Another huge area… school athletic programs are having solvency issues. We all think of how much money is in college sports. But the cost to run these programs is astronomical, especially if schools want a competitive program. Think about how many entities have a say in college sports… NCAA, Board of Regents, several areas within the university, state legislatures, federal government in several areas, municipal authorities… lots of watchful eyes, legislation, rules, redundant everything… and it all draws money from the program, directly and indirectly. All schools, including the blue bloods, can use a real boost in the financial arm. This will trickle down to the athletes beyond whatever royalties they can receive.

@Kcmatt7 Like I said, it’s a matter of opinion. You obviously think he’s a great coach, I don’t. That’s OK. I may be dead wrong. Maybe he would go to … Alabama or wherever and tear it UP. But I’m pretty comfortable having him in our league.

@HighEliteMajor maybe the distance out will discourage us from trying to double team.

dylans said: @Kcmatt7 I didn’t get one last year, but there are official KU sanctioned autograph men’s (and women’s) basketballs you can buy. I’m not sure where you get them online (used to be kustore.com; it’s changed), but you could pick them up at the allen field house gift shop. You can, and the proceeds actually end up going to charity. Minus a small 10% markup on the cost of the ball.

@chriz “Sending their kids wherever they think is best for them” is funny. Eighteen year old kids aren’t super great at simply doing what they are told because an adult thinks it’s best for them. But certainly parents play an important role in recruiting and they should share praise and blame for when things work out and when they don’t. As humans with brains and consciences they are capable just like the rest of us of making mistakes and letting money talk more than it should.

@wissox I think a couple of things may be in play. We haven’t necessarily fared all that well in KC…the KU crowd is not as loud and effective as rattling the opponent as we see in AFH…could be type of fan (i.e non-rowdy student), acoustics that affect the noise. Also,…I can imagine that NC and Kentucky fans may have already bought tickets on the secondary market gambling that their chances are pretty good they make it there. Further, those that wait until they see if they make it…are probably pretty willing to pay a high price to go. Hence,…I don’t think we will have the advantage that some might think on the surface.

Besides playing in high school games boys and girls can play in over a hundred games a year with different organizations such as AAU and other travel ball programs. Most weekends there are tournaments where you can find desired competition. My experience it’s these programs where kids develop the most rather than in school programs. Not always the case but a majority of the time. If a kid has potential long before high school his/her name is in the conversation.

If Dok hacked away in the style of Cole Aldrich the other teams would run out of willing post players.

Here is another take on the changes…

KU need some votes. go here and vote for KU. UK is ahead, not because it is the better team but because it has more fans voting. Wall might have a slight edge over Mason and Hinrich and Prince probably pretty close with the edge to Hinrich but KU is much better at the other 3 position. 1 day left…

Looking forward to the rematch with Mizzou’s Schweitzer in the 5000 meters on Saturday. The NCAA website has the race scheduled for 5:25 PM. I think that’s Pacific Time, which would make it 7:25 Central, on ESPN.

Here, in s. central ks, fb is still big! We’ve had a couple of girls w/concussions from soccer. They wear those headbands, also wear them during basketball.

chriz said: Goodness. Everything is racist and akin to slavery. Barf. Agree it’s stupid to draw that parallel. Just a charged word for no reason tbh.

@BeddieKU23 No one bets on music or art. That’s why no one cares if they get paid. It’s all about betting. Same as the injury report, it has nothing to do with fairness of play, it’s all about betting.

@Gunman I was in bed in my old age, shoot it’s past my bed time now lol, just saw it the next morning.

@justanotherfan In addition, as I have posted previously, just about half of Div 1 teams are Eastern time zone, so it always will seem that there is a bias in selection toward the East coast.

@Gorilla72 In a just system, a player should get more eligibility for such long delays.

@JayHawkFanToo For a school like Kansas, any change makes no difference, because they are at the top. Changes to the middle or bottom have little, if any, affect on KU. This has more affect on the Texas Tech’s, TCU’s and KSU’s of the world. Those schools are in a position where yes, they can certainly pay the smaller schools to come in and play them, but the attraction of playing at KU, versus the payday they can get by playing at KU or another big name program is significant. Plus the TV exposure, etc. to have a chance to be on the radar for recruits. If the NCAA were to re-structure D1, Power 5 schools would have to play the mid majors. That’s a big reason why its doubtful that D1 hoops makes any changes. As you correctly point out, its a business, and the NCAA D1 tournament basically pays for the budgets for the NCAA, and mens basketball pays for the athletic budgets for roughly half to two thirds of D1 programs (basically all programs except those that have FBS football and those that operate at a loss). Even in the single bid leagues, getting the revenue from having a team in the tournament is worth it, and if that 13 or 14 seed happens to swing an upset every few years, even better because that’s a huge boon for the league from a revenue standpoint.

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-hoops-hangs-balance-indictments-increase-speculation-might-talking-feds-193957085.html

@JayHawkFanToo Howling!