Just seeking a follow up on the 3 outgoing transfers. I believe it's been well over a month since Ineza, Rubio, & Grabovskaia all entered the portal. Has anyone heard or had access to the portal on knowing if any of them have found a home yet? Thought I may have read or heard Sifa may have changed her mind & requested to come back. It's been a while so I'm not even sure about that. But makes me curious when wondering about the faces on next year's team, & what's become of those whom elected to move on.

I still don't understand why the NCAA isn't allowed to have it's own rules and enforcements.

If the NCAA didn't want NIL/pay for play, and the players signed their scholarship and agreed to those rules, then what's the problem ?

Sherman Act, Smermish Act, they signed for the scholarship and agreed to the framework and rules at the time. I don't like the courts getting involved with this. At all. This was a private contract with students and Universities and they knew the rules and framework up front. Scholarships ain't cheap.

Most D1 athletics departments are in the red without student fee and donation support and would collapse if they had to rely on program generated funds only. Most D1 athletes don't even generate the money they are ultimately compensated with in the long run. Especially on the women's side of things.


Every single day that passes and I'm alive on planet earth I grow more weary and angry towards the governments and courts that are supposed to serve the people.

America is the greatest country in the history of the world. From our rich resources, freedoms, diverse cultures, 50 states with their unique laws and landmarks, etc. You get the idea. Truly amazing.

As amazing as our country is, the governments and the grip they have on it could not be worse. I literally cannot put into words my disdain and blood boiling hatred towards the governments of this country. And it's such a shame because America is amazing. But my god, F these courts and governments that have poisoned it and weigh on it like a cancer. The Alston and future related rulings are overreach at its finest.

Just another reason to not watch anymore in my opinion. If I'm a G5 school I'm wondering if it's even worth it at this point. Like honestly, why bother ? Tell me one good reason a school like MT should continue to fund athletics. I'll be waiting.

And explain this one. I just read an article on the Big East. For the non football D1 conferences, the NCAA based what they will pay in the settlement on a formula using the earned credits from the bball tourney. So the Big East is being punished and paying more just because they are better as bball and have more credits.

As for the backpay reasoning...Alston and statute of limitations. That ruling stated "The court unanimously found the NCAA’s compensation rules violated the Sherman Act when they restricted non-cash education-related benefits such as post-eligibility undergraduate or graduate scholarships or tutoring, study-abroad expenses, and paid post-eligibility internships."

From what I gather, that case has a 4yr statute of limitation so Hubbard case is suing for those 4yrs. The House case uses the 4yrs from when it was filed and involves the restrictions of NIL payments. Carter case uses the 4yrs and revolves around media dollars being paid. All hinge on the NCAA violating the Sherman Act, which it was already ruled they did in the Alston case. So in the eyes of the court, the NCAA has already lost.

Not saying I agree with it because I agree with you all. They signed on with the rules at the time. But the law says they are entitled to what they are suing for, so I can't blame them.
The NCAA should've adapted years ago on their own.

I don't understand all this backpay nonsense anyway.

Nobody forced these kids to play college football. It was an opportunity and they knew the rules and framework at the time when they signed their scholarship paperwork.

How/why are the courts allowing this ? I don't even understand how they have a case. The NCAA had rules and regulations at the time that were well established and didn't allow NIL/pay for play. The kids knew this when they willingly agreed to be a student athlete and participate in NCAA sports and activities.

Yes you’re right since we only got 9% of the playoff revenue. So they give us A fraction of the revenue and expect us to pay twice the penalty than what we received. That is some P5 math and some BS.

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The ugly Urange up the road will pay $16.2m against their $202m budget. 8%. Half of what they pay their coaches.

We would pay the $7.13m against our $40m budget. 17.8%. (Our revenue jumped $5m since '22) That is more than we pay our coaches which is only $6.9m.

The G5s should be raising absolute holy hell over this. That is a HUGE hit to our budget.

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Game Schedule
Wednesday, May 22 (ESPN+)
Game 1 (3) WKU vs. (6) FIU 9:00 a.m.
Game 2 (2) DBU vs. (7) NM State 12:30 p.m.
Game 3 (1) LA Tech vs. (8) MTSU 4:00 p.m.
Game 4 (4) Sam Houston vs. (5) Liberty 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 23 (ESPN+)
Game 5 Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 9:00 a.m.
Game 6 Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 12:30 p.m.
Game 7 Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 4:00 p.m.
Game 8 Winner Game 3vs. Winner Game 4 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 24 (ESPN+)
Game 9 Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6 2:00 p.m.
Game 10 Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 25 (ESPN+)
Game 11 Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 9 9:00 a.m.
Game 12 Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 10 12:30 p.m.
Game 13 Same Teams as Game 11 (If necessary) 4:00 p.m.
Game 14 Same Teams as Game 12 (If necessary) 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 26 (CBS Sports Network)
Championship Game 1:00 p.m.

MT wins final home game 8-5

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After six MT leads 7-3

After 5 innings MT leads 7-2, 84 pitches for Alderman

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After 2 innings, MT extends lead to 4-0

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MT up 2-0 after the first inning.

If he can catch a ball as a OT/TE, he would be one hell of a weapon. If he has any type of a vertical, just highpoint that thang in goal line situations.

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So in the proposed settlement for the back pay, 40% will come from the Power leagues, with the other 60% coming from the rest of D1.

".....According to a source, one smaller non-power football league was told in the NCAA memo that it would be expected to pay more than $2.5 million per year to help cover the costs of the settlement. A source in that CCA22 league said that amount is approximately 25 percent of the annual NCAA revenue for the schools in the league....."

Sources: Non-Power 5 irked by settlement plan

Several smaller-revenue leagues have pushed back against the NCAA over its plan to cut back on distribution to leagues in order to pay the expected settlement of the landmark House v. NCAA lawsuit and other related anti-trust cases, sources told ESPN.

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The G5 is getting railroaded here.

Athletes in the G5 are over-compensated with room/board/tuition. G5 athletics is not a revenue maker. Ticket sales wouldn't even cover athlete 'ships at our level.

The guy who have been robbing the athletes are the P5 who have been making billions while compensating the athletes by the penny. And who is going to pay that back bill - well, the poors.

So in the proposed settlement for the back pay, 40% will come from the Power leagues, with the other 60% coming from the rest of D1.

".....According to a source, one smaller non-power football league was told in the NCAA memo that it would be expected to pay more than $2.5 million per year to help cover the costs of the settlement. A source in that CCA22 league said that amount is approximately 25 percent of the annual NCAA revenue for the schools in the league....."

Thats a big dude. Goodness.

FWIW, Jacksonville State lost both games of their DH with Sam Houston Friday afternoon

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