Ament on unofficial vist at Tennessee for tonight's game
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He handles the ball really, really well for a 6-9 guy. He KIND OF reminds me of a shorter Wemby, with his slender build, range, passing and handles. He is no where near Wemby on defense, but he is still maturing as you stated. I am not even remotely saying he is in his class, just there build, type of game. He has a long way to go to even get in the comparison of his overall game, but that is fine, he is a generational talent, very few players will ever be on his level.
Flagg is 6-9 205 lbs., Ament is 6-9 MAYBE 185 lbs. IF Ament weighed 205-210, he would be a force. Adding weight is a MUST. But not too much, he would lose his advantage with quickness. Ament's shooting slash of 47/42/90 (in the 3SSB season), truly shows his shooting / scoring ability. Getting stronger so he can finish through contact is a must, no matter where he ends up. He can get pushed around, but he is still filling out, add some muscle and he jumps up a notch or two on BOTH ends. Great hands, athletic, elite vision, solid passing skills. He can get off his shot with ease, starting to become more assertive and developing a killer instinct, Alpha personality, playing more aggressive. Sky is the limit for him, but he MUST add strength and weight. He is no where near a finished product, he will get better and better.
Is that in some sort of bylaws?
I bet anything we see that changed in due time. You can't offer these types of contracts and not have there be some sort of performanced-based pay. The free market always works itself out, and if that means if nothing else, colleges will start to lessen these deals because they don't want to be burned losing $2,000,000 for a player that winds up being terrible.
Yes. It’s the rule.
Only reason it’s allowed now is because you are paying to use their name, image or likeness.
You are not allowed to pay for performance.
Could that change? Yes. And probably will.
Then “amateur” athletics are officially done when it happens.
And I'd argue they should be done.. honestly they were done once the student athletes wanted pay days. You want the privileges of being an adult, then you're gonna get the responsibilities too.
I don't love this system, but I really don't like where it stands now, where the Athletes have all the power it seems. They can demand money and not truly earn a cent of it, they can transfer at all, they can hold schools/teams/coaches hostage. Anything is better than what we are currently in now.
I know. I don’t have the answer. I certainly don’t like where it stands now.
But I’m thrilled that players get to share in the money now that others were making on their backs.
But how do you regulate it?
It’s a free market. No one forces any business to participate.
No one tells a company what they can spend on advertising.
Before I sold my company we used UK athletes to brand. We paid what we felt was of value to us.
I would have been livid had some agency told us we couldn’t do it. Or couldn’t use who we wanted.
My fears were internal on NIL. I thought it would crate a pecking order, (jealousy), within teams.
But it seems my fears were unfounded. I’ve not heard one word of that from any school.
While I do share your dissatisfaction with how things are in regard to NIL, I don’t know what the fix is. Or how it would be enforced if someone has a fix.
Jacob Polacheck said Pope did this after the game:
After the win, Mark Pope flexed walking by Nate Ament after the handshake line, saying "Let's go, Nate" and "C'mon Nate."
After the win, Mark Pope flexed walking by Nate Ament after the handshake line, saying "Let's go, Nate" and "C'mon Nate."
We are reportedly Top four in NIL. I don't know why we can't pay and get a top kid. I don't want 2 million dollar 18 year olds though .
What I'm having trouble reading this.. what coach is speculated to be retiring?
We made a hell of an offer to Wilson man. He was silky not to take it with our reputation for pros under Cal and period he would be drafted high anyway.
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