Yep. You called it. Gethro will test our new strength coach. From what I see, he’s going to get pushed around as a freshman, but that’s okay. Let’s see how fast he can put muscle on those thin thighs.
Has a pretty good stroke from trey.
A lot to develop here. He’s also still growing.
Hmmmm… Foster, Braun and Harris have a background together. I’m thrilled and give them the official “jelly doughnut” award!
Fun reads.
I must have missed this one… so will ask… Does Foster have 2 years of eligibility left?
Surely, he will need time to adjust to D1. It would be nice to hear from Self describe a possible Foster role, but I’m not counting on that anytime soon. He’s a slice of a large pie that will be coming with all the holes after this year.
Let’s say he isn’t the next Wiggy. Isn’t he, in the least, a tall guard that will help build his teammates at practice? That is the very least. I am just getting used to Foster, but I like what I see. I remain cautious concerning expectations because the footage is against weak players. Still… he’s a tall guard with some ability and a feather touch. That gives reason to smile.
We shouldn’t get caught up in how this looks for other recruits in this class. He isn’t projected to compete with higher level players, but lets hope he ends up stepping up and competing for real minutes.
(glass half full)
I think the NCAA drags this out forever, until everyone forgets most of it, then we get a symbolic face slapping and move on. You know, like UNC and other blue bloods.
Size, handles, some athleticism, feather touch… and perhaps most important, not an overrated OAD we have to baby and deal with a year of distraction and preferential treatment preventing team bonding. Oh… and risk no more NCAA infraction charges.
Yep… I’m totally on board with Tyon!
In other words… to pay off players to sign with a school. Like what goes on now, behind closed doors.
Since we are an Adidas school, and at the top of their basketball list… won’t we benefit more than most? Look at the size of our school contract with Adidas. They have invested big time in Kansas. They will want to continue to help sign players to Kansas and will pay a premium price.
I don’t go with something just because Kansas benefits more.
I have no idea how this is going to work but we have several years to have this litigate and rules to be drawn. The NCAA will have to find a way to satisfy everyone. Or… let me rewrite that… the courts will have to find a way to satisfy everyone. REALITY: no one will be satisfied because that is the culture we live in today!
Isn’t the Big 12 still a major conference? Except for last year, KU owns the Big 12 in basketball. Seems like it could be a better investment to own the team that owns a major conference instead of a team that is one of many in another major conference.
I don’t know. I felt a bit enlightened after your post and will think about that for a while.
Texas Hawk 10 said:
Regardless of people’s opinions of Texas, the Longhorn Network is what’s holding the league together at this point.
I agree. There is no place for Texas to go with their shiny network.
Unfortunately, what I think is likely to happen with the new player endorsement money coming in… I see it benefiting schools in the larger TV markets the most.
We all know how marketing works, and money chases the crowds.
I mentioned before about issues with what is to come; will the NCAA inject a level of socialism in the regs to follow? Will they want a slice of the pie along with giving the conferences a slice, too?
It does fit their model of taking most of the pie away from the players. It’s a perfect way of diluting the impact and it sure would make a lot of people happy that aren’t players!
I’m smelling a college players’ union coming our way!
Not sure I see Texas leaving the B12. Did you forget about the Longhorn Network? I’m pretty sure that must make it hard for UT to move on. Not sure what other league is prepared to bring in such a heavy school. The B12 was vulnerable for a school like UT.
Where would they go? SEC? I just don’t see it. I do a lot of work with UT and there are cultural differences between UT and the SEC.
Just watch this play out. Self is now on record for supporting the Cal law. Coaches have to recruit. Do you think many of them want to go against paying players?
The writing is on the wall, and the NCAA is going to cave. The real question is “how much?” How much will they cave? Regs will have to be in place. Lines will have to be drawn. I bet they are busy now trying to calculate lines and what they think they can govern and enforce.
I foresee much of this ending up in court. Not so much on the overall concept of the new Cal law. That is quickly catching fire like a prairie blaze. It’s all about the details and such a broad concept will have to be refined with regs. I can see half a dozen major areas of interest and there will be huge money in those interests. Now you are talking about corporate attorneys taking on the NCAA.
As much as we all want to BBQ the NCAA and call them out as being dictators… imagine the size and scope of what is about to happen.
I dislike the idea of Kansas leaving the B12. Walk into AFH, the museum for Kansas basketball. Notice our history for B8 (later becoming B12). Then imagine we leave the B12. How valuable are those old banners and trophies? They relate to a conference we left and get further away from every single day. It’s like we are starting from scratch in college basketball. Kansas is one of the most prominent basketball institutions in college basketball. Our history is a huge part of our modern day identity. When we don’t like aspects of the B12 we need to punch harder at our own conference. Unfortunately, our conference doesn’t stay tuned to modern times. That can be a good thing and that can be a bad thing.