Decommitments

[TopDogs]

Rothstein with the brilliant commentary

 

[auror]

Brutal. If this was UConn I'd be tying the noose, or finding the closest bridge.

Louisville fans

 

[huskyblooz]

I'm going on record that Enoch ends up at Indiana.

 

[UConnStats]

Simmons was arguably the best player in the Adidas circuit. Killings watched him last October, but we never offered. He’s going to be an insanely good pickup for any team, I hope he’s annoyed with Adidas and we throw our hat in the ring (if the kid is clean).

 

[SirHypeAlot]

Yup per Borzello: Courtney Ramsey, a top 50 player, and Anfernee Simmons, the number 12 recruit in the country, have de-committed from Louisville

 

[HooperScooper]

I'm going on record that Enoch ends up at Indiana.

I wonder if the NCAA would make Enoch sit out another year (so 2 total) if he decided to transfer. Seeing as he did nothing wrong (assuming he didn't take any money!) I would think the NCAA would allow him to play in 2018-2019.

 

[Stinger92860]

Simmons was arguably the best player in the Adidas circuit. Killings watched him last October, but we never offered. He’s going to be an insanely good pickup for any team, I hope he’s annoyed with Adidas and we throw our hat in the ring (if the kid is clean).

I would find it hard to believe that any high level Louisville recruits did not receive cash.

 

[mauconnfan]

 

[rip7774]

It's why they are two of my five favorite Huskies ever.

That whole 2013/14 team was heroic, but those guys are legends forever.

Me too. We owe them so much!!! I think I appreciate Boat more now that he's gone than I did back then. HEART OF A LION. I wish I had that picture someone created!!!! I would make a t-shirt or mug or something silly!

 

[Danzz]

Kids involved will have to be ineligible. Going forward, This has to be the final nail in the NCAA refusal to let kids earn some coin. There is so much money involved some if it gets passed under the table in suit cases. End the charade, pay the kids.

The recruits who come from a poor families (and there are many) are especially vulnerable. They can't really work to earn money and a chance to help themselves and their families is too much of an incentive to not take the cash. Pay the kids enough so that they can live like normal college students. It won't stop all the payoffs but it will go a long way.

 

[uchusky32]

Not sure we need to get involved with any of these kids. Things could come up after they transfer and mess up our roster.

 

[LStudfellow]

"The love of money is the root of all evil"

... and unfortunately will be the epitaph on the gravestone of this country, when our country goes the way of Greece and Rome (which is happening in front of all of our eyes).

 

[TerryD]

The FBI neeeded to do theses things over the summer. A lot of kids are jammed up now. For example Enoch wasn't gonna play this season anyway but he should be able to transfer next semester.

The FBI cares zero for such things.

 

[ctchamps]

The recruits who come from a poor families (and there are many) are especially vulnerable. They can't really work to earn money and a chance to help themselves and their families is too much of an incentive to not take the cash. Pay the kids enough so that they can live like an college students. It won't stop all the payoffs but it will go a long way.

I would love to see some creative idea which would significantly impact the sleaze. Can you imagine what would happen if someone or some group offers to put any player into a lottery if they provide information that leads to a conviction of a rogue program. What amount of money would be enough of an incentive to get players to come forward? Would this cause the sleaze to think twice?

Maybe we could start a Go Fund solicitation and offer 1 million dollars for any information that leads to proof that Kentucky is a dirty program. How fast do you think we could raise money for that?

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Yep, every one of these kids is gonna be nuclear now. They'll end up at mid-major level.

(Or Baylor)

So a perfect fit for the American.

 

[HuskiesAllDay]

Sometimes it seems Boat gets a bit lost in the shuffle, he is a Uconn all-time great IMO.

same with AJP. never won it all, but was the unquestioned leader of one our best teams ever. He's one of my favorite huskies of all-tiime.

 

[upstater]

Kids involved will have to be ineligible. Going forward, This has to be the final nail in the NCAA refusal to let kids earn some coin. There is so much money involved some if it gets passed under the table in suit cases. End the charade, pay the kids.

You forgot to add, "& destroy college basketball."

 

[mauconnfan]

Did I hear the Louisville chancellor or someone who read a statement speak of one of the players on the roster now who will be excused from the program due to potential implications? Heard a portion on the radio while trying to listen to a teleconference on mute.

 

[auror]

Did I hear the Louisville chancellor or someone who read a statement speak of one of the players on the roster now who will be excused from the program due to potential implications? Heard a portion on the radio while trying to listen to a teleconference on mute.

Bowen.

 

[Husky1964]

Bazz and Boat also have college degrees`in addition to visiting Barack Obama.

 

[CL82]

Louisville has made them more money than we would have.

Would you explain to me what you feel the numbers are that support that statement?

 

[CL82]

I dont expect #2 to happen, but the B1G not only discussed kicking out PSU, they voted on it, and a couple schools wanted to!!!

I didn't know that. Any links?

 

[mauconnfan]

Bowen.

Was Bowen on campus I misunderstood thought he was a recruit for 18-19 - thanks

 

[noeynox]

You forgot to add, "& destroy college basketball."

Ah yes. Stuff like this can go on forever without interference from the FBI and not ruin college basketball, but if they get sliver of the 20 billion dollar pie, well that will ruin college basketball forever.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Was Bowen on campus I misunderstood thought he was a recruit for 18-19 - thanks

He's a freshman at Louisville for probably another day or so

 

[LStudfellow]

Would you explain to me what you feel the numbers are that support that statement?

Seriously? The fact you would even question this is laughable. Louisville just two Saturdays ago played on ABC's Primetime game of the week against Clemson. That one game makes millions of dollars for the network. They have appeared in a featured game on ABC in the last 3 years no less than 5 times. Sorry, but we would have been lucky to have been on that game once during Diaco's tenure.

Furthermore, their stadium has a capacity of 55,000 - and they sell out or come within a couple thousand seats of selling out for every game. The capacity for the Rent is just over 40K (40,642) and we have not had a sellout in years. Ok, maybe we would have sold out a few games here or there, but with the way Diaco teams were, and as boring as his offense was, the results would not have been that much different.

As for basketball, the Yum! Center has a capacity of 22,090, and Louisville sells it out for the majority of its games. 2016-2017 for example: they came in #3 in the country. 17 home games, with a total attendance of 354,390 and a per game home attendance of 20,846. We can not touch those numbers. That is a fact.

Here is a column from last year that tells you how the Tallahassee, Florida area feels about Louisville:

Clark: Louisville is exactly what the ACC needed

On the basketball side, Louisville has been the No. 1 most profitable program in the NCAA for 5 YEARS RUNNING...

College Basketball's Most Valuable Teams 2016: Louisville, Kansas, Kentucky On Top Again

So, in the two sports that make the most money for most universities and certainly for those in the P5, Louisville generates millions more dollars than we do.

I think you are a really good poster here CL82, but you are over your skis with wanting to even debate this fact. On other levels, like academic prestige, you absolute have an argument, and in fact I am standing right next to you. But on money that the two schools could generate for the ACC... the facts are what they are. Louisville beats us, and by a significant margin.

 

[CL82]

Seriously? The fact you would even question this is laughable. Louisville just two Saturdays ago played on ABC's Primetime game of the week against Clemson. That one game makes millions of dollars for the network. They have appeared in a featured game on ABC in the last 3 years no less than 5 times. Sorry, but we would have been lucky to have been on that game once during Diaco's tenure.

Furthermore, their stadium has a capacity of 55,000 - and they sell out or come within a couple thousand seats of selling out for every game. The capacity for the Rent is just over 40K (40,642) and we have not had a sellout in years. Ok, maybe we would have sold out a few games here or there, but with the way Diaco teams were, and as boring as his offense was, the results would not have been that much different.

As for basketball, the Yum! Center has a capacity of 22,090, and Louisville sells it out for the majority of its games. 2016-2017 for example: they came in #3 in the country. 17 home games, with a total attendance of 354,390 and a per game home attendance of 20,846. We can not touch those numbers. That is a fact.

Here is a column from last year that tells you how the Tallahassee, Florida area feels about Louisville:

Clark: Louisville is exactly what the ACC needed

On the basketball side, Louisville has been the No. 1 most profitable program in the NCAA for 5 YEARS RUNNING...

College Basketball's Most Valuable Teams 2016: Louisville, Kansas, Kentucky On Top Again

So, in the two sports that make the most money for most universities and certainly for those in the P5, Louisville generates millions more dollars than we do.

I think you are a really good poster here CL82, but you are over your skis with wanting to even debate this fact. On other levels, like academic prestige, you absolute have an argument, and in fact I am standing right next to you. But on money that the two schools could generate for the ACC... the facts are what they are. Louisville beats us, and by a significant margin.

Well thanks for walking me through it, I appreciate it. A couple of questions, if you don't doing a little remedial work with me:

Louisville just two Saturdays ago played on ABC's Primetime game of the week against Clemson. That one game makes millions of dollars for the network.

I see. How much did that game make for the ACC, exactly? Isn't already covered in the TV contract?

Furthermore, their stadium has a capacity of 55,000

How much of their gate revenue goes to the ACC?

As for basketball, the Yum! Center has a capacity of 22,090, and Louisville sells it out for the majority of its games.

How much of this revenue goes to the ACC?

On the basketball side, Louisville has been the No. 1 most profitable program in the NCAA for 5 YEARS RUNNING...

How much of this revenue goes to the ACC?

I appreciate the kind words about me as a poster and your advice.

 

[LStudfellow]

What is this doing is this thread?

It is a direct response to the person who wrote about Louisville receiving the death penalty in a previous post ON THIS THREAD... that I quoted to start my post.

That is what we do on this forum... if we are responding directly to a previous post in the same thread, we quote it, and then respond. Seems self-explanatory to me.

 

[scoobydoo]

Well thanks for walking me through it, I appreciate it. A couple of questions, if you don't doing a little remedial work with me:

Louisville just two Saturdays ago played on ABC's Primetime game of the week against Clemson. That one game makes millions of dollars for the network.

I see. How much did that game make for the ACC, exactly? Isn't already covered in the TV contract?

Furthermore, their stadium has a capacity of 55,000

How much of their gate revenue goes to the ACC?

As for basketball, the Yum! Center has a capacity of 22,090, and Louisville sells it out for the majority of its games.

How much of this revenue goes to the ACC?

On the basketball side, Louisville has been the No. 1 most profitable program in the NCAA for 5 YEARS RUNNING...

How much of this revenue goes to the ACC?

I appreciate the kind words about me as a poster and your advice.

Ok, argue this point...

With UofL out of the ACC and their program destroyed, doesn't that just free up more Adidas money for ACC schools like NC State.

 

[LStudfellow]

Well thanks for walking me through it, I appreciate it. A couple of questions, if you don't doing a little remedial work with me:

Louisville just two Saturdays ago played on ABC's Primetime game of the week against Clemson. That one game makes millions of dollars for the network.

I see. How much did that game make for the ACC, exactly? Isn't already covered in the TV contract?

Furthermore, their stadium has a capacity of 55,000

How much of their gate revenue goes to the ACC?

As for basketball, the Yum! Center has a capacity of 22,090, and Louisville sells it out for the majority of its games.

How much of this revenue goes to the ACC?

On the basketball side, Louisville has been the No. 1 most profitable program in the NCAA for 5 YEARS RUNNING...

How much of this revenue goes to the ACC?

I appreciate the kind words about me as a poster and your advice.

Since my point has already been proven, I have no desire to expend the time or energy to dig up the minutiae of each number. Feel free to do it on your own if it means that much to you (which I am pretty sure it doesn't). Like I said... on most every other point, and particularly the point of ethics, you would have to say that we beat Louisville by any objective measure quite handily. Ahhhh, if that were only the most important point though.

And to get this back inline with the original point of this thread...

Here is to hoping that V.J. King decides to de-commit from that scummy program and become a Husky for a year... or two (like he should have done before $$$ came his way)!