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Charlie Kirk is a racist anti Semite so I'm not surprised.

It happened at PSU and OK ST. Everyone knew it had to happen, but the rabid fan base resisted till the end. Moving on from a legend, John Smith, made it harder. When it was finally done, a breath of fresh air spread over the program and the fan base reacted with pent up joy. Posters have opined for years that the coaching wasn't getting the job done, and the sycophants were there to aggressively defend. The great times and the associated feelings are hard to forget. When will a change at Iowa come? It's more inevitable than ever and will be better for Iowa and the sport.

Sorry maybe deserves a separate thread, but Charlie Kirk basically just said NYC shouldn’t have a Muslim mayor because of 9/11. Nothing will convince some of these people that not all Muslims are out to kill them.

Sorry, don’t mean to distract from the women’s discussion and I am all for adding more women’s teams but how do 1/3 of the D1 women’s programs not have a men’s team? That’s crazy. I would hope Tarleton State is trying to push for both simultaneously.

Also...this; https://www.reuters.com/sports/report-uncs-rj-davis-uscs-juju-watkins-have-most-nil-deals-2025-04-02/?utm_source=chatgpt.com JuJu Watkins has been hyped up like Clark. So the most NIL are a black woman from USC and a black CBB from NC.

Lets START by remembering these are ESTIMATED deals. We found out after Angel Reese and Caitlyn Clark, the greatest women's CBB player of all-time was making less than the "Bayou Barbi." Now, my issue with this list; You're taking a YouTube video that is ranking the 10 BEST players in the NFL draft. Look at the ranking of the 10 BEST every year...and then look at the Mock Drafts. You'll have as many as 4-5 QBs going in the top 10 picks. BEST and Most important are very different... but this guys list is also just AWFUL. This is just a lazy list off ChatGTP but who are going to be the highest paid? 1-QBs from the The top programs(or at least the most well funded program...UT is the #1 Athletic Dept in the Country in Revenue). LSU, Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Miami, Tennessee, Clemson...the typical powerhouses. 2-The BEST of the BEST at other positions. And when I say these are just estimates, I know Kayden Proctor, the LT from Alabama is at LEAST in the top 10. You remember what Matt Rhule said about the poor QB play at Nebraska? "If you want me to go out and get a good QB, I'm going to need at least 2M or he's going to go somewhere else." Nico Iamaleava is a clown. He tried to force Tennessee into paying him more and ended up stuck in the portal and I think he ended up at UCLA. And this list by the time the draft comes will DRASTICALLY change. Sanders was high on this list last year. Right behind Travis Hunter. This list is bad as Nussmeier is the favorite to go #1 as Arch Manning is expected back and is leaves off the QB from South Carolina...Lanoris Sellers or something like that...a Jalen Hurts type QB with a better arm(as a College QB). But Miami has UGA transfer Beck. Drew Allar at PSU has been one of the top prospects since HS. Clemson QB Cade Klubik Arch Manning since he was one of the most highly pursued QB in CFB History... THOSE are going to be the guys who get the most NIL money. It was Caleb Williams two years ago. That you think this is about a social media following... I mean, I don't know if you're a CFB fan, but that's ridiculous. No...I don't. I think it's a ridiculous question, but again, that's a NICHE sport, but...what Women have dominated endorsement deals for the last 20 years? The Williams Sisters and Simone Billes. So...I guess I do know the answer. Yes. They would. Who was the top paid Women's athlete 3 years ago? The year Caitlyn Clark, the VASTLY superior Basketball player but less attractive athlete or Angel Reese? Angel Reese...she was making 1.5M despite the fact she is...so bad at anything but rebounding. Dunne is a COMMPLETE outlier. Lets go to last year; So #1 QB from the MANNING Family. #2 Black QB from the Sanders family(but also from Colorado which doesn't have the money the top programs have). #3-The first non-QB. Travis Hunter. Why? Because he was the best player in CFB last year. #4-The starting QB for Texas. #5-the #1 overall pick in the NBA draft and one of the most hyped Basketball prospects in years(domestically, Wemby was up there with LeBron in the last 20 years). #6-Black QB from Alabama #7-Black QB from Miami #8-AsianQB from Oregon #9-Samoan QB from UT...who cost himself money. #10-Carson Beck...who was lured away by Miami(who has the largest NIL collective). #11-1st Rd draft pick Jaxson Dart #12-Drew Allar QB PSU-The #3 overall recruit and a top 5 projected draft pick #13 Garrett Nussmeier QB LSU and the projected TOP PICK in the draft. This should be obviously by now. This year... who are the top? Manning remains #1(3rd straight year). Beck, who'd led UGA to SEC Title Games and the CFB playoffs took the money from Miami Jeremiah Smith, a FRESHMEN last year at WR DJ Lagway, a guy who sat behind Graham Mertz last year LaNorris Sellers, another FRESHMEN who is in the top 5. So #3, #4, #5 are black. If you really don't think this is a meritocracy... you're living in the past. This isn't the 1960s Alabama team refusing to play Black CBs. This is a multi-billion dollar industry. These programs...and the people running it WANT TO WNI. You're going to see this change year to year. Why was Carter Starocci and Gable Stevenson the highest paid Wrestlers? BECAUSE THEY WERE THE BEST(well...Gable ended up losing, but you get the point).

Anyone know where to find old US Open and WTT brackets from the 90’s? Dooing some research and can find most info until then. Thanks!

https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/14329694-ncaa-approves-womens-wrestling-championship-format

Speaking of the Snyder lack of interview, here is a comment from I believe one of Intermat’s correspondents (although the podcast is no longer called the Intermat podcast), saying that holding Snyder out was “egregious.” Starts at 19:00

To answer the question: fan interest. Wrestling is a tiny, tiny non-revenue sport that has 0.001% of the fanbase of football and basketball. No money = no media interest.

Make Press Briefings Great Again. "The challenge is the same every year. The battle is in-state. The battle is Big Ten and regional. The battle is national. The battle is planet Earth. If they find life out there, then the battle will be universal." - Tom Brands

Agreed, but I think this has been studied.

Do you think The nil transfers out of Iowa football has had an impact on their(bob and donors) nil rules or prepayment conditions. Also the Raineys efforts and their sudden change of course in both Iowa NIL and Bo's eyes. Also if Nebraska interest comes up the JB workout would be considered the final influencer!

What would be more interesting to me is to study the type/personality of a person that turns into a Christian/Muslim Fundamentalist and uses religion to justify the killing of other people. To me that is where the understanding probably starts versus focusing on the religion. But who knows maybe this has already been done.

I must have missed something...are we at war with anyone??

Headline: Trump Cures Breast Cancer RV and the like: Total FAIL by Trump!! He didn't even cure the most common kind of cancer! Most of breast cancer patients have positive outcomes anyway...he is such an overweight orange failure!! (screams into pillow in his/her/their mom's basement)

Are you trying to be the cinnamon pastry guy but on the NWT board?

Another FAIL by Trump. Over and over.

Someone's been hitting grandma's cough medicine again....

It's not obvious to me. It's obvious to me that POSITION and marketability plays a role. People tried to do this with Angel Reese and Caitlyn Clark, suggesting Clark got paid because she was a "pretty white girl." Someone then pointed out that'd be like saying Larry Bird got deals because of his good looks. But even then, that'd make more sense as it was Boston in the 1980s. No, sports is a meritocracy now. It's just like the NFL. Running Backs aren't making less because they're primarily black, they're being paid less because the position has become undervalued. These schools want to keep the best players. If Jerimiah Smith, a guy who'd probably be a top 3 WR in the NFL RIGHT NOW...wasn't good, he wouldn't be getting ~5M in NIL. But he's a freak WR. He's like a mix of Julio Jones and Calvin Johnson. The ONE area I can't speak with as much confidence would be Women's niche sports. We all know why Livvy Dunne getsa paid. Are there Black Gymnasts who are as attractive and as high profile that aren't? I don't know. I know Simone Billes and Serena Williams made a massive amount of money in endorsements(and continue to).

I honestly don’t really blame the media, I blame the programs. It seems their fear of “being cut off” is legitimate, IIRC I think those types of threats were basically what led to the situation that ultimately caused Willie to leave Flo. It would’ve been nice for someone to push the Snyder issue, but I’m sure they would’ve just said “we can’t comment on an ongoing legal matter” or something anyway.

You didn’t cite several studies, you cited one, if we want to call it a study, it was based on a google survey, only asked about “expectations” and not actual earnings, the “expectations” were opposite of what you claim, and it didn’t have the highest earning sports well-represented. The other links you posted were just media articles, and were focused on women’s sports. I agree that there’s a racial disparity in women’s sports. But the majority of NIL dollars are spent on men’s sports, mainly football and basketball. I did analyze the data I posted. 55% of the top 20 valued players are black, with them having 52% of the dollar value. You were the one that kept citing that “51% of NCAA athletes are people of color,” so the numbers are in line with that. Speaking of, will you at least acknowledge that your claim of “people of color only get 16% of NIL dollars” is complete nonsense? That was the main thing I was trying to point out. If we can agree on that, sure I’ll agree that the % of players on top football and basketball teams that are black is higher than 50%. But again, the value that the top white football players have is almost entirely driven by being a quarterback. Again as I mentioned this is very similar to who’s the highest paid players in the NFL, actually looks like based on last year’s salaries the top 20 NFL salaries are more skewed toward whites than NIL valuations: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-25-highest-paid-players-2024/694fb43f95a9784f4724647d Of the top 21 paid players in the NFL (there was a tie for 20), 11 are white, 10 of which are QB’s. And NFL teams care way more about winning Super Bowls than social media followers.

And the facts are now in... 'They have no choice but to "play along"' - says JimmySpanks... and he's... WRONG [BUZZ] 'Ya. Let's see what happens if they don't" - says JimmySpanks... and it's... NOTHING [BUZZ] As expected by all, JimmySpanks is nothing more than a big fat mouth with a tiny brain. We have just witnessed the birth of another extremely expensive Forever War thanks to our orange disgrace of a leader. If Musk were to come back to fire more people, he'd have to fire many hundreds of thousands to pay for the bombing fiasco that barely scratched the surface of Iran's mountains. (If only the tiny brains around here could grasp the concept that this is actually a giant problem for all of us. Take your MAGA hat off long enough to use your head for more than holding up that hat. Trump has the country in a downward trajectory. And nothing is on the horizon that looks to turn that around.) Get ready for much higher gas prices, higher inflation, and our economy to run wildly off track.

Do you lack the ability to pick up on ALL context? Go back and read the thread, what post did I agree with? Explain to me where I made ANY inference that there was ANYTHING wrong with that? Why are you the only one that needs every position explained?