It's not a 7 day event, only 2 from Oct. 11-12. 7 Days is the name of the club team she plays for during the summer.
There's probably a decent possibility since Tennessee will become an Adidas school starting July 1 2026. Smith signed with Adidas in Nov. of 2024.
I meant that there’s a good possibility that Parker will try to steer her to Tennessee, not that Smith will necessarily go there.
Regarding Tennessee and their coach's style of play, unless an exception is made, I don't see Smith being excited about coming out of the game every 4-5 minutes for a line change. As for Edwards, there may have been a good chunk of money involved in that head scratching signing to leave the Pacific northwest for (gulp) Tennessee.
Very interesting.... Can this really be a reason that a five-star H.S.
Not necessarily because of what shoes are involved. But because of what influence that Parker, a representative of Adidas, might have with Smith who seems to consider Parker some kind of mentor. Technically as a graduate/alumni of Tennessee, Parker should not be discussing anything involved with recruiting with Smith because she is considered a booster of the school due to her alumni status. But of course that's a murky area/rule that's probably violated often throughout all college sports.
seems to be a conflict of interest for Parker to be steering athletes to Tennessee with Adidas. But what do I know??
There's mainly nothing illegal about the negotiations of shoe deals with the athletes now, that was fine. Google Sonny Vaccaro, he was kind of the Godfather of shoe company reps before NIL came into being. But as I said, it's beyond a conflict of interest for her to discuss anything related to Tennessee and recruiting with any kid. It's a clear violation of NCAA rules.
I heard her say that too, and after the game looked several places and on twitter and didn't see anything so I don't know what to make of it. Not a big fan of Peck's announcing, and I see her all the time covering the Las Vegas Aces. If she spilled the beans early before it was public, or worse was totally wrong, this would be pretty embarrassing for her.
If she is visiting the two LA schools to experience the game day environments, I hope she pays attention to fan support. The attendance for both against ranked teams so far has been horrible.
That games was actually played in Las Vegas at the Aces home court. They have a tournament going on there.
