It looks more like he's under a NIL contract and he wants a better one. Good luck figuring out the legal side of that with buyouts, etc.
We can’t get a NIL fund because Wake mistreated Wes Miller.
Oh there is definitely a plan in the works for a basketball only fund. I’m in for that but am not the face since most of you haters wouldn’t support it if so. There is only one guy who should be the face of it and he will be.
Stay tuned. You will be seeing the info when it all gets set up.
yep
this is where it is headed. it's professional lite. players will hold out, demand trades (figuratively), etc
The way our fans have treated the Millers and Shahs after all their amazing contributions to our basketball program doesn’t exactly encourage others to hop on board.
For wake hoops to have any chance everyone needs to be working together not taking pot shots at our only real hoops donors.
Are you referring to when Karl Hess made a racist comment toward Mit, Wake defended Mit, and you posted this:
"Wait, someone said Karl made a tweet. What was it? Sorry, was too busy working and missed it. I didn't inherit anything so, unlike Mit, I can't just sit around and send out tweets and then not answer questions about it.
Sorry Mit. But come on, when you throw a guy's career in peril, at least be man enough to answer questions about it. #BushLeague"
I agree that athletes were previously being exploited and I’m not against college athletes being paid at all. That said, the U NIL situation just feels uncomfortable/dirty. This is pro sports now and it probably shouldn’t be linked to colleges. I guess I’ll get used to it, but college basketball in particular just doesn’t feel like college basketball. I can and do watch the NBA for the best athletes. I’d like to think the athletes who play for colleges have some kind allegiance/fondness toward them, but it feels less and less like that’s the case.
yep
this is where it is headed. it's professional lite. players will hold out, demand trades (figuratively), etc
Agree 100%. College basketball feels like a semi-pro finishing school to me now. Has nothing to do with the student-athlete or allegiance to the school anymore. I mean when you think about it, collegiate athletics is fundamentally kind of a weird animal to begin with.
I think Wong already used up his "test the waters NBA pass" - so he is working every possible angle now for money. The Transfer Portal is the only thing left to him.
I thought the restriction on NBA evals went away with the bunch of restrictions that ended recently.
Let's all start picking our favorite D3 schools. Real amateur athletics!
I mean when you think about it, collegiate athletics is fundamentally kind of a weird animal to begin with.
Yea, this...feels like a potential 'crossing the Rubicon' kind of moment.
How so? The NCAA has no interest in leading any real change.