I said I would drop in on occasion.This topic interests me enough to throw in my two cents.
Given the NIL landscape as it stands right now I don’t see GW Basketball sustaining a program
that is meaningful nationally.Just won’t happen any time soon unless some regulations are
implemented.Even then with immediate transfers the whole enterprise of putting together a 
consistent product is impossible.Call me stupid-As Joel says -are academics are not great.Our team is not good..GW is on the skids.Time to drop down conferences or D2 or D3 and focus on academics.I don’t know about the rest of you -but for me it would be nice to say I went here and feel proud of my association with 
the school.Let’s be great at something!!Know when to “fold them”.I don’t believe my take will be actually 
implemented -but this Is how I think and feel.

GWRising wrote:

In other news "America's Greatest Coach" falls short again. Pretty sure they are soon going to have to modify the saying that the only sure things in life are death and taxes. It will be "there are only three things in life that are a certainty ... death, taxes, and "America's Greatest Coach" falling short again." 

I mentioned that I might drop in on occasion to see what was happening on the Board.Although I’ve lost 
interest in college sports due to what I believe is the NIL debacle-I felt it necessary to comment on a new 
and to me a phenomenon that I thought I would never experience.Unlike many-but not all people -I’ve 
never experienced Schadenfreude-“pleasure at other people’s misfortune.Never got it.To what end I would think to myself.That is until last night.Thank you Dude.

I can’t believe I’m saying this-I believe I’m done with GW Basketball-and college ball in general.
I’ve followed Bball since I was a child in Philly in the 50’s.The Big Five was my focus-but I was in love with the 
game-and some players were my heroes.The game has changed so much since then-as has the world-but in most cases I’ve adjusted -as we all must.However,I’ve come to the conclusion that with the NIL nonsense 
college sports for me has become a bridge too far.I’ll dip into the board on occasion-but the thrill is gone-
and I really don’t care anymore how the team is doing.I wish them well.

Crawford 65-66.LSF-so pissed off I missed the co-ed transition.If memory serves(it often doesn’t these
days) we were “allowed “ to have women in our rooms from noon till five -with the door open-on 
Sundays!

Biggest news of the day -SDSU upsets Gonzaga 74-64 in Spokane.

Thank you for the update Rising.I really appreciate you being all over this story.I concur totally with 
your thoughts and feelings on this outrageous behavior of a portion of our student body.I’m glad some 
action has finally been taken by the administration.Our world has been turned upside down Rising-Thanks again for trying to turn it right side up!

When I was a young therapist in training I had a supervisor much like Knight.I owe him a lot.
I learned a great deal from him.I also knew I would never comport myself like he did.A great teacher-but 
not a great man.The truth is it's possible to be both.The archetype of the authoritarian "father" coach
that is so prevalent in our culture has somewhat diminished but is still hardwired in the male psyche.
I posit that it is posisible to be assertive and kind.Caputo may be that type of coach.-time will tell.

A lot of feelings about this-obviously.Frankly I’m still processing all the information that’s being thrown at all of us.More later when I get my shit together.For now I want to thank Mayhem and especially Rising for getting 
the ball rolling on this issue .Big props to Rising.

Not sure I follow all this “socialism” tit for tat-but on almost every other point I totally agree with Rising.
For me this NIL stuff is already a bridge too far.Maybe I’m not a nice person-but for me a full scholarship 
Is an equitable trade off for the student -athletes labor.Frankly I don’t care how much money the 
institutions make -as long as they use it wisely.If a student -athlete  comes here without a "free education"
that is their choice Danjsport.