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Post by gks on Mar 28, 2024 8:47:40 GMT -5
A financial advisor once told the parents of my kids graduating class that you're better off being poor than saving every penny when it comes to college.
We all know very few pay sticker price for college. I'm convinced schools like BU, Tufts and Wellesley see these prices as a badge of honor.
IMO it's time to either require colleges to keep costs down or lose federal funding and be prepared to pay taxes. They are no longer non-profits.
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Post by gks on Mar 28, 2024 8:43:37 GMT -5
I do agree, Cruskater31. I admit, I do not know the Maryland Heights facility, there are a bunch of other factors involved in the decision. Locker rooms, Media rooms, food venues, TV production rooms, suites, etc. are also important things to look at when picking a venue. I hope that the food is not a food truck out in the parking lot. I hope there was some type of inspection. I still would prefer a top top venue, if these things do not meet the requirements. But do not tell me, NCAA, there were no venues to bid. Back in the day, we had several venues to choose from. No venues is just BS!! Here is the quote that was in the Detroit News "The NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Committee evaluated all bids for the 2024 regional sites in the winter of 2020," the NCAA spokesman said in a statement to The News. "However, only a few venues in the western part of the country submitted bids for the four-year cycle. Given the limited number of sites in the geographical area, the committee chose the best options to enhance the experience of the student-athletes and coaches.” I note the word FANS missing from this quote. Maybe the NCAA needs to re-evaluate requirements on host cities.
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Post by gks on Mar 27, 2024 8:59:54 GMT -5
I do know the location is in Missouri. My point is that there are many other venues that were/are probably available. No magic line between east/west. I do know the process. I was on the NCAA Committee for 5 years, chairing it in 2010. The committee members need to for involved in the process. Every new venue needed a sight visit from a committee member and an NCAA rep when I was involved. No way that happened. When Tom Jacobs left the NCAA, college hockey lost a big advocate. He would also agree with what was best for college hockey, not the NCAA. Those days are long gone. Should have contacted the DCU, one of the best regional sites. Too bad these teams are going to a facility with 1/2 capacity they are used it. My opinion, if this continues, is to let the 4 top seeds host. If a school like Holy Cross (will never happen) is a host, make them use another facility. Will guarantee sellouts and great college hockey atmosphere. A little note to the NCAA: LET THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS RUN THE THE FROZEN FOUR AND MAKE THE DECISIONS!! There have been some coaches starting to advocate for the NCAA to go to home sites. I know University of Denver's coach, who I believe has some sway, has gone on the record for this. Word is that DCU got out bid by Springfield Civic Center for this year's regional. This would/should have been DCU's turn if the longtime rotation was maintained.
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Post by gks on Mar 26, 2024 12:48:33 GMT -5
The NCAA is greedy. They want more and more revenue from hosting facilities, ie parking, concessions, etc. That is why Washington will not bid for a frozen four. That was one of the best frozen fours. There are many, many facilities that can bid on these. Maryland, a western venue! Give me a break! get another eastern facility (Worcester, Manchester, etc) or something down south. The regional attendance numbers mostly come from the teams and then from hockey fans. Any facility that host would get more from a regional than 2,500. Maryland Heights, the arena in question, is in Missouri outside of St. Louis. It would be like if the New England Sports Center in Marlborough hosted an NCAA Regional. If no one bids too bad for the West. Find a third venue out East.
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Post by gks on Mar 26, 2024 10:57:49 GMT -5
Can I replace 'bizarre' with 'stupid' or 'ridiculous'?
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Post by gks on Mar 26, 2024 8:48:02 GMT -5
Here's the thing about transfers. Want to treat athletes like regular students? Well they can come and go as they please between schools. Should Johnny the math major not be allowed to change schools if he doesn't like the situation he's in? Want athletes to stay their four years? First win. Then you have to make letters of intent a binding, exclusive contract for four years. Now I don't know labor laws from in-laws but this sounds like you'd be making them employees/professionals with four year, long-term deals. You seem to omit a big difference. Most students pay to attend a school and have the right to stop if they wish. Many athletes are being paid (whether or not it is a scholarship worth hundreds of thousands of dollars or NIL money that can be even more). Don't they owe something more than the average student? So should a regular student on an full academic scholarship not be able to transfer from a school if he or she is unhappy?
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Post by gks on Mar 26, 2024 8:14:00 GMT -5
Here's the thing about transfers.
Want to treat athletes like regular students? Well they can come and go as they please between schools. Should Johnny the math major not be allowed to change schools if he doesn't like the situation he's in?
Want athletes to stay their four years? First win. Then you have to make letters of intent a binding, exclusive contract for four years. Now I don't know labor laws from in-laws but this sounds like you'd be making them employees/professionals with four year, long-term deals.
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Post by gks on Mar 25, 2024 19:41:09 GMT -5
College basketball has become less user friendly due to the high number of portal transfers. Don't like it. My interest is ebbing. How can one cheer for a bunch of hired guns without any true tie to their school? They want to enter the portal. Then, go. You don't belong at Holy Cross. Get the hell out. Don't let the door hit you from the rear on your way out. I'm sick of the whole damn thing. It's supposed to be college not some damn NBA light. Hopefully you're not part of the college's welcoming committee to new students. Yikes.
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Post by gks on Mar 25, 2024 9:31:17 GMT -5
Caitlin Clark's counterpart in music for the past year or so is Taylor Swift. I admire the way Swift built her business and has kept her fans and how much joy they get from following her. I'll give Clark a couple of years to see if young girls are lining up at the turnstyles when her WNBA team comes to their region. Maybe it's not a fair comparison. The WNBA plays 40 games a year and Swift only tours once every few years. The idea of legions of young girl fans (and their families) jamming the turnstiles to watch women’s hoops has been the WNBA’s dream since it began. Somehow, despite some very popular college players, it hadn’t consistently materialized. Some poor choices and poor messaging by the WNBA accounts for a part of that. They need an appealing star and, with any luck, the leading pros in the WNBA can appreciate that they themselves will benefit from CC’s success - but I’m not so sure. Always thought WNBA playing in the spring/summer hurt their reach. I understand arena availability, tv windows, etc. There's something to be said that sports should be played in their seasons. It'll probably never happen but would like to see how the WNBA would do if they played during traditional basketball season.
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Post by gks on Mar 24, 2024 15:58:19 GMT -5
People can continue with excuses or HC could just figure it out.
It's too bad. College hockey is really exciting.
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Post by gks on Mar 24, 2024 9:26:32 GMT -5
A logical worry. Coach LaChapelle was extended on the women's side I believe. It would be a shame if there is not enough left to reward and extend Coach Riga. Change the budget😇✝️ We have the dollars they just need to make the right investments Success costs money. Winning costs money. From what I see and know it HC is more than happy with a MDC-style rink and a twenty win season here and there. Success has many definitions and standards. Just have to select which form of success you want.
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Post by gks on Mar 24, 2024 9:17:21 GMT -5
Why would she leave HC? I thought the women were selecting a school not a sports franchise as seemingly do some of the men. She's a senior. Some would say it's been four years, time for her to go....
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Post by gks on Mar 23, 2024 9:57:16 GMT -5
Midwest is right. The ivies have their own built in NIL. They also have their own rules that they play by every year. This is why they don’t compete in the FCS football playoffs. Why their basketball teams can beat teams like Auburn and Arizona. I say this because I have first hand knowledge. Many years ago during my playing days I was offered an “ Ivy League “ football scholarship. How? They don’t have scholarships. Okay but large endowment dollars and wealthy friends of the program have always been there to support the programs. Welcome to the world of Ivy League sports. Oh boy. One the Ivy League Fan Club wakes up they're going to love this.
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Post by gks on Mar 20, 2024 18:01:01 GMT -5
This can get back to the discussion of the NIL which is great work by those involved.
But...
Anyone else notice that it's the same four defending the honourable traits that the Ivy League holds?
Those that know, know the Ivies play at a great advantage. Those that don't pretend it's 1965 and Doonesbury is scoring TDs for Yale.
Oh and by the way....the Ivy League schools could care less about the PL. This admiration is Pearl Street.....one way.
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Post by gks on Mar 20, 2024 14:55:31 GMT -5
The top 4/5 Ivy football programs have offered their best players $20-25k summer internships for years which consist of showing up to a corporate office for a few hours a week. Call that what you will. They don’t pay $ to their best players in the same way they happen to have ~70-80 Scholi equivalents despite being “non scholarship football” and don’t play in the football postseason cause it would interfere with academics and finals. All a bunch of BS optics. There are many on this board that will think everything you just typed is hogwash. That the precious Ivies would never play loose with the rules. Thank you for further enlightening those that need it.
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Post by gks on Mar 18, 2024 19:14:22 GMT -5
Before the Luth HC players were forced to go to pro days at Harvard, BC, UConn, etc.
Now they come to Worcester. Facilities matter.
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Post by gks on Mar 18, 2024 7:40:48 GMT -5
Sure, getting a championship back-to-back and going to the NCAA two straight years is embarrassing to the PL. In what world is that? When your back to back champ gets a play in game and your 'peer' league gets two in and a 12 seed for their second place team... if I'm the PL I'm embarrassed by the lack of respect. You're getting paired with a .500 team that got waxed in it's conference championship.
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Post by gks on Mar 18, 2024 7:15:04 GMT -5
Second place Ivy gets a 12.... Back to back PL champ gets a play in game.
Sorry but the league should be embarrassed.
Good luck to the Crusaders.
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Post by gks on Mar 12, 2024 6:20:53 GMT -5
The more Eastern FCS schools the better. The subdivision has been trending West for too long. It'll take time but need more competitive teams this way.
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Post by gks on Mar 11, 2024 19:27:59 GMT -5
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Post by gks on Mar 11, 2024 19:21:21 GMT -5
Let me tell you two Ivy stories. 1} Several years ago I heard a recruiter from an Ivy school quoted as saying with a wink to the father of a kid they were recruiting for football: "In the Ivies there are no athletic scholarships. Any scholarship is based on NEED only. And, if you are 6'6" 285, we NEED you." 2) A local 6'9" hooper bounced around to three different high schools. Some of movement was athletic based, much of it was because he was such a weak student. Several mid majors were interested in him. In the Spring of his senior year I ran into his mom at a HS playoff game and asked where her son was going to college. The response? "Harvard. How funny is that?" He was on the team for two years but logged few minutes and quit as a junior. But he actually graduated. The Ivies overall have pretty high standards for athletes but there are loads of exceptions to the rule. Those on this board who believe in the 'purity' of Ivy athletics, unicorns and leprechauns will chastise you for this post.
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Post by gks on Mar 11, 2024 19:18:02 GMT -5
No one has every said H and Y weren't generous. I vigorously applaud schools that give outstanding financial aid. More should blow the dust off their checkbooks and follow HYP's lead. But when it comes to football ask any football coach that competes against the Ivies about their equivalency situation. It's well-above even FBS levels. They're a non-factor and basically invisible nationally in football so they just get away with it. The second the Ivy League says we're in on the FCS playoffs the CAA and western schools will demand the books be opened. If HC offers a full ride and Harvard wants that player most times than not the Johnnies will find a way to sweeten the pot. People can believe what they want about the 'purity' of the Ivy model but the Ivy model is to stockpile talent and win one game a year. Who from those leagues would do the demanding and who would they make the demand to, and why would any entity be authorized to release proprietary information and why would any league deserve expanded access beyond what NCAA rules require just because they are butt hurt? Don't mean to pile on but we compete strongly and fairly with the IL, more competitively than with PL weak sisters like Lafayette, er, uh, except last season.🙂 So we really can't fix something that isn't broken. I respect FCS coaches who work their butts off and knowledgeable fans like you but at a certain point it's just common sense that the Ivies and Service Academies don't need to give athletic scholarships because of their unique status and they compete above board under existing regulations. You can believe what you'd like. FCS coaches know darn well that the equivalencies at HYP are way, way, way above NCAA limits. That's fair? If you have the chance to talk with coaches they'll tell you they are at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to recruiting against HYP. When it comes to the rest of the PL and the Ivies, I don't care. On the field HC has had much better coaching and that makes a huge difference.
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Post by gks on Mar 11, 2024 13:59:09 GMT -5
I would say with a decent amount of confidence that when a Harvard coach enters a home they use the word 'scholarship' and not 'grant'. When you don't want to follow the rules you call things by different names as a technicality. Harvard and Yale FB must have horrific compliance records with the NCAA since they are not following the rules. In reality America's great Universities like the Ivies, MIT, Stanford etc., should generate national pride because they are the best in the world and they are in the USA. They may put up with a little plagiarism but I doubt they would tolerate persistent widespread rules violations in athletics. I think H&Y are generous to a fault to all students. No good deed goes unpunished. No one has every said H and Y weren't generous. I vigorously applaud schools that give outstanding financial aid. More should blow the dust off their checkbooks and follow HYP's lead. But when it comes to football ask any football coach that competes against the Ivies about their equivalency situation. It's well-above even FBS levels. They're a non-factor and basically invisible nationally in football so they just get away with it. The second the Ivy League says we're in on the FCS playoffs the CAA and western schools will demand the books be opened. If HC offers a full ride and Harvard wants that player most times than not the Johnnies will find a way to sweeten the pot. People can believe what they want about the 'purity' of the Ivy model but the Ivy model is to stockpile talent and win one game a year.
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Post by gks on Mar 11, 2024 10:58:26 GMT -5
You are so naive. I call a package that reduces out of pocket expenses from 60 K to 1.8 K a SCHOLARSHIP. Not naive at all. I have shared many times on this board that I am aware of the Ivies offering aid to athletes in the form of grants. My point here is if they change course and openly offer athletic scholarships, their programs will become even more appealing to student athletes. I would say with a decent amount of confidence that when a Harvard coach enters a home they use the word 'scholarship' and not 'grant'. When you don't want to follow the rules you call things by different names as a technicality.
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Post by gks on Mar 10, 2024 18:56:59 GMT -5
Five Worcester area teams are in the State semifinals; Worcester North and South, Wachusett, West Boylston and Millbury. North (boys) and Wachusett (girls) in Div. 1. South (girls) in Div. 2. This has never happened before. Catholic Memorial will face Franklin in the semis. They defeated B.C. High. North Semi is at UMass Boston on Wednesday. Definitely some good high school ball being played in the Worcester area. North should repeat as champs Wachusett girls are always a wago with the potential to be undefeated state champs Millbury boys have IMO one of the best coaches in the state in Jimmy Donnelly. Best of luck to all.
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