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  1. Merits of G-League vs. College Basketball

    https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/Article/Professional-Path-G-League-Jalen-Green-Isaiah-Todd-RJ-Hampton-146074161/ When Hampton opted for the NBL last year, some scoffed at the idea that the Next Stars program or the G League would routinely become legitimate options for high...
  2. The ACC will delay the start of competition for all fall sports until at least Sept. 1

    Article with Dr. Fauci on the possible return of sports this summer. His basic comments are that they can likely return if you plan without fans in the stands and have the players quarantined and tested every week...
  3. The ACC will delay the start of competition for all fall sports until at least Sept. 1

    The Chris Fowler comments in that article are interesting because they lead me to believe that football this fall is pretty unlikely. by the time they have to make decisions on the fall they aren't going to know how well any recovery is going as we likely won't even have opened up in any...
  4. Merits of G-League vs. College Basketball

    FWIW, that is exactly what is happening. G League is putting together deals that include the salary contract ($125K), an endorsement deal (NIL) - I don't know the details of that but it wouldn't shock me is if those are through whatever shoe company the prospect played AAU ball with, and the...
  5. Coronavirus Thread

    in the last 2 weeks more people have died from COVID19 in GA than they do in a month from car accidents (over 100 more already), shootings (more than 3X already), and drug overdoses (more than 3.5X already). Your right, if people actually saw the statistics and realized the numbers, even with...
  6. Coronavirus Thread

    and if we open up too quickly likely hundreds of thousands die from the disease (and tens of millions get sick) that do not otherwise. Still doesn't seem to be a hard decision and once again ignores that if you re-open without proper controls in place the economy very quickly ends up right back...
  7. NCAA Tournament & COVID-19

    It's actually a Morning Consult/Politico poll, not the USA Today poll which had similar results. FWIW, FOX News Polls seldom differ much from other mainstream pollers as it is not Fox News conducting the poll, it is a third party poller employed by Fox (Depending upon the poll Fox uses Beacon...
  8. Merits of G-League vs. College Basketball

    From a KY blogger FWIW, it's expected that Jalen Green is going to take this option when he announces on Thursday rather than go to Auburn or Memphis. Word is G-League is making a big push to get top 2020 kids to forgo college and play in th G-League next year $125K pathways contract plus...
  9. Coronavirus Thread

    This chart is taken from a Morgan Stanley analysis document looking at getting back to work. (keep in mind based on current numbers and reports the numbers/dates set in this document appear to be optimistic. Right now the US is testing less than 150K per day and a report says testing has dropped...
  10. Coronavirus Thread

    This disappointing news came out last night Spain has registered a daily increase of 1,220 active coronavirus cases -- the largest rise in more than a week -- according to Spanish Health Ministry data released Wednesday. This jump brought the country’s total active cases to 88,201. The...
  11. Coronavirus Thread

    FWIW, right now public opinion is heavily against re-opening the economy quickly New poll has the following numbers More than eight in 10 voters, 81 percent, say Americans “should continue to social distance for as long as is needed to curb the spread of coronavirus, even if it means continued...
  12. NCAA Tournament & COVID-19

    This disappointing news came out last night Spain has registered a daily increase of 1,220 active coronavirus cases -- the largest rise in more than a week -- according to Spanish Health Ministry data released Wednesday. This jump brought the country’s total active cases to 88,201. The...
  13. NCAA Tournament & COVID-19

    FWIW, right now public opinion is heavily against re-opening the economy quickly New poll has the following numbers More than eight in 10 voters, 81 percent, say Americans “should continue to social distance for as long as is needed to curb the spread of coronavirus, even if it means continued...
  14. NCAA Tournament & COVID-19

    This chart is taken from a Morgan Stanley analysis document looking at getting back to work. (keep in mind based on current numbers and reports the numbers/dates set in this document appear to be optimistic. Right now the US is testing less than 150K per day and a report says testing has dropped...
  15. ACC Discussion 2019-20

    Within a month I think almost every P5/P6 School will do this. This is their first effort before they start disbanding programs. if anything less than a full football season happens though, most schools at that point are going to have to make hard decisions about which programs to keep and...
  16. ACC Discussion 2019-20

    This isn't really ACC related but will put it here. 5* Forward Isiah Todd has decided he will not attend MI this fall and will instead look at professional opportunities overseas.
  17. NCAA Tournament & COVID-19

    Tour de France has been postponed indefinitely (was supposed to begin June 27th). The Chinese Basketball Association has postponed its season until at least july. It is widely believed the NBA will not restart its season until it sees if its partner CBA can resume and watch it for a couple of...
  18. NCAA Tournament & COVID-19

    Most endowments have heavy restrictions -that is one thing that alums and fans seem not to grasp. (why can't we just take money from the endowment to pay off a coach we don't like?!) The vast majority of endowment funds have restrictions on what that fund can be used for and how much of that...
  19. NCAA Tournament & COVID-19

    This is University related rather than AA specific, but if Harvard is having financial issues, I can't even imagine what it is going to be like for your typical state university. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/4/14/harvard-coronavirus-hiring-salary-freeze/
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