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[MelRock]

Well, TSAB is coming after one of our freshmen with NIL money.

[CajunVic]

Well, TSAB is coming after one of our freshmen with NIL money.

This goes to show that maybe the Smarts on here are really not too smart . . .

[R1Letterman]

"rarely conventional and almost never wise"....pretty much describes any post from RW&B...

see also ahead of his time, just as most so called conspiracy theories usually come true six months later, see very next informative post from mel rock the one right after your bot generated auto response

[R1Letterman]

Well, TSAB is coming after one of our freshmen with NIL money.

how long until they call us TSAB as well, they have stolen everything else they have. technically, this might be the first one that would actually be accurate even if they used it.

[VObserver]

Well, TSAB is coming after one of our freshmen with NIL money.

If that is true [and I acknowledge that it may well be], it is tampering and is an NCAA violation. Not that the NCAA will do anything about it, but it is clearly a violation to offer money to a student athlete to transfer from a school to which they are already contractually obligated. They can certainly legally offer money, but it cannot be tied to a transfer obligation.

[R1Letterman]

The thing about conventional wisdom is that it is rarely conventional and almost never wise.

At least this year [in softball] no G5 was excluded from the NCAA Tournament for arbitrary reasons; and the only G5 that possibly should have hosted was Louisiana, and we didn't get hosed on that front as badly as a P5 [Baylor].

There isn't a college softball coach in the country who didn't know who Mihyia Davis, or for that matter Lauren Allred, is well before Ms. Davis was placed on the AA team. If someone is coming for Mihyia, they didn't decide to do so because some sportswriters put her on an AA team.

One additional observation. In softball, Louisiana is not just another G5 program, we are an ELITE program which happens to be in the perennially highest rated G5 conference in the country. Even with the disadvantages of being a "G5 school", Louisiana is ranked by D1 Softball as the 19th best program in Division 1. We have been in every NCAA Tournament in this century; we have reached at least the Regional Championship game for 15 consecutive tournaments; we have nearly 1900 wins as a program; we have as many NCAA WCWS appearances as Northwestern, Texas or LSU, and more than Georgia or Baylor.

Girls who leave here for a 'better program' have a very small pool of more attractive alternatives.

you are preaching to the choir, however speakimg of baylor, the media/p5 angst for christian schools might be ony thing that outweighs their anti G5 efforts. see many even on here that while are g5 fans, also dont like some christian schools winning on their turf, lol

[MelRock]

If that is true [and I acknowledge that it may well be], it is tampering and is an NCAA violation. Not that the NCAA will do anything about it, but it is clearly a violation to offer money to a student athlete to transfer from a school to which they are already contractually obligated. They can certainly legally offer money, but it cannot be tied to a transfer obligation.

I agree, and if she stays, we may never know that it happened.

[RaginScotsman]

Well, TSAB is coming after one of our freshmen with NIL money.

So, actively recruiting a player enrolled in another university? That would seem about right.

[CajunVic]

Just like it used to be, right.

[RaginDave]

I agree, and if she stays, we may never know that it happened.

I have no inside information, but I think I can assume who this might be. We had a handful of Freshman make inpacts this year, but 2 of them were heads and shoulders above others and if it is either of these two it would be a huge loss. I am hoping all of our Freshmen impact players stay with us.

[MelRock]

Does anyone really think it is a coincidence that they win a national championship in women's basketball and are now getting the best team money can buy?

[VObserver]

Does anyone really think it is a coincidence that they win a national championship in women's basketball and are now getting the best team money can buy?

Just like Dale Brown in his first year signed to two best prospects in NYC to come to a school with almost no basketball tradition without offering any financial enticement, I am sure Kim Mulkey's recruiting methods are as pure as the driven snow.

For those who believe any of that, I also have Pacific front property in western Arizona for sale at very competitive prices.