Men’s Basketball Transfer Portal Open Thread
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It is actually good experience, if he does withdrawal his name.
Hopefully. Those are the only 2 I want back and bring in all new guys
How many will come back and play for Dawkins? Or will we get better recruits? Or...are we in the Johnny Dawkin loop again? Built up preseason hype, end up with barely over .500 record?
Rumor is that some of those who are in the portal will play with us in the Crown....it'll be interesting to learn which as they would be the ones that, logically, Johnny would be trying hard to keep.
UCF brings him in under dubious circumstances and this is how he do us.
That they’re not very good.
That its over, nba dreams are bleak, etc
These guys are peeking financially with this NIL money. Very, very, very few of them would ever make the income that they are making right now when they get out in the real world, in their entire lifetime per annual salary. It’s insane.
Put the revenues from college sports, which is provided by the platforms of the colleges to the colleges and reduce cost for students. without the platforms that the colleges provide these guys would have no notoriety whatsoever.
Put the revenues from college sports, which is provided by the platforms of the colleges to the colleges and reduce cost for students. without the platforms that the colleges provide these guys would have no notoriety whatsoever.
There is a recent article out about Mikey Williams possibly going back to Memphis and his NIL value is 2.5 million.
UCF can go that route, but the major schools will not. If college sports is truly to be devalued, then coaching staff should be capped as well to an amount similar to professors and limit games on tv.
Instead every aspect of major college sports is treated as professional sports for decades, just now the players are part of the model as well.
I agree, the genie is out of the bottle. I don’t disagree with your analysis as to the coaching salaries as well. To be quite honest with you I think Professor’s and high academia are over paid as well. at the end of the day, it’s the students who are overpaying for tuition that are affected.
College athletics and scholarships were meant to subsidize the athletes to get an education so that they may advance their careers in the future. Only about one percent go professional in the sport that they play in and the rest of them go into the other world. To pay these kids who were never going to go pro in the first place needs to be further evaluated. Unfortunately, we are way beyond common sense in this it has gotten out of control.
Love to see that article. Insane UCF saved him
NBA Legend Among Favorites to Land Projected $2.3 Million Star in Transfer Portal
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...3-million-star-in-transfer-portal/ar-AA1BJH6uWilliams' NIL value at $2.3 million. UCF is slated to play in the College Basketball Crown tournament. The Knights face the Oregon State Beavers on Tuesday, April 1.
I hope that Memphis pays him that 2.5. They will be bankrupt if they start throwing money out like that. Or our FedEx packages will be astronomically priced.
Over and above that, it appears his counseling is suspect at best
He had a lot of talent, but I’m not rooting for him now. Ucf saved this kid. If this kid goes to Memphis he’s got a lot more character issues than were even presented early on. I highly doubt that Memphis is recruiting him anymore.
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Memphis didn’t look good in the tourney game. They must think he’s the missing piece. He looks little to me.
I just don't see the talent in Williams...is it just me? All his playing time at UCF he was nothing extraordinary. Did UCF even get $50,000 worth out of this kid?? No way.
Even if they were never going pro to begin with they still were l good enough for you to roll out on Saturdays and parade to ESPN to get a big tv contract out of it. So to say they held no value because they weren't of NFL value is not the full picture
They got a scholarship for a free education that they don’t have to pay back in the future, that will ultimately lead to their success in the future in the real world, if they use it properly. That has great value. Getting paid while you’re in college is not the purpose of college. College is there so that you can learn how to achieve in the future and you’re prepared The primary focus for college is education A free education is invaluable. if you are in college, just to get a few paychecks, then the purpose of college is misunderstood.
I’m not disparaging kids that don’t have the talent to go play professionally but the purpose of college is to educate students so that they may be successfully prepared for the occupations in the future. It is not an athletic farm system or should be. We are losing focus of what the college and athletic programs that are in college are there for
As I’ve said before, the money’s that are made from all television contracts, etc. should be put back into the college, which provides the platform for these schools to highlight the athletes. Coaches should not make multi million dollars and students at the colleges should be rewarded with reduced tuition. JMO
Not the full picture but 98% of it. Without those letters on their chest, they're as valuable as the XFL or USFL players - which ain't much. Take football out of colleges and that's what they are. Value is derived from the school, not the athlete. Nobody gives a rip who's in the shirt, as long as their team wins. The compensation/NIL issue is just a dick measuring contest between relatively few people with some disposable income.
I know he also declared for the NBA Draft, but if/when he comes back to college - it looks like it probably won’t be at UCF SMH.
Rumored: Getting offers over $2M in NIL (I bet I could guess who)…
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Thiam should go too since UCF doesn’t give a crap about basketball (or well any sports) anymore
