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RE: Should Valpo Drop to Division 2 Basketball Due to NIL Struggles?
By valpotx, 4 weeks ago
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| I respect your viewpoint, but you are incorrect. Loyalty matters more to me than selling myself to the highest bidder, and I have applied that in my work life, when encountering a somewhat similar si... | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By whvalpo, 4 weeks ago
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| @vuindiana I reject the entire pay-for-play system. I used to earmark gifts to the athletic dept., but no more. To consider my donation being used to pay off our mid major student athletes already on... | ||
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RE: Portal Watch 2025
By CautiousHorse1, 4 weeks ago
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| @regionrat03 Completely agree! I think this helps us a lot. More name recognition. Also, we are showing that we can develop talent. That's great for recruiting – firstly, it helps with bringing in t... | ||
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RE: Should Valpo Drop to Division 2 Basketball Due to NIL Struggles?
By Rez, 4 weeks ago
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| I mean, its no coincidence the SEC was able to come out on top of the basketball world in such a short amount of time. The SEC has some of the most profitable NIL collectives in the business. Just tak... | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By VUIndiana, 4 weeks ago
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| Right, I think there's a non-zero chance that the NIL cash grab system will just eventually kill the golden goose. In the big scheme of history, isn't it pretty remarkable that the sports have gotten ... | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By David81, 4 weeks ago
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| I think we can safely dispense with the term "student-athlete" in the current D1 MBB context. I don't hear much about transfers to pursue better academic opportunities. It's about cash. VU's fundraisi... | ||
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RE: Should Valpo Drop to Division 2 Basketball Due to NIL Struggles?
By VUIndiana, 4 weeks ago
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| I wouldn't be surprised if overall the college basketball world just shrinks in the long-range shake-out of all this. There are always going to be a couple of very rich institutions that can pay the N... | ||
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RE: Should Valpo Drop to Division 2 Basketball Due to NIL Struggles?
By jd24, 4 weeks ago
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| One method of a bit of control over the current wild west of the portal is enough players getting burned by transferring to the point it becomes a bit of a risk. I don't know if we'll ever get there a... | ||
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RE: Should Valpo Drop to Division 2 Basketball Due to NIL Struggles?
By Rez, 4 weeks ago
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| @vok22 I'm not saying the system isn't all of these things. Because it is. All I am saying is that you can claim you would make a different decision than these athletes, but if you actually were faced... | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By jd24, 4 weeks ago
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| Forgot about the football buy games. Yeah. Let's eliminate them and see what happens to the rest of the sports program. | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By jd24, 4 weeks ago
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| sell the brand. you think Duke is selling their players...other than the rare Cooper Flagg type? Pining for years past isn't going to work. Homer Drew videos aren't going to work. Work within the rule... | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By Valpofb16, 4 weeks ago
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| Student Athletes should set themselves up for the best opportunities in life. All this sentiment that posters would stay and that these players do not care about the fans are moot. Players are receivi... | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By David81, 4 weeks ago
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| But what is there to root for? Virtually new rosters of players every year, made up of young men who have little to no interest in the university and its fans (despite claims of Godly inspiration and ... | ||
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RE: Padilla, Hansen to retire at end of 2025
By valpopal, 4 weeks ago |
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| To answer your question, apparently the search committee is currently receiving administrative support from a member of the President's office, but my understanding is that a "support committee" will ... | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By jd24, 4 weeks ago
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| This season with rosters completely in flux across the board and programs not having set rosters from year to year what did we end up with. Record ratings for the NCAA Basketball championship. Fans wh... | ||
