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yeah, greed is admirable and all americans think everyone should have it as their overriding priority.

great, just great. i can't stomach that.

how about nobody has to worry about having enough moola to meet their basic needs. there sure is enough wealth in the U.S. to make that possible. greed gets in the way.
 
As compelling as your argument is and the example of Iriafen, I'm glad to see you agree with the only point I was making in response to what's in the OP, namely the suggestion that most transfers are out for the NIL money.
It's important to understand that there are two kinds of NIL money available.

1- A legitimate marketing contract given to players by a third party company to help that company sell product. These are the type of deals Paige and Azzi Sign with say Nike and Under Armour/Curry. There is big money here for the top national stars, but not much for role players on the NET rank #68 team.

2- The infamous 'bag of cash' given to an athlete from the alumni booster collective simply to come play at the new school. This is the reported $800,000 for Iriafen, or $1,500,000 requested by Chavez. This cash is tied to a dummy NIL contract (10 autograph sessions for $800,000), that gets paid, but the services never actually happen. That's what makes the former covert 'bag of cash', now legitimate as a fake NIL agreement. It's even tax deductible.:confused:

In football and men's basketball the bag of cash NIL is pretty common now. For example it was the $20 million that Ohio State used to buy their '24 players. Or the funding that Coach Pitino used to transform the St John's '25 roster.

The biggest example out there is Duke recently signed sophomore transfer QB Darian Mensah from Tulane to a 2 year deal of $8million, or $4 million per year!

Among top 30 football and mens basketball schools, most transfers now involve these payments. Even schools like Indiana and Vanderbilt are paying to remain competitive, and a school like SMU was able to get good real quick.

How much of this has trickled over to women's basketball is a mystery? LSU, USC, TCU and UCLA surely funded their recent transfers, but who knows how much.

The question is if a $25-$100,000 payment on top of scholarship is enough to induce a female hoopster to switch schools.

Coach Neighbors at Arkansas apparently lost his players last year to paid transfers. Upon resigning at Arkansas, he said he is looking to coach again at a school that will 'support' women's basketball.

Will be interesting to see where Chavez signs, and to watch the '25 transfer market.
 
So to keep this thread far away from UConn players, what do folks think we could be looking for in the portal this year? Chen has been a great bridge between Nika and KK knowing Cheli can facilitate and Kelis is coming.

Geno likes transfers who have almost completed their degree.

I still think a post player in the Dorka mold would be nice for a year while Jana develops and Patterson/Gandy get up to speed.

What do others think we could be shopping for?
 
I see a lot of people on twitter asking Williams if she has heard of Connecticut.

She is a great player and will make any team better. Personally, I think UConn should be looking at guards if they are in the portal market.
 
Some advanced the argument that NIL and the portal would advance parity over time. That may come to pass in time, but in the short term a good number of the players in teams on the rise have been headed to the usual suspects. I suspect that will always be the case.
 
Some advanced the argument that NIL and the portal would advance parity over time. That may come to pass in time, but in the short term a good number of the players in teams on the rise have been headed to the usual suspects. I suspect that will always be the case.
It's creates excellent parity among the top 7, maybe 10, even 16 schools! This has been a vintage year for NCAA women, and will be an amazing tournament.

Problem is there are 300 schools in D1 and when you get below the best 32 and 64 that are in the tournament, the quality drops off a cliff.
 
An athletic, long wing to help replace Aubrey and a PG who can play at a quick pace and with very good lateral quickness to stop opponents who are good drivers would be good
 
An athletic, long wing to help replace Aubrey and a PG who can play at a quick pace and with very good lateral quickness to stop opponents who are good drivers would be good
I'm pretty confident we have the athletic long wing department covered with Morgan, Blanca, Allie, Q, Caroline, and even Sarah, since that's one of the things her encyclopedic skill set covers.

PG is the issue, I think, but even that may already be covered between KK, Kelis, Azzi and Morgan, and even Sarah since that's one of the things her encyclopedic skill set covers.

In the end, I think it's not so much about a narrowly defined PG as it is about having lots of skilled ball handlers. This is what we've seen this season -- Paige mostly did a lot of what a PG does, but so did KK, Kaitlyn, Ash, Azzi, Morgan and sometimes Sarah. But Paige, Azzi, Morgan and Sarah each do a lot more than what a PG does -- this is what the many discussions of this topic seem to ignore.

I think this means that a portal addition is not an urgent need. But one could be useful. We're not going to replace Paige through the portal. But the risk is overloading the roster, not being understaffed. Another PG might be helpful, but not absolutely necessary.
 
I said it numerous times the past two years, NIL will destroy college sports. Can't blame the kids who want to try to follow the money, but down the road NIL will explode and consume itself and take college sports with it!
It already has in my opinion.... Losing interest at game speed. No longer an amateur sport.
 
Yes. She will be a great get for whoever gets her.
When I heard about her in the early part of the season, I wondered how Coach Maria could get a better freshman post player than Geno. However, I knew the only way Geno would talk to her is if she wanted to enter the transfer portal and contacted him.
 
I can see it's time for my YFSA concept. It's Youth Feral Sports Association. Essentially, kids get together, play something with whatever they have. It could be capture the flag. It could be Calvinball.
I’m sure everyone would be lining up to see the Calvin Knights vs the Princeton Tigers.
 
When I heard about her in the early part of the season, I wondered how Coach Maria could get a better freshman post player than Geno. However, I knew the only way Geno would talk to her is if she wanted to enter the transfer portal and contacted him.
She's a junior.

It would be an NCAA violation for him to contact her before she's in the portal.
 
She's a junior.

It would be an NCAA violation for him to contact her before she's in the portal.
I thought she was a freshman. That is even better because she would be at UConn for only one season. I know about the violation rule.
 
Why? If say Kim Mulkey offers me a cool mill to come play basketball, I'm gone. It's not my job to help schools/conferences/whatever. My job is to play basketball and secure the biggest bag I can.
May I introduce you to some less popular concepts leading to happiness like: smelling flowers, hiking a mountain, sticking to a moral compass, helping out a somebody just because, and more? There are certain things that you could pay me trillions (sic!) to no avail.

It is a fact that some use $$ as a metric for most decisions about their life (which I find depressing). But not everybody. Let's move on.
 
I'm pretty confident we have the athletic long wing department covered with Morgan, Blanca, Allie, Q, Caroline, and even Sarah, since that's one of the things her encyclopedic skill set covers.

PG is the issue, I think, but even that may already be covered between KK, Kelis, Azzi and Morgan, and even Sarah since that's one of the things her encyclopedic skill set covers.

In the end, I think it's not so much about a narrowly defined PG as it is about having lots of skilled ball handlers. This is what we've seen this season -- Paige mostly did a lot of what a PG does, but so did KK, Kaitlyn, Ash, Azzi, Morgan and sometimes Sarah. But Paige, Azzi, Morgan and Sarah each do a lot more than what a PG does -- this is what the many discussions of this topic seem to ignore.

I think this means that a portal addition is not an urgent need. But one could be useful. We're not going to replace Paige through the portal. But the risk is overloading the roster, not being understaffed. Another PG might be helpful, but not absolutely necessary.
Did someone say: "You can never have too many ________"??? Fill in the Blank.
or was it: " It's the most wonderful time of the year"?? I'll not prognosticate!!!
 
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