Less than a decade after winning the preseason Husky Run 5k, assistant coach Mike Noyes leads the Spurs, including some guy named Stephon Castle, to the NBA Finals
Once upon a time if you took a dollar you weren’t supposed and got caught you couldn’t ever play college sports again. NOW you can get drafted, make millions playing in Europe, take two-way contracts in the NBA, play in the G League, and if all that doesn’t work out - you can just decide to go play college basketball.
This Duke-Amazon deal has some major implications:
1) Signals Amazon is becoming aggressive competitors to traditional networks for collegiate media rights, much like it has been with pro sports
2) New NIL pipeline for Duke
3) Duke is leveraging its brand power for an independent commercial deal, something I'd expect other high-level programs to copy
4) Amazon has global reach, which can only help with exposure - especially with international pipelines thriving in college basketball
Idk. If I were an NFL team in need of a Wide Receiver, I’d probably take the consensus First Team All American who had more catches, yards, and touchdowns last year than literally every other Wide Receiver that’s been drafted so far. @Juicebe11
@CFBChuckk You’re acting like Solo Ball wasn’t in a boot the day before. Also 2024 has an NBA rookie of the year. But congrats your best player was a 24 year old 🤡