Great. That there isn’t world peace doesn’t mean you’re not all in on world peace. Just like the fact that Davidson isn’t associated with the biggest-dollar NIL deals doesn’t mean that it isn’t all in. We’ve got two groups of folks on here who seem to refuse to believe the College’s repeated stateme...

The College is all in. The College doesn’t and can’t (yet) pay players—via NIL or whatever it ends up getting called. The College can’t force fans to give to the collective or directly to players. But the College is doing all it can. It’s all in.

Frankly, we could buy the A10 if we really wanted to. The question is will Davidson go all-in on an endeavor that is inherently smarmy like the NIL. I don't know and will not hazard a guess. I don't know what I would do if it were my decision. Doesn’t the Athletic Director’s email suggest Davidson ...

The College just sent an email from Chris Clunie addressing many of the questions and concerns about NIL that have been raised here. He describes how Davidson is (and has for several years now) been embracing the new landscape. Here’s the text: “Dear Wildcat Fans, Davidson Athletics has a history of...

Should there be any academic requirements for student athletes? Should they have to be enrolled? Should they have to be full-time students (defined by the number of hours/credits they are taking)? Should they have to attend class meetings and submit assignments? Should they have to maintain a certai...

I haven’t seen anyone on here disparage Laput. What I have tried to argue is (1) Davidson should maintain some academic standards for athletic eligibility; and (2) one of those requirements should be that the student athlete is pursuing a degree. I don’t think (1) is especially controversial, but (2...

This article says Joe Hurlburt is a college graduate.

https://www.theeveningleader.com/news/s ... 16729.html

And he doesn’t look super skinny in the accompanying photo.

He was extremely productive in high school: https://colorado.rivals.com/news/joe-hurlburt-nearing-the-end-of-a-prolific-high-school-career Congratulations to him and the coaches. He appears to be a great fit. The Davidson system should give him opportunities to shoot it from outside and use his pass...

Davidson has always found itself in a competitive landscape where some programs take student-athletes who could not have met Davidson’s admission standards, have players take coursework that is much easier than what’s on offer at Davidson, and have pushed up against (and even skirted) various NCAA/c...

Will the College announce what kind of student Laput will be? Bentley described him as a senior; he was enrolled there for four years; and he has one year of eligibility remaining. But I haven’t seen it confirmed that he will graduate. I don’t like the idea of one-year players, but what makes me mor...

Colleges/universities don’t pay out NIL dollars. Davidson would not receive a donation for NIL. Fans/corporations/whatever that want to funnel money to Davidson athletes would give money to one of the independent but Davidson-connected collectives. Most of the money for the library came from the Duk...

From the Field of 68: More than 1,600 men’s college basketball players have entered the transfer portal since it opened on March 17. It closes for undergraduates on May 1. A rough estimate means that about 35%-40% of players are in the portal. Get used to it. The NCAA D-I Council approved changes t...

A nondegree-seeking student has a stronger temptation to blow off spring courses. Sure, any student-athlete can do it and some Davidsonians have (I believe Mike Maloy and Rodney Knowles have been described on here as doing so). But the counterweight for a degree-seeking student is that they would be...

Loyer did not have a college degree when he came to Davidson.

And everything written about Laput says one year. He himself also said one year.

I don’t think Davidson MBB wouldn’t survive if the College required members of the athletic teams to be degree-seeking students. Yale won in the NCAA tournament with zero grad students because the Ivy League doesn’t allow them (hence all the Ivy guys seeking grad transfers for their Covid year). And...