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RE: Realistic NIL Options for Valpo Basketball -- Hear me out
By Rez, 2 weeks ago
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| Its not just the older crowd to. You have people asking on reddit of all places if VU is a good school. The main blurb for the inquiry is mostly variations of, "I like the program and it looks to be r... | ||
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RE: Portal Watch 2025
By Rez, 2 weeks ago
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| Well if you want to call it "luckily". Powell is not alone in wanting contracts with buyouts to become the standard. Unfortunately, the people who will be managing the NIL post court ruling is the ver... | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By David81, 2 weeks ago
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Valpo Basketball
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| From an employment law perspective, the NIL bucks are strengthening the legal claim for employee status. It doesn't help the mid-majors. Nor does unionization. But we're already seeing that the combin... | ||
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RE: Portal Watch 2025
By David81, 2 weeks ago
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| You're right about that, but the reality doesn't put VU in a better competitive position. It just means that lots of other schools, including just about every mid-major, are also part of a collegiate ... | ||
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RE: Realistic NIL Options for Valpo Basketball -- Hear me out
By VULB62, 2 weeks ago
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| I have followed Valpo for 63 years. At this specific point in its history within that 63 year window, the answer to the question: “What is Valpo best known for?” is pretty simple, IMO. It has consis... | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By whvalpo, 2 weeks ago
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Valpo Basketball
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| Student athletes who receive future revenue sharing payments directly from their university may in fact be considered de facto employees. As indicated below, this could open up a whole new can of worm... | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By Realist77, 2 weeks ago
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| Good points! I hope you're right. The 2 wins in St. Louis as an #11 seed really had me excited. | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By Rez, 2 weeks ago
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| @realist77 I don't think he is considering his options in year 2. You don't leave a cushy job in Spokane for one of the biggest brands in college ball to come to middle of nowhere Indiana for a school... | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By Realist77, 2 weeks ago
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| Roger Powell has been a warrior. Padilla's best move by far was hiring Powell Does the Padilla departure give him "room" to consider his own options only just two years? Sadly, I think so. He got a ... | ||
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RE: Realistic NIL Options for Valpo Basketball -- Hear me out
By VUIndiana, 2 weeks ago
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| @jd24 This question of 'why Valpo was known' seems prone to self-selecting dynamics though, and I don't see any reason to reduce it to 'the Shot.' Though I have become more of a sports fan, I actually... | ||
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RE: Spring Practice
By jd24, 2 weeks ago
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| I don't think a spring roster has ever been placed online and is available only at the game itself in physical form. Of course this is a new staff so maybe it will be different. | ||
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RE: Realistic NIL Options for Valpo Basketball -- Hear me out
By jd24, 2 weeks ago
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| Re: NCAA runs affecting attendance. I forget the numbers but both Gonzaga and Florida Gulf Coast had major enrollment jumps in just the year they first made their mark in the NCAA tournament. It is, f... | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By VUIndiana, 2 weeks ago
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Valpo Basketball
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| Shucks. | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By vu72, 2 weeks ago
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Valpo Basketball
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| Louth to the portal. Down to two remaining scholarship players. Incredible really, sad is perhaps a better sentiment. | ||
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RE: Valpo News
By Realist77, 2 weeks ago |
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| Donors of huge $2-5 million+ gifts toward that big $80M goal will very rarely "come forth." Clearly advancement is clueless on timing of announcements as David81 notes. Or Padilla is frustrated and ... | ||
