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by RIFan
5 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Understanding the NIL
Replies: 977
Views: 49151

Re: Understanding the NIL

Providing that many college kid’s vehicles sounds like a liability nightmare.
by RIFan
5 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Homecoming Hoopfest - MBB Scrimmage
Replies: 116
Views: 6170

Re: Homecoming Hoopfest - MBB Scrimmage

Since being bad for 3+ seasons means any students who know what success looks like are gone and you are starting from scratch with regards to building a student fan base. For them it’s “show me”, prove you are good before you will get my attention.
by RIFan
5 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Homecoming Hoopfest - MBB Scrimmage
Replies: 116
Views: 6170

Re: Homecoming Hoopfest - MBB Scrimmage

Remember midnight madness when Harrick was here and I believe it was broadcast on ESPN? Just win baby!
by RIFan
5 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Homecoming Hoopfest - MBB Scrimmage
Replies: 116
Views: 6170

Re: Homecoming Hoopfest - MBB Scrimmage

Seems like we have the same discussion every season…and the answer is always the same…win. I don’t blame the kids, really what fun is it to go watch a crappy team lose and lose and lose. I certainly don’t go to as many games when we suck.
by RIFan
5 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Understanding the NIL
Replies: 977
Views: 49151

Re: Understanding the NIL

You are right RJ. I actually did say when all this started that there is an opportunity here for some of the big donors to step in and improve the trajectory of our program by paying big bucks to get top players. But it appears we are just happy to pay what our peers in the A10 pay. Thus waiting for...
by RIFan
5 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Understanding the NIL
Replies: 977
Views: 49151

Re: Understanding the NIL

So this is us letting the few bad Apples spoil the bunch. Because deep pocketed ego maniacs want to feel important and fund collectives, everyone else needs to do it, even if the other 90% of the people think it’s not the correct way to go about it. So be right and get left behind or hold your nose ...
by RIFan
5 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Understanding the NIL
Replies: 977
Views: 49151

Re: Understanding the NIL

Thx, I agree $10k is sizable and would consider someone who donates that amount a major donor. I guess I need to get over it, but the whole thing seems so sleazy to me. Why the heck are the fans paying the athletes basically directly? We donate to the school, pay for tix, buy swag and now have to pa...
by RIFan
5 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Abdul Fox on the next GoRhody Podcast
Replies: 21
Views: 1644

Re: Abdul Fox on the next GoRhody Podcast

It seemed like almost every game he would get a steal and go coast to coast and finish with a dunk…sometimes a nice reverse one to really get the crowd going.
by RIFan
5 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Understanding the NIL
Replies: 977
Views: 49151

Re: Understanding the NIL

Since everything is relative, what is a a sizable donation? You mention you know people who give sizable donations…is that $5,000, $25,0000, $100,000? What equals sizable?
by RIFan
5 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Understanding the NIL
Replies: 977
Views: 49151

Re: Understanding the NIL

Granted it’s only my circle, but I the people I talk to who are fans of many schools, not just URI. Think the collectives and NIL in general is a mess and have not donated and have no intention of doing so. Just like Blue Man, most are under the impression they are just a cover for the big donors to...
by RIFan
5 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Understanding the NIL
Replies: 977
Views: 49151

Re: Understanding the NIL

So, do we shift our gift or split it with the collective? Not sure the university would be happy with either of those options.
by RIFan
5 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Understanding the NIL
Replies: 977
Views: 49151

Re: Understanding the NIL

UNH charged $85 for a tailgate vehicle spot, plus game tix. BTW, last year the fee was $20 for a spot. Spots sold out in minutes.
by RIFan
6 months ago
Forum: Rhody Gridiron
Topic: Meade Stadium East Stands 2023 Renovations
Replies: 89
Views: 8867

Re: Meade Stadium East Stands 2023 Renovations

Sadly, as we are all experiencing, the weather is not allowing for many good days to work outside and is delaying many people’s projects.
by RIFan
6 months ago
Forum: Rhody Gridiron
Topic: Game 4 Football @ Villanova 2pm Sat Sept 23 FloSports
Replies: 168
Views: 6653

Re: Game 4 Football @ Villanova 2pm Sat Sept 23 FloSports

As they say, Déjà vu all over again.
by RIFan
6 months ago
Forum: Rhody Gridiron
Topic: Game 4 Football @ Villanova 2pm Sat Sept 23 FloSports
Replies: 168
Views: 6653

Re: Game 4 Football @ Villanova 2pm Sat Sept 23 FloSports

Wow, not what I was expecting so far.
by RIFan
6 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Wall Street Journal College Rankings
Replies: 14
Views: 1338

Re: Wall Street Journal College Rankings

I may have mentioned this here before but I have a colleague who worked at a university that was not ranked very high when these started to come out and he was in meetings where they discussed how to improve their rankings. The first thing they did was raise their price. That move alone moved them u...
by RIFan
6 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 1562
Views: 128292

Re: Conference Realignment

So true, my kids only watch YouTube and Netflix 90+% of the time…that is when they are not on TikTok.
by RIFan
6 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 1562
Views: 128292

Re: Conference Realignment

I’m all for a bunch of team’s breaking from the A10 and starting fresh. Anchored by URI, Dayton, VCU and St. Louis.
by RIFan
6 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 1562
Views: 128292

Re: Conference Realignment

I agree we should not throw in the towel, if anything we should increase the commitment to position us best for the future.
by RIFan
6 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 1562
Views: 128292

Re: Conference Realignment

Will URI continue to invest in URI basketball at this level in a 1 bid A10? Will most of the teams except the few with aspirations beyond the A10, reduce their commitments? I would think many would say why continue to invest at this level with a 1 in 100 chance of making the NCAA after this commissi...
by RIFan
6 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Wall Street Journal College Rankings
Replies: 14
Views: 1338

Re: Wall Street Journal College Rankings

This ranking groups us in with schools such as Bryant and PC, where the US news one has them broken into categories such as regional or national universities. This ranking is much better for us than being 182 in National Universities in US News, as that is just us compared to our cohort. And in US N...
by RIFan
7 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Understanding the NIL
Replies: 977
Views: 49151

Re: Understanding the NIL

Update: maybe this should be in he transfer carousel thread…up to Mod’s.

I think this is the right place for coach Cal’s thoughts on the portal:

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... e-one-done
by RIFan
7 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2023-24 Schedule (top post is current)
Replies: 878
Views: 70291

Re: 2023-24 Schedule (top post is current)

You can recruit players by telling them they will have for all intents and purposes, a live tryout in front of all these top teams and may get a better offer at the end of the season if they play well.
by RIFan
7 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Understanding the NIL
Replies: 977
Views: 49151

Re: Understanding the NIL

Will they make it from legit corp sponsors or corrupt college collectives? I’m down with Nike paying to sponsor some kids posts, but I hate the BS collectives. If people want to follow some college athletes social media and they have hundreds of thousands of them (or millions) of these “followers” a...
by RIFan
7 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2023-24 Schedule (top post is current)
Replies: 878
Views: 70291

Re: 2023-24 Schedule (top post is current)

I’m not sure I want to have freshman in this environment, if you find a gem there’s a high probability they get a raise from another employer, I mean school. That is, unless you go to the final 4. So was getting Hammond or Farrell a mistake by Archie? Or even some of the young players on our curren...
by RIFan
7 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2023-24 Schedule (top post is current)
Replies: 878
Views: 70291

Re: 2023-24 Schedule (top post is current)

I’m not sure I want to have freshman in this environment, if you find a gem there’s a high probability they get a raise from another employer, I mean school. That is, unless you go to the final 4, then maybe they’ll stay.
by RIFan
7 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2023-24 Schedule (top post is current)
Replies: 878
Views: 70291

Re: 2023-24 Schedule (top post is current)

Sadly you cannot project pass the current season as to who will be here anymore. It’s win now every season in this environment. Seeing players develop…what’s that? You’ll see how well our team developed them when they are playing at some other school if they have a good year here. I can be glass hal...
by RIFan
7 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Rhody Vault
Replies: 380
Views: 28768

Re: Rhody Vault

We brought in a coach many people thought was out of our league literally and figuratively and are paying him a historic amount for URI, our expectations should be high for this season.
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: A10 Outlook for 2023-24
Replies: 1257
Views: 103916

Re: A10 Outlook for 2023-24

So true, but why have they not for the last 3+ seasons? 1 or 2 bad years is an anomaly 3 is starting a trend. All the trends in the game are bad for the A10. The expanding P5 means fewer chances for games against them, NIL-the football schools and the BE have the money, the transfer portal changes-i...
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: A10 Outlook for 2023-24
Replies: 1257
Views: 103916

Re: A10 Outlook for 2023-24

Many of us have been saying the same thing for years! I couldn’t believe they let Duquesne back in after they had left! I am also sounding the attendance and general interest alarm…teams from 1 bid leagues have terrible attendance numbers. You think the A10s TV deal sucks now just wait! We have no N...
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Practice Facility
Replies: 678
Views: 51963

Re: Practice Facility

Thanks I’ll have to check it out!
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Practice Facility
Replies: 678
Views: 51963

Re: Practice Facility

Is there a venue comparable to the Ryan Center that's bringing in a bunch of acts and regularly selling out? Like, I already brought up Gillette basically only running events for 1/3 of July, and the closest venue to me in Texas basically being empty for shows most of the summer. We'll get big conc...
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: A10 Outlook for 2023-24
Replies: 1257
Views: 103916

Re: A10 Outlook for 2023-24

Rhody74 wrote: 8 months ago
RIFan wrote: 8 months ago That’s disappointing.
It’s irrelevant.
Wouldn’t say that, you never want to be predicted last by a respected national source. Not for the perception of a team that wants to be seen as on the rise. Until games are played perception is reality.
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: A10 Outlook for 2023-24
Replies: 1257
Views: 103916

Re: A10 Outlook for 2023-24

As said on other thread, I trust Chris over Rothstein.
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2023-24 Rotation
Replies: 1054
Views: 189802

Re: 2023-24 Rotation

I trust Chris over Rothstein on this one.
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Practice Facility
Replies: 678
Views: 51963

Re: Practice Facility

It would seem to me that concerts or other events at either Meade or the Ryan would make most sense during the summer when south county is most active and parking wouldn’t be an issue on campus. There are tons of mid sized venues all through New England that get decent shows during the summer.
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: A10 Outlook for 2023-24
Replies: 1257
Views: 103916

Re: A10 Outlook for 2023-24

That’s disappointing.
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: A10 Outlook for 2023-24
Replies: 1257
Views: 103916

Re: A10 Outlook for 2023-24

This is my concern. How long before interest starts to really dry up for A10 teams and they are playing in 3/4 empty arenas because we are a 1 bid league with no games worth watching.
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Understanding the NIL
Replies: 21
Views: 2813

Re: Understanding the NIL

Basically discusses what I said on the recruiting page about my concerns about building your foundation with freshmen…going the way of the dodo bird. I would love to see some regulations aimed at encouraging players to stay and not portal.
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: Recruitment Corner
Topic: '24 SF Tyonne Farrell (URI signed LOI)
Replies: 96
Views: 29510

Re: '24 SF Tyonne Farrell (URI verbal)

Yup obviously, in this day and age, players can and will leave. I think we all know that. Players could also get injured, decommit, or not even show up like Ant. Anything can happen.... As of right now, they are Rams, so when people mention the potential of Hammond and Farrell as cornerstone-type p...
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: Recruitment Corner
Topic: '24 SF Tyonne Farrell (URI signed LOI)
Replies: 96
Views: 29510

Re: '24 SF Tyonne Farrell (URI verbal)

You can’t anoint any freshman that unless you are willing to pay the going rate each season. They are a free agents every year which makes this way worse than the pros.
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Understanding the NIL
Replies: 21
Views: 2813

Re: Understanding the NIL

I love NIL and the transfer portal! College athletics is great! It’s much better than the pros! Said no one in their right mind. Now I’m not saying the old system was great, but this is ridiculous and a 180 degree turn. There has to be something reasonable between this and where we were.
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: Recruitment Corner
Topic: '24 SF Tyonne Farrell (URI signed LOI)
Replies: 96
Views: 29510

Re: '24 SF Tyonne Farrell (URI verbal)

I would add one caveat to that…as long as they are good AND stay. Players can only be program changing if they stay long enough for team success, not just long enough to prove themselves and get a better offer. I hope they are program changing foundational players. Sadly I’m concerned about relying ...
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: URI Athletics
Topic: Once in 100 Year Opportunity - Think Big
Replies: 13
Views: 4172

Re: Once in 100 Year Opportunity - Think Big

If capacity is 13,000 that would be a huge mistake, at that point do whatever you can to hit the 15,000 threshold so options are still open for the future. I say (not that I have any actual say) it’s 9,000-12,000 or 15,000. Anything between 12-14k is a wasted opportunity. Unless there is some berm o...
by RIFan
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2023-24 Schedule (top post is current)
Replies: 878
Views: 70291

Re: 2023-24 Schedule (top post is current)

What could she do? Jettison a few perpetual under performing programs and establish a minimum level of commitment. Maybe adjust revenue sharing to encourage and reward performance. Just a couple thoughts. If nothing like this is possible then change the charter or figure out a way to fold the A10 an...
by RIFan
9 months ago
Forum: Rhody Gridiron
Topic: $42 million Meade Stadium Replacement
Replies: 131
Views: 13045

Re: $42 million Meade Stadium Replacement

NIMBY is not unique to any area…it’s everywhere.