love this paige quote on NIL [merged thread]

[PacoSwede]

“It's really not that hard to educate yourself,” Bueckers said. “But it's like people create these narratives in their head and it’s so hard to undo it because then people just follow those narratives and then people who don't know nothing follow other people who don't know nothing and it's just like a bunch of people who know nothing. It’s just impossible.”

from an article in Maggie Vanoni piece about sue bird, aliyah boston and nneka agwumike roundtable discusion about NIL

What UConn women's basketball greats Sue Bird, Paige Bueckers said about NIL, WNBA salaries

Here's what UConn women's basketball greats Sue Bird, Paige Bueckers want you to know about NIL and WNBA as Huskies play in NCAA Tournament.

www.ctinsider.com

right on! she's no dummy.

 

[Gus Mahler]

“It's really not that hard to educate yourself,” Bueckers said. “But it's like people create these narratives in their head and it’s so hard to undo it because then people just follow those narratives and then people who don't know nothing follow other people who don't know nothing and it's just like a bunch of people who know nothing. It’s just impossible.”

from an article in Maggie Vanoni piece about sue bird, aliyah boston and nneka agwumike roundtable discusion about NIL

What UConn women's basketball greats Sue Bird, Paige Bueckers said about NIL, WNBA salaries

Here's what UConn women's basketball greats Sue Bird, Paige Bueckers want you to know about NIL and WNBA as Huskies play in NCAA Tournament.

www.ctinsider.com

right on! she's no dummy.

For sure. But I'd like to see her work on the double-negative thing.

 

[Ozimoto]

Yeah, I would too, but we are old and cranky.

 

[Blond D.]

For sure. But I'd like to see her work on the double-negative thing.

Don't know anything or do know nothing...pick one.

 

[mudblood]

Nobody ain't know nothing! You are all curmudgeons!

 

[Blue Huskie]

“It's really not that hard to educate yourself,” Bueckers said. “But it's like people create these narratives in their head and it’s so hard to undo it because then people just follow those narratives and then people who don't know nothing follow other people who don't know nothing and it's just like a bunch of people who know nothing. It’s just impossible.”

from an article in Maggie Vanoni piece about sue bird, aliyah boston and nneka agwumike roundtable discusion about NIL

What UConn women's basketball greats Sue Bird, Paige Bueckers said about NIL, WNBA salaries

Here's what UConn women's basketball greats Sue Bird, Paige Bueckers want you to know about NIL and WNBA as Huskies play in NCAA Tournament.

www.ctinsider.com

right on! she's no dummy.

And she just perfectly summed up the internet!

 

[Geew1992]

 

[omshanti]

For sure. But I'd like to see her work on the double-negative thing.

Or not. The woman is the big east scholar athlete and you’re wanting to correct her. Old, cranky and critical…

 

[VA Huskie]

I think that sort of talk is kinda the slang for today’s kids. They probably know what proper speech is and just choose to ignore it.

 

[Scud49]

Nobody ain't know nothing! You are all curmudgeons!

Hey, now that's Mr. Crumdudgeon young fella. And I be quite happy with my advanced Crum-dud-genous too

 

[Pharos]

For sure. But I'd like to see her work on the double-negative thing.

Her editor will take care of that stuff... : ) And I agree with you.
"What do they teach these children in schools today?" (my favorite writer)

 

[my2cents]

My bone of contention with these articles is when they state she is returning for a "5th" season.
She missed an entire season due to injury, next year will be her 4th competitive season.

 

[David54]

Don't know anything or do know nothing...pick one.

Oh come on you guys don’t no n…. Never mind

 

[PacoSwede]

people do speak as in paige's quote ,,, she didn't write it out: if she had i'da credited her as a witty writer, not just a perceptive one.

'twas off the cuff, nitpickers

 

[DRR25]

A little linguistics history: The double negative actually used to be common in Old English to emphasize rather than cancel out the negation. It's commonly used in African American Vernacular English and Appalachian English but, in those cases, negative assumptions are made about the users' intelligence. It's interesting how language and judgments around language evolve. Now back to basketball.

 

[jdote33]

Huge Paige fan. I agree with some of what she's saying and get the sentiment but I think it's not as black and white. Sue bird had this quote in the article.

“Women's college basketball has a huge-state platform, rightfully so it's earned, it's deserved,” Bird said. “There's this misconception that the WNBA is less than. That you're taking the pay cut. There are gonna be some college kids that are making more in their NIL in college than they will as a pro. That's going to be real. And there's some that made less in college and will make more as a pro. And what it all really comes down to is your game.”

So Paige's point which others have hammered home is that college athletes don't necessarily just lose there deals once they become pro and so the narrative some have alluded to is inaccurate, especially because often times they are talking about the elite players who one would hope would continue to have value after they graduate from school. But there are other athletes that are on the opposite end of the spectrum. Additionally, and Paige is super young, but she commented about how people speculate about her salary but it's nowhere near how much they mention because of taxes and needing to pay your agent. I just think that's the case with most athletes, like reporters don't do the calculations of their net pay and then report salary. Most ppl also say their gross income or what their job offers when reporting their salary as opposed to net pay.

 

[Ozimoto]

A small hijack, but in light of the drift to a discussion on language, look up the song "Elderly Man River" by Stan Freberg on youtube. It's good for a chuckle.

 

[Gus Mahler]

Yeah, I would too, but we are old and cranky.

Nailed it!