@mayjay

Well said

It happens at the High School level as well. It’s happening as we speak. I was told this week of one case involving a shoe company and a 2019 player committed to a school. There was an actual bidding war among schools under the same shoe affiliation for his signature.

Nothing stopped folks, College Ball is still dirty even as a trial goes on about how dirty it is

I’m disappointed the most in the fact that the “bag man” and Self didn’t have layers of separation. Gassnola and Self are not even in the same stratosphere of character but somehow, someway they are connected in this and the optics look bad. That’s my two cents here.

kjayhawks said:

@BeddieKU23 I like the the current challenge but I think good match ups in Jan or Feb are better than the champions classic in early Nov.

I don’t mind the Champions Classic. You get an extremely early feel of where a team is at and it never hurts beating a Duke/UK/Sparty on national TV and having some bragging rights.

Will be interesting to see if this is replacing the SEC Challenge or becomes another standalone series

@dylans

I edited to fix for Big-East, not Big-10.

Agree

@Kcmatt7

I think its time for a change anyway. The Big-12 & Big-East also have 10 teams which gets everyone involved in this.

@BShark

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Starting in 19-20. I wonder if this will replace the SEC Challenge?

Could be playing Nova annually now…

BShark said:

BeddieKU23 said:

approxinfinity said:

I havent kept up to date but I just read this on ESPN. Is everything there stuff we already knew?

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/24990651/texts-show-kansas-coaches-knew-adidas-role-silvio-de-sousa-recruitment

The texts involving self are new.

But still just confirming previous claims that Gassnola chatted with Self/KT frequently.

I had no issue with that part however the texts do imply a lot more involvement with Self and thats just sad. Oh well onward and upward

approxinfinity said:

I havent kept up to date but I just read this on ESPN. Is everything there stuff we already knew?

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/24990651/texts-show-kansas-coaches-knew-adidas-role-silvio-de-sousa-recruitment

The texts involving self are new.