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Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
Gable Steveson, the U.S. wrestler and Olympic gold medalist, has signed with the WWE.
He plans to return to the University of Minnesota for his senior year of wrestling. I'm not sure how that works, maybe because professional wrestling is considered an exhibition rather than a sport he can be a professional wrestler and then return to NCAA wrestling.
The kid is one heck of an athlete.
Won't actually be making WWE performances until after he completes his college career.
https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/...-year-deal-wwe
The 21-year-old signed a NIL deal with WWE that will allow him to attend the University of Minnesota for his senior year and defend the Division I national championship at heavyweight. WWE will set up a remote training facility for Steveson near campus where he'll learn the finer points of in-ring work with WWE coaches.
He'll also have access to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, where his brother, Bobby Steveson, currently trains. After Gable Steveson graduates in May, his multiyear talent contract with WWE will begin
And he earned $250,000 from USA Wrestling for his Olympic Gold Medal win. Which also did not affect his college eligibility.
Adrian Griffin has signed with CAA, just as Paolo did earlier in the summer. This is huge for the players, they'll be able to make real money in college and begin building their brand. Also huge for Duke as a recruiting tool obviously. Will be looking forward to seeing what sort of endorsement deals he lands, as he seems like a marketable guy.
I do wonder how it may affect the players; let's say Griffin struggles on the court and gets benched for a game or two. Will CAA agents pressure Coach K to get him back on the floor, since they've invested a bunch of money in him? Also what sort of time commitments are involved for a player who is already stretched between practice, games, and going to class? Lots to be figured out in this new era.
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I'm sure that's true for the greatest coach of all time, yes, and for his successor, as well. I'm not sure that's true throughout college sports, however, particularly if said agent/company offers the coach an "endorsement" deal, too. The opportunities for corruption have been greatly multiplied by NIL, especially since there seems to be little in the way of enforcement, whether that is by design or just lack of experience on the part of the NCAA and the respective conferences.
I’m not even worried so much about corruption or malicious intent by anyone, I’m just curious about how players are going to be pulled in different directions and different parties may have different interests. I trust Duke to manage things well, but I also think there will be a learning curve for everyone as we’re entering chartered territory.
Geno and Paige Beuckers both had interviews where they talked about this, and she is likely ATM, the most bankable player in women's college basketball....and what it ultimately came down to is "if you're not playing well, if you're not winning, the money thing stops. So go out and do whatever, but if you want to take it to the bank, you got to get it done on the court."
I imagine that is true for most men as well. Nobody is tossing money to the once highly ranked recruit who transferred twice for minutes and ends up riding the bench to anonymity.
April 1
Paolo continues to break new ground as the first college basketball player signed by trading card company Panini. I've honestly never heard of them and had no idea that trading cards were still a thing, but the fact that he's at the forefront of new NIL deals is obviously a great thing for him and for Duke.
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Joey Baker signs with Bojangles. I have to say I'm not a huge fan of theirs, much prefer KFC, but I like that they're getting involved with athletes from all three of the triangle schools.
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Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. - Winston Churchill
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Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
if you're ever in berlin, I humbly suggest:
https://www.berliner-kartoffelhaus.de/
literally "potato house" where they have 19 flavors of potato
- Potato pea mash
- Potato celery mash
- Potato mash
- Sweet potato mash
- Potato pancake
- french fries
- cheese fries
- Sweet potato fries
- Sweet Potato wedges
- Potato wedges
- Sauteed potatoes
- Potato dumplings
- Potato salad
- Potato noodles
- Rosemary potatoes
- Parsley potatoes
- Baked potato
- Baked sweet potato
- Garlic potato wedges
April 1