Jayhawks making $$$

[Sparko]

The split is about the same here too FWIW.

[jfish26]

The split is about the same here too FWIW.

Which makes sense, right? Another way to present the polling data is that, among casual-or-more fans with an opinion, NIL has a 70% approval rating. That is very significant.

[pdub]

“hasn’t made a difference” == "huge popular hit".
Huh.

Go ask a politician what he would call something that has 88% neutral-or-positive polling.

Poli-bored is probably where you could do best these days.

[jfish26]

“hasn’t made a difference” == "huge popular hit".
Huh.

Go ask a politician what he would call something that has 88% neutral-or-positive polling.

Poli-bored is probably where you could do best these days.

As you know, in being petty over this particular issue, you have made these boards extremely cumbersome to navigate for me. So, I have to save my bullets.

[pdub]

The content ( posters posts ) is all the same.
Very silly that your experience would change for the negative.
Dizzyingly silly even.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

"People love the kitschy/weird/funny NIL stuff (indeed, it's becoming something unique about college sports, which is, broadly, what we like about college sports)."

Which people? You, CnB and Cascadia?

"It's dizzyingly hard to find any negatives..."

Please.
You're dizzyingly one sided here.

"It also seems like the new-ish NIL rules are going to help save KU and Self from major sanctions."

Truth.

I don't think ESPN - which, right/wrong/indifferent, absolutely IS the right place to see which way the popular wind blows - relies on the interest of people on this message board to determine what it covers/highlights.

NIL has been a huge, popular hit. It just has. People love the Oscar Tschiebwe story, and they love the Jared Casey story.

Lulz

I'm fully confident 99% of "people" have ZERO idea what the Oscar Tschiebwe and Jared Casey stories are nor do they feel NIL has been "a huge", popular hit.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

"NIL has been a huge, popular hit. It just has."

No.
I'm sorry, it has not.

I suppose everything is subjective, so I can't say you're wrong (even though, come on, you are).

But: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2 ... fans-poll/

About half of Americans (48 percent) have heard “a lot” or “some” about the NCAA’s decision last year to allow college athletes to be paid when their name or image is used commercially, such as in video games or to sell merchandise. Among those who have heard about these NIL agreements, the majority (60 percent) say it “hasn’t made a difference” in their enjoyment of college sports. For those who say the rule change has made a difference, more than twice as many say it had a “positive impact” (28 percent) than a “negative impact” (11 percent).

So, 88% of casual-or-more fans are either neutral or positive. That's pretty definitive.

Oh, and.

The change is particularly popular among Black Americans who have heard about it, with 53 percent saying payments for athletes have had a positive impact on their enjoyment. The change is also relatively popular among Hispanic and younger adults who have heard about the change, with more than 4 in 10 of each group saying it has made college sports more enjoyable.

Did you bother to see how many people were polled - and do you know who they specifically were?
Might as well have had MICH go to the mall and ask 100 people.

[Sparko]

How many kids get into big time sports, wreck a knee or shoulder and are never really the same? Sharing the largess is not too much to ask. I think the arc of NIL will bend towards sustainable justice.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

If this was today, what is the NIL value you would put on the sequence?
Anyone know who the defender is? Might be Jacob Pullen.

https://twitter.com/timelesssports_/sta ... 6654140416

[Deleted User 863]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Chnf2bnJ ... MyMTA2M2Y=

[twocoach]

https://www2.kusports.com/news/2022/sep ... basketball

[ousdahl]

https://twitter.com/gradey_dick/status/ ... 85KtHLTFaQ

[ousdahl]

Neutrogena?

The facial expressions made me lol

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ckv-glPJ ... MyMTA2M2Y=

[ousdahl]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl1Dyk-Ln8Y ... MyMTA2M2Y=

[TDub]

is that the Adidas "Sheikh" collection?

[Deleted User 863]

Close your eyes PDub...

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cod6J2Bj ... M4ZDc5MmU=

[ousdahl]

at least he didn’t borrow it from Billy Preston?


https://www.instagram.com/p/ConhhHnyBiy ... MyMTA2M2Y=

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

If Gradey was made a partner it would be Long Dick McArthur.
Just sayin'.

[Shirley]

If Gradey was made a partner it would be Long Dick McArthur.
Just sayin'.

lol

[ousdahl]

soo the 23rd street Wendy’s is hosting a “meet and eat” with Dajuan and Jalen today

Jalon and some WBB and volleyball players too