VA passed a bill banning the NCAA for punishing schools while directly pay NIL deals, eliminating the separate collectives that have been created. How many states follow suit? Does the NCAA sue?

Bella M. Signed a "rookie scale" contract with the Phoenix Mercury yesterday, per the WNBA (link below). This is opposed to a "training camp" contract which was what WSU WBB announced on X (see Brand Y for the story. Get it right, Cougs. I assume they are basically undrafted free agent contracts like the NFL, although a rookie scale contract sounds better than a training camp contract. The Mercury signed 4 players to these rookie scale contracts BTW.


So - what does this mean for Walker-Leger, who was supposed to be going pro? Lots of teams signing players, but don't see her name. Could she return to WSU now? Stay tuned for a few days I guess.....

FML

Familiarity. Cedric Coward and LeJuan Watts (believe visited or visiting) are 2 others rumored to head south.

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Had he not left for Minnesota and stayed at Gonzaga, do you think they would have had a similar level of success? As I can't stand the newly sober Mark Few, I'm loathe to give him any credit for anything beyond inheritting a very unique situation furthered by a wealthy donor (wouldn't that be nice...looking at you, Ed Schweitzer).

Pretty funny.

Hey Hi all. A number of posters here offered, asked me to do a Zelle, Go Fund Me type of fund raiser, to help me buy a RV, and move to North Phoenix, Arizona to be closer to my 5 year old daughter.


So as part of this, I will take a picture of RV, and picture of the Covered Wagon RV Lot park, and post them.


I will also, if I can arrange for somebody to haul me, RV to a WSU baseball game, do a RV tail gate party, and on a first come first serve basis, those that donate can sleep in RV, and avoid the expensive hotels, motels.

I will take pictures of that, and post them here as well, if I am able to arrange the RV tailgate party.

Those who wish to donate, can get the Zelle app, sign up for account, then get my name, email, phone number, that easily use in app to donate money that goto the Zelle account I use.

If I am unable to do the RV tailgate party at WSU baseball game idea, then maybe can do a car wash, or maybe somebody can suggest something.

To get my name, phone number, email, in order to donate, can either ask me, then I will post, and then delete it, etc, or can contact either MI, Coug90, Stretch, an or somebody here that knows that information, etc.


If have any questions, suggestions, etc, can post them here.


There is no minimum donation, and only donate if want to, as I am not asking, and don't want anybody to feel pressured. If you think I need help, donation, etc, and want to help, donate, then you can do that if you want to, and it will be greatly appreciated by me, and I will try to pay it forward someday.

Thanks so much for the suggestions, offering to help, any donations, etc, as I have been working hard to save up, over the last about 2 years, etc.

Cougs lose to Cal on Friday at home 4-3. Then today, Wilford goes 7.1 innings and gives up 3 runs, then 4 relievers combine to give up 10 runs, we lose 13-5 and Wilford gets the loss. 1,125 fans.

Way to go Cougs......

The last I remember was some guy in South Carolina or somewhere back there. Can't remember his name. I only ask because the homepage remains littered with people who have bailed on us.

Now that Puckett has left KJR and started his own YouTube channel and podcasts, here is a nice interview he did with Coach Riley. I am very excited.

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Starts at the 51 minute mark.
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The relationship with his coaches was terrible. He wasn't supportive and didn't communicate to them. Wasn't accessible.

Perhaps, Chun jumped ship. The way Schulz could force him out is say we can't afford your current salary....give him the choice.

That trial, and the amount of media coverage surrounding the events of his wife killing (police chase), will be something we might never see again.


Robert Kardashian's, one of OJ's attorneys, his kids have obviously made names for themselves.

As we know Clay Mcguire is gone and the new OL coach is Jared Kaster. I would have liked to have seen Dickert hire someone with more experience, however since Kaster is the new coach he has my support, and I am going to look at the glass as half full. I do believe the OL will be better if they get decent coaching, simply because Mcguire is gone. I have bagged on Mcguire before and I will let you know I never played on the offensive line at any level, so what the hell would I know. And now that he is gone, I'll elaborate a bit more, I spoke to a former NFL player whose son was on the team back early in the Leach years , and I spoke to a long time NFL line coach, who has a couple of Super Bowl rings, that were familiar with Mcguire's coaching techniques. And they focused on what they felt was one of the most important things outside of pure strength and agility, they had many issues with the things he taught, but the common thread was footwork. Mcguire's approach to footwork was contrary to what both of them were taught and taught their players, in fact he taught things that most OL coaches taught you not to do. And for lack of a better term was f'd up. A few WSU lineman back in the early Leach years, that had NFL aspirations, spent time in the off season getting coaching from other line coaches, to unlearn some of the bad habits Mcguire was teaching. As we all know once Mason Miller took over after Clay's departure, the line improved, I am hoping for similar results this time. By the way, Mason Miller is now at Baylor, they just picked him up in February. Before coming to WSU Mason Miller spent about 10 years coaching at smaller colleges, spent 1 year at Nevada, then made the jump to Power 5 football at WSU. So, while Mason Miller had a few more years of experience, he had only had one year of D 1 experience, not much more than Jared Kaster. I wish coach Kaster and his unit nothing but success, and I hope to see a turn around this season.

We come off 3 tight games at Stanford, wining the last one, then go to Gonzaga and get pounded 22-7. Gave up 14! runs in the FIRST inning. Now 17-14 overall.

I hate those weekday Gonzaga games. We use up all our good pitching arms in the weekend Pac-12 games and then are always throwing lower rotation guys.

Oh brother. To quote the first article:

The NCAA Division I Council could adopt emergency legislation this month for a new transfer rule that would allow all undergraduate athletes to transfer and play immediately if they meet specific academic requirements, a source confirmed to ESPN on Monday.

The proposed legislation, which was first reported by The Athletic, would not limit the number of times an athlete can transfer. Athletes would still have two transfer windows and wouldn't be able to transfer midyear and play for a second school in the same season.

So which is it? Play immediately or can't play for 2 teams in one season?

And consumer protection? I thought NIL was between athletes and outside entities. Not the NCAA. Mind your own business NCAA. Kids want to sign deals? Fine, have at it. Get screwed? Welcome to adulthood and capitalism. Wanna bitch about a bad deal? Go to your many social media accounts, not some NCAA-provided bitch forum.

And taxability of NIL cash and non-cash compensation. I like this one, although you don't hear much about it. That should mean that these collectives, like WSU's, will have to start sending out 1099's to recipients. Or the participating businesses will. Did the Utah FB pickup truck dealerships send out 1099's for those team-wide new trucks? Leases I guess, but still income. Here IRS, come on by and audit them. Maybe scholarships should become taxable as well.

A University of Washington football player has been arrested and charged with raping two women in Seattle and court documents say he played in two College Football Playoff games for the school after at least one of the allegations was known to the university.

Seattle police officers arrested 18-year-old Tylin “Tybo” Rogers on Friday and booked him into King County Jail, KING-TV reported.

He was charged Tuesday with second-degree rape and third-degree rape and his bail was set at $150,000 in each case, according to court documents.

Someone on Brand X posted this and I thought I would share it here. It is only practice and highlights, which means don't read too much into this, but he looks better shooting than I had imagined.

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As foreseen by the all-seeing, all-knowing, almost clairvoyant Loyal One. Watch all those lithe sweeties bounce around the court, ponytails a-swinging or watch Lurch-like Edey? Pretty easy to choose for this fountain of manliness........

"ACC rep notes that FSU can leave ACC for $130-$140 million dollars whenever it wants but won't retain media rights."

"Sovereign immunity is the phrase that's been thrown around. That is the fact that the government cannot be sued without its consent. Rush said waiving sovereign immunity in one state, but not another in a case like this is "chaos.""

I'll take that. #24 in the Coaches poll. Also, future conference mates SDSU and USU finished at 17 and 22. NMSU, CSU and Nevada all got votes. Temporary conference mates Gonzaga (15) and St Mary's (21?) were the only votes getters in the West Coast HS gym conference.

Whitlock, Portnoy and others saying she should grab the $20,000,000 NIL deal on the table awaiting her return to Iowa, play one more season to packed houses, solidify her brand then retire and bypass the WNBA altogether.