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How Kevin Ollie’s new gig at Overtime Elite may change NCAA basketball (Paul Doyle)

TRest said:
I initially thought it was going to be its own little league. Instead its KO's Traveling All Stars. They should do the Marathon Oil thing and play exhibition games vs college teams.
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Unless the NCAA changes some rules they can't play NCAA teams. Maybe NAIA teams? Not sure of their rules.
 
HooperScooper said:
Unless the NCAA changes some rules they can't play NCAA teams. Maybe NAIA teams? Not sure of their rules.
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If they can't play "true" amateur teams this whole thing seems pointless. Just another way to funnel young talent away from colleges I guess.
 
BlueDogs said:
This is what athletes who think they should get paid fail to appreciate. Association with the college brands are what elevate them to notoriety. The NBA’s ratings have shrunk to an all time low for many reasons. Cutting off college feeders with built-in follow along audiences is the height of hubris. There are other reasons but we are not allowed to speak about them without being banned.
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The ratings decline is due in large part because the market is flooded. The league has focused on growing the fan base outside the US.
. The growth in Europe is being fueled by a 15% increase in NBA League Pass subscriptions internationally, which makes games available to fans in more than 200 countries.
US ratings are not a big priority.
 
Madmannsucks said:
The ratings decline is due in large part because the market is flooded. The league has focused on growing the fan base outside the US.
. The growth in Europe is being fueled by a 15% increase in NBA League Pass subscriptions internationally, which makes games available to fans in more than 200 countries.
US ratings are not a big priority.
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That’s some spin. They lost their home market beyond a niche group of hardcore viewers. They bit the hand that fed them with woke BS while trying to cater to communist China. What Jordan built LeBron burned to the ground.
 
HooperScooper said:
So who will they play against? Can't believe they didn't figure that out before announcing the formation of this.
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Marathon Oil and teams from Lavar Ball’s Junior Basketball Association
 
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BlueDogs said:
That’s some spin. They lost their home market beyond a niche group of hardcore viewers. They bit the hand that fed them with woke BS while trying to cater to communist China. What Jordan built LeBron burned to the ground.
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It is not spin, it is reality. Their market clearly is huge and growing. Would they like more than 2.5 million viewers per game in the US? Yeah. But the US is a drop in the bucket compared to the world.
 
Madmannsucks said:
The ratings decline is due in large part because the market is flooded. The league has focused on growing the fan base outside the US.
. The growth in Europe is being fueled by a 15% increase in NBA League Pass subscriptions internationally, which makes games available to fans in more than 200 countries.
US ratings are not a big priority.
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Their numbers overseas are relatively tiny which is why they give out the ‘good news’ in percentages - the US market is what pays their bills.
 
Fishy said:
Their numbers overseas are relatively tiny which is why they give out the ‘good news’ in percentages - the US market is what pays their bills.
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Sorry, they are not paying they ridiculous salaries based on US dollars- A bench player getting 15 mill per year.
 
Madmannsucks said:
Sorry, they are not paying they ridiculous salaries based on US dollars- A bench player getting 15 mill per year.
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Foreign revenue is around 450 million vs US of 2.6 billion. This number is not decreasing as many contracts about about to renew. I would say roughly 20 percent of revenue is not tiny.
 
To me the model should be minor league baseball. Don’t know many people who follow the Yardgoats in the traditional sense. Or really even follow the players. But the minors have managed to get many second tier cities to build ball parks and it is a money making proposition. They draw very good crowds

There are a bunch of civic centers that don’t have major tenants in those cities. You’d have to pick your spots too. Not Hartford or Bloomington or other places with major college programs. You won’t compete. But maybe Worcester or Manchester NH would work in New England. Maybe Harrisburg or Akron. I honestly don’t know but with the right marketing plan who knows. I could see it being successful and I hope it will be. The kids who want to go to college to go to college, not to kill a year until the NBA draft can do so. Those who don’t can and should go here.

I agree on the 16 -17 year olds though. On the other hand if you are a parent and you let your kid do this, there is something wrong with you.
 
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Hoophound said:
They better be providing some glamour on top of the salary because I just don’t see this being exciting to kids. One and done kids can be in the spotlight playing in packed arenas on national tv or they can make 100k and live with a traveling road show. I know 100k and no schoolwork will appeal to some kids but UK probably offers that and more and they get you publicity and adoration too.
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The glamor is being featured on the Overtime Elite Snapchat highlights. Sounds incredibly stupid because it is but that’s what drives kids these days.
 
Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
The glamor is being featured on the Overtime Elite Snapchat highlights. Sounds incredibly stupid because it is but that’s what drives kids these days.
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You kids get off my lawn! Darned kids! Fanged interweb
 
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tcf15 said:
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Wait is this a team or a league? I thought the whole point was it being a league, if it's a team with Kevin Ollie as the coach who do they play without putting other teams' players' college eligibility into question?
 
Psolo12 said:
Wait is this a team or a league? I thought the whole point was it being a league, if it's a team with Kevin Ollie as the coach who do they play without putting other teams' players' college eligibility into question?
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Apparently a league of 4 teams:
 
Psolo12 said:
Wait is this a team or a league? I thought the whole point was it being a league, if it's a team with Kevin Ollie as the coach who do they play without putting other teams' players' college eligibility into question?
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I think I saw something where a player/parent that rejected, after pushing OTE & learning they'd be playing high school AAU squads. Their website says a combo of an internal league and international foes. There's also been a 'pending' choice amongst two city finalists for months. My guess is the twins signing means that OhTee Elite agreed to play in Ft Lauderdale. Should be some great one-on-one games.

EDIT - Oops I guessed wrong, espn story mentions they announced 100,000sf facility in ATL.
 
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This plus ESPN breaking a story today about a number of juniors signing onto the G League.

The college basketball world is changing right in front of our eyes today.. Like the great Sam Cooke told us...'It's been a long time coming but I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will'
 
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Skiblets said:
This plus Woj breaking a story today about a number of juniors signing onto the G League.

The college basketball world is changing right in front of our eyes today.. Like the great Sam Cooke told us...'It's been a long time coming but I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will'
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I can understand creating a professional alternative to college. Realistically a college degree is no longer necessary to play professional sports, and long gone are the days of having an offseason day job. There is always the GED route, but this is a slippery slope if it doesn't work out. Dropping out of high school is not the same as it was in the 1940s.

 
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Evidently, Scoot reclassified and finished high school with a 3.5 GPA.

OTOH, why not say that instead of the misleading, "skipping his senior year?"
 
Husky25 said:
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Evidently, Scoot reclassified and finished high school with a 3.5 GPA.

OTOH, why not say that instead of the misleading, "skipping his senior year?"
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yes, that is incredibly misleading.

and I have to ask, his real senior year or his 5th year senior year?
 
Sounds about what LSU/Kentucky/Duke/Auburn/Arizona/NC/Oregon/Louisville pay their player's family and friends
 
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