No Girl Friend?

[MrHotDice]

My wife who is not a sports nut like everyone else in my family was watching the Cal gone, Cal stays, pope coverage for the last 2 weeks. I was trying to explain the transfer portal and she asked if any of these players stayed at the school they originally signed with. Not anymore I told her and she asked Dont they have girlfriends. I wonder if the players have any friends at UK. Wilcat Lodge. Craft Center. Just pure iso. No wonder many feel these players have no program loyalty. PITINO hit the nail on the head
Every player is now a professional. With NIL their are no more amateurs.

 

[BlueBomb]

Well, for every five that transfer, there are five that don't. The five that stay are the ones with girlfriends.

 

[TheFolker]

There are girls at other colleges too.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

Gf is way different than wife or fiance. Most of these players aren't thinking of long term at their age and honestly do not blame them

 

[JonathanW]

I'll say what I tell my kids, girlfriends/boyfriends should not impact life decisions at their age (I also told my one that he shouldn't let sports teams he supports (UK) should not determine where he gets his education (in case he wanted to go to UNC or Duke)). And I think that generation is less about steady girlfriend/boyfriend relationships than what many of us experienced. Maybe I'm wrong.

 

[trueblujr2]

My wife who is not a sports nut like everyone else in my family was watching the Cal gone, Cal stays, pope coverage for the last 2 weeks. I was trying to explain the transfer portal and she asked if any of these players stayed at the school they originally signed with. Not anymore I told her and she asked Dont they have girlfriends. I wonder if the players have any friends at UK. Wilcat Lodge. Craft Center. Just pure iso. No wonder many feel these players have no program loyalty. PITINO hit the nail on the head
Every player is now a professional. With NIL their are no more amateurs.

Well true amateurism went out the window when they started letting professionals compete in the Olympics. The fact Collegiate athletics tried to hang onto it is a farce.

 

[JwUKFan11]

This may blow your wifes mind but there are girls at every college campus and at 18-22 especially, most aren't attached to them.

 

[BlueTick2]

GF's , we don't need any stinking GF's.
We got hookers.
Pitino.

 

[TX-Wildcat]

If they are not going to be amateurs, they need to sign at least 2-year contracts to receive NIL. The NBA locks guys in, NCAA teams should be able to do the same. Entering the portal to go to the highest bidder season after season is the game killer, not the fact they are getting paid (legally). Just too much woke Wild West stuff from the NCAA being scared to take a stance.

 

[BigKari]

This may blow your wifes mind but there are girls at every college campus and at 18-22 especially, most aren't attached to them.

Imagine a scenario where you get a giant NIL bag from Liberty, which leads you to do no due diligence, and you just say “I’ll just get a new gf when I get there” 😂😂😂

 

[Whoppercat]

My wife who is not a sports nut like everyone else in my family was watching the Cal gone, Cal stays, pope coverage for the last 2 weeks. I was trying to explain the transfer portal and she asked if any of these players stayed at the school they originally signed with. Not anymore I told her and she asked Dont they have girlfriends. I wonder if the players have any friends at UK. Wilcat Lodge. Craft Center. Just pure iso. No wonder many feel these players have no program loyalty. PITINO hit the nail on the head
Every player is now a professional. With NIL their are no more amateurs.

Any 18 year old college kid who would base his college and professional decisions on a ho has got doodoo for brains.

 

[Wonky]

**** is ****.

-George Washington Hayduke III

 

[chroix]

If they are not going to be amateurs, they need to sign at least 2-year contracts to receive NIL. The NBA locks guys in, NCAA teams should be able to do the same. Entering the portal to go to the highest bidder season after season is the game killer, not the fact they are getting paid (legally). Just too much woke Wild West stuff from the NCAA being scared to take a stance.

Getting paid is woke now? Man. So are the good guys commies now? So confused by this.

 

[TX-Wildcat]

Getting paid is woke now? Man. So are the good guys commies now? So confused by this.

Not sure you could have misinterpreted that any worse. If the university makes money off them, they should be paid. My comment is that the NCAA has become woke. They were on the other end of the spectrum until the last few years, but now have just given up. Just a poorly ran organization. When they try to reign things in it will all be too far gone.

 

[Jakerz]

If they’re smart they’ll stay away from women all together until they get in the league. Too much risk in so many ways

 

[SkyPrince1]

If they’re smart they’ll stay away from women all together until they get in the league. Too much risk in so many ways

They're not smart.

 

[StubbornPenny]

Imagine a scenario where you get a giant NIL bag from Liberty, which leads you to do no due diligence, and you just say “I’ll just get a new gf when I get there” 😂😂😂

Well in previous times, Jerry Falwell Jr’s wife could help out with that.

 

[BigKari]

Well in previous times, Jerry Falwell Jr’s wife could help out with that.

Sounds enticing until Jerry Jr. pops out of the pool house closet wearing nothing but a bucket hat & 6 Hawaiian leis, while straddling a pool noodle.

 

[DreadLox]

The foundational question is why are colleges also professional sports franchises. Schools need to get out of the entertainment business.

 

[BigKari]

Not sure you could have misinterpreted that any worse. If the university makes money off them, they should be paid. My comment is that the NCAA has become woke. They were on the other end of the spectrum until the last few years, but now have just given up. Just a poorly ran organization. When they try to reign things in it will all be too far gone.

Dude, you’re just throwing the word “woke” around as a buzzword at this point, to mean something bad. I mean, in 2024 that’s basically its colloquial meaning to nearly half the country, so I’m not even going to say you’re using it wrong. It’s just played out and overused, so it’s largely lost any meaning besides “bad”. This is a prime example. You don’t like the NCAA, it’s bad, so that = woke. It just comes off as simple and a bit juvenile at this point.

 

[rabbitTown]

So... we should be recruiting their girlfriends?

 

[ManitouDan]

Gf's ? I'd guess dozens . All over the place .

 

[Elliott Tim]

Well, for every five that transfer, there are five that don't. The five that stay are the ones with girlfriends.

That's funny

 

[HeismaNole]

They have jersey chasers. They cheat like crazy and there's no shortage of girls presenting themselves as options.

This is in general, by the way.

College athletics are quite ugly behind the scenes. lol

 

[BlueSince92]

We were told this week that Big Z didn’t want to leave his UK girlfriend but he did it anyway to take a two million dollar NIL deal at Arkansas. $2 million can buy you a lot of plane tickets ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And maybe she’ll transfer too.

 

[Creed Bratton]

Prior to the NIL and transfer portal opening the NCAA and schools had all the leverage. Now with NIL and an open portal it has totally flipped to where the players are the ones with the leverage. We totally passed up the compromise.

 

[Myth Buster51]

If the university makes money off them, they should be paid. My comment is that the NCAA has become woke. They were on the other end of the spectrum until the last few years, but now have just given up. Just a poorly ran organization. When they try to reign things in it will all be too far gone.

AAU makes pretty good money off basketball players. Some high schools make money off high school football players. So high schools and AAU should be paying high school players? Of course not...

Most state high school athletics associations have transfer-eligibility restrictions which have been upheld by the courts without concluding that these transfer restrictions somehow create an employer-employee relationship. The NCAA has essentially let go of the reins with transfers and NIL to fend off legal arguments that there is somehow an employer-employee relationship. The whole thing is a friggin' mess, and the blame goes far beyond just the NCAA. There are more than just a few jagoff appellate judges out there who want craft college sports to fall in line with their view of how the world should be.

 

[Creed Bratton]

We were told this week that Big Z didn’t want to leave his UK girlfriend but he did it anyway to take a two million dollar NIL deal at Arkansas. $2 million can buy you a lot of plane tickets ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And maybe she’ll transfer too.

If he doesn't play more consistently next year than he did this year someone overpaid. 😂

 

[BlueSince92]

If he doesn't play more consistently next year than he did this year someone overpaid. 😂

This is why I think the villain theme fits Cal so well right now. No way on Earth Cal will get two million dollars worth of on-court performance out of Zvonimir this year. But it’s less unreasonable to say he may have taken two million dollars worth of on-court performance away from us.

 

[TX-Wildcat]

This is why I think the villain theme fits Cal so well right now. No way on Earth Cal will get two million dollars worth of on-court performance out of Zvonimir this year. But it’s less unreasonable to say he may have taken two million dollars worth of on-court performance away from us.

The Cal/ARK desire to be relevant again, our expectation to return to glory, other late season coaching changes, etc. (all which create empty rosters) are the catalysts to create “villians” who are simply acting within the “rules”. Buying rosters will just get worse. All NCAA money sports are impacted. NCAA basketball is on a trajectory to basically be pro basketball, but with defense being played and no contracts. That said, sure as heck beats the product the NBA puts out.

 

[lpkilla77]

Ehh the money they are making they just dump and replace. Or even smarter stay single

 

[SkyPrince1]

We were told this week that Big Z didn’t want to leave his UK girlfriend but he did it anyway to take a two million dollar NIL deal at Arkansas. $2 million can buy you a lot of plane tickets ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And maybe she’ll transfer too.

Who released details of Z's NIL at Ark?

 

[ftp000]

Soon to be rich man-whores. Even Bacot was pulling beautiful gold diggers.

 

[ncaaky]

Speaking of girlfriends, can you imagine being Sheppard’s GF. Once he goes pro soon, does she drop out of school and tag along? Long distance relationships work occasionally, but he will be a multimillionaire star player living in a huge NBA city.

My advice to her would be to keep him on campus a few more years!!

 

[sosoblue]

I'll say what I tell my kids, girlfriends/boyfriends should not impact life decisions at their age (I also told my one that he shouldn't let sports teams he supports (UK) should not determine where he gets his education (in case he wanted to go to UNC or Duke)). And I think that generation is less about steady girlfriend/boyfriend relationships than what many of us experienced. Maybe I'm wrong.

Well Reed Sheppard girlfriend is slinging on him like saran wrap. She would go berserk if he left her lol.

 

[ukfan1622]

This is why I think the villain theme fits Cal so well right now. No way on Earth Cal will get two million dollars worth of on-court performance out of Zvonimir this year. But it’s less unreasonable to say he may have taken two million dollars worth of on-court performance away from us.

I'll go further; if Cal had stayed at Kentucky I think he'd have urged Z to go pro to make room for Somto and Quaintance. Cal lured him away from UK out of spite. That's okay; UK will get the last laugh against Cal.

 

[HeismaNole]

Speaking of girlfriends, can you imagine being Sheppard’s GF. Once he goes pro soon, does she drop out of school and tag along? Long distance relationships work occasionally, but he will be a multimillionaire star player living in a huge NBA city.

My advice to her would be to keep him on campus a few more years!!

That's when they get pregnant.

 

[Blue Bigfoot]

If they’re smart they’ll stay away from women all together until they get in the league. Too much risk in so many ways

Ha, if they are smart they will really stay away from them when they get the league.

 

[Bluegrassking]

This is why I think the villain theme fits Cal so well right now. No way on Earth Cal will get two million dollars worth of on-court performance out of Zvonimir this year. But it’s less unreasonable to say he may have taken two million dollars worth of on-court performance away from us.

It is never about what anyone is worth, it is about what they can negotiate.

If you think it is an overpay then don't agree to the request and counter and/or live with not coming to terms.

 

[Fox2monk]

Getting paid is woke now? Man. So are the good guys commies now? So confused by this.

I took it as they were so inept that they caused this.