March Madness 2024

Stonedfish · Mar 28, 2024

It will be interesting to see what Caitlin Clark does regarding this. I'm sure she is doing well with NIL dollars, but $5 mill versus $70-90K to play in the WNBA?
SF

Good day: Ice Cube, Big3 offer Caitlin Clark $5M

Iowa women's basketball star Caitlin Clark had been offered $5 million to play in Ice Cube's Big3 league, but it remains to be seen whether that is feasible under current WNBA union rules.

www.espn.com

Brute · Mar 28, 2024

Stonedfish said:
It will be interesting to see what Caitlin Clark does regarding this. I'm sure she is doing well with NIL dollars, but $5 mill versus $70-90K to play in the WNBA?
SF

Good day: Ice Cube, Big3 offer Caitlin Clark $5M

Iowa women's basketball star Caitlin Clark had been offered $5 million to play in Ice Cube's Big3 league, but it remains to be seen whether that is feasible under current WNBA union rules.

www.espn.com

I saw that too…I think the exposure in the WNBA (and probably being the face of the league) will equate to very large $$ in sponsorships and advertising…

Stonedfish · Mar 28, 2024

Brute said:
I saw that too…I think the exposure in the WNBA (and probably being the face of the league) will equate to very large $$ in sponsorships and advertising…

The article kind of made it sound like the WNBA isn’t too keen on their players also playing in the Big3.
I agree, she'll make some nice $$$ from endorsements in the WNBA but passing up a guaranteed $5 mil and still being able to get endorsement deals might be tough to turn down. Good for her either way.
SF

Gyrfalcon22 · Mar 28, 2024

Seems that she would be the epicenter of taking the WNBA to a whole 'nother level. The Taylor Swift of the WNBA. Ok, I am too old to really know what the even means but I suppose it means that there are a lot of people willing to put a lot of money into product and products and she'd bring $10's of millions (eventually $100's of millions?) to a huge/growing fanbase across the world?

The face of a product is a pretty nice paying gig these days.

Brute · Mar 28, 2024

Wildcats are knocked out by Clemson…

Brute · Mar 28, 2024

Tar Heels about to lose to Bama…very good game. That tall kid from ND got some skills…reminds me of Kevin McHale

RCF · Mar 28, 2024

Definitely some great b'ball being played right now. So fun to watch!

FinLuver · Mar 28, 2024

My bracket got nuked with today’s games.
However, I still have a shot for the overall winner.

charles sullivan · Mar 28, 2024

Bugmeister said:
Here is a sad “ah, springtime in Northern Idaho” incident tied to the women’s tournament….

Utah shaken after experiencing racism near hotel

Utah coach Lynne Roberts said her team experienced a series of racial hate crimes after arriving at its first NCAA tournament hotel and was forced to change hotels during the event for safety concerns.

www.espn.com

Shoot, it isn't just Idaho.
Gonzaga's team was identified by a Michigan state rep. as a group of "illegal invaders".
Bigots gonna bigot.

I enjoyed watching Alabama tonight. They play at a pace that you don't see much anymore.