had been rigged by the AAU/shoe company handlers of pouty high schoolers and the "pick-a-hat" diva mess that we had to deal with for far too long. Was being beholden to that system really so much better than what we're seeing today? To me, it was worse. Look at it like this: we miss on a 5* late in the recruiting process 10-20 years ago and it would pretty much ruin our chances in the upcoming season. In that era, the games those handlers liked to play could really hurt us with a coach like Pope who had never proven to be a great high school recruiter at this level and it could greatly lower his ceiling here despite him being a really good coach. Miss on portal players 1, 2, 3, or even 4 times in a row today and you can still end up with a really good player in that spot, if the price is right. Sucks for mid-major programs or those not willing to spend as much, but great for us. And Florida just won a national championship with pretty much a "money ball" roster, while Duke's "dark money" funded team lost in the Final Four. The money matters, obviously, but it's not the be-all and end-all.
Just never been paid at this level.
Players in the past had no way to have a bidding war every year for their services.
The mid major star was especially screwed where now they are the most highly coveted and paid players.
Maybe I’m late to the party, but how or where is the shot at us taken??
He can thank the NCAA for being greedy little punks like the schools as well instead of coming up with a monetary system that made sense before court cases came out. Instead they tried to regulate cream cheese on bagels.
We still have to beat the Olandis Poole’s of the world. That’s the hardest part.
Isn't FUBAR the name of that Polish 7 foot point guard Pope is looking at this year?
I don’t think his post had anything to do with what Kentucky has been doing .
College sports is a mess right now .
College sports is a mess right now .
Fran is mad Chili's stopped carrying enchiladas, burritos and tacos. He used to really go at it hard-core n that era.
When you eat chili is needless to say what kind of analysis you will get at the other end of the spectrum.
Now, the college sports it is what it is , a by product of greed, corruption and decades of NCAA coverups and incompetence.
You can still do a good analysis, rank teams, and provide pertinent commentaries if you are actually doing true journalism work. But when you do click bates news and regurgitate the retweet’s than yes , you go ahead and eat chili and expect more :
It is but what do you do? NIL is what it is now. UK and everybody else has to pay up. Maybe there will be some new way to regulate or stop the transfer portal from being the way it is now, but UK is my team and I want them to win titles
I always say who cares what any of them say? Talking heads .other fans, sports talk radio? Again who cares?