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  1. ClamOtto

    Conference Realignment - Basketball Future

    This exactly. I don't understand how college football has been thriving in the current environment of the same 3-5 contenders and then everyone else. I have no interest. Basketball obviously has some dominant schools, but we get a San Diego St., FAU, George Mason, or Loyola on a pretty...
  2. ClamOtto

    Dion Waiters

    Wow. Telling a reporter these things would be hard for anybody, but especially for a guy like Dion whose whole persona was about attitude, swagger and confidence. It would be hard not to be impressed by that. I've always rooted for him, but now I'll root harder and without worrying about face...
  3. ClamOtto

    IRS Says Donations Made to Nonprofit NIL Collectives Are Not Tax Exempt

    Yes, the tax exemption for nonprofits, including schools, goes back to the late 1800s, before the federal income tax even existed. The more interesting part, to me, is how nonprofits came to be taxed on "unrelated business income." In the 1950s, NYU owned Mueller's Macaroni. This made the other...
  4. ClamOtto

    IRS Says Donations Made to Nonprofit NIL Collectives Are Not Tax Exempt

    To bring it back full circle to sports and NIL, this is one reason schools like SU have to be very concerned about the current state of college athletics. Big components of the "value proposition" at many schools are the social aspects and reputational benefits of the school's name. Sports can...
  5. ClamOtto

    IRS Says Donations Made to Nonprofit NIL Collectives Are Not Tax Exempt

    Fair enough. My point is that they really don't have much choice about sitting on billions of dollars. If people donated billions of dollars and specified that it's for the endowment, then the school has to sit on billions of dollars and only spend 4-5% per year. They could certainly ask...
  6. ClamOtto

    IRS Says Donations Made to Nonprofit NIL Collectives Are Not Tax Exempt

    Another common misperception about endowments is that they represent money available to spend. Universities are legally required to keep the original amount of the gift intact as best they can. That usually means they can spend 4-5% of the value per year without running afoul of state laws...
  7. ClamOtto

    IRS Says Donations Made to Nonprofit NIL Collectives Are Not Tax Exempt

    Yes, plus the fact that not all endowment income can be spent for whatever the university wants. I understand how people get upset that universities with huge endowments don't make college free for everyone, but if the donor says the income can only be spent on, say, planting tulips, then the...
  8. ClamOtto

    IRS Says Donations Made to Nonprofit NIL Collectives Are Not Tax Exempt

    Don't want to get off on a tangent so feel free to delete, but the net price of college (how much the average student pays after financial aid) has barely budged over the past 15-20, especially at public colleges, and has actually fallen over the past 3 years. Colleges with endowments of...
  9. ClamOtto

    OT: Today Notre Dame and Miami joined AAU.

    I'm genuinely curious why people still blame SU's problems on Cantor while Syverud seems to get a pass. She's been gone for 10 (!) years. What has he done to turn things around in that time? They both have their pet issues and initiatives, neither of which seem to involve increasing the...
  10. ClamOtto

    OT: Today Notre Dame and Miami joined AAU.

    There are things that the university can do to incentivize sponsored research (for example, make it easier for professors to "buy out" their courses, which is much more difficult at SU than at most other similar schools). But, as far as I can tell, the university hasn't taken those steps. It's...
  11. ClamOtto

    Hunter Dickinson

    Trying to predict whether anyone is staying two years in the current college basketball environment is like trying to predict the barometic pressure on May 4 2030.
  12. ClamOtto

    Hunter Dickinson

    Right - does anyone think this wouldn't have come down to a bidding war between KU and UK without NIL? The only thing that's changed for them is they don't need plausible deniability anymore.
  13. ClamOtto

    The return of former players.

    Mike Gbinijie played against Duke after transferring to SU. I know it's the opposite, but same idea.
  14. ClamOtto

    24th Annual Basket Ball

    He wore his headband? Was he expecting a pickup game?
  15. ClamOtto

    2023 Coaching Carousel

    Talk about recency bias. Nothing against him, but he has one year as a D-1 head coach, at a low-major, and produced a sub-300 ranking. If not for that one game last week I doubt Iona would even answer his agent's calls. I hope he proves me wrong though.
  16. ClamOtto

    End of the virginia game

    Reminded me so much of the Elite 8 game against them in '16. For such a calm and collected guy, Bennett's teams sure do get rattled. Everything about UVA seems to be in slow motion, including his ability to react to a press, even when he knows it's coming.
  17. ClamOtto

    Weitsman

    If so, good for him. I find it bizarre that, in the past, things you would have said to directly to a friend or colleague you're now expected to post performatively on social media for the world to see. Also, get off my lawn.
  18. ClamOtto

    Red Presser 10AM Fri

    That's how you put all the messiness in the rear-view mirror and change the narrative. Well done and emotional, as it should be under the circumstances. I swear, though, JB must read this board. He addressed everything everyone has been talking about on here for weeks.
  19. ClamOtto

    Things i'm hearing...

    Losing on a buzzer beater certainly didn't help the situation, but if the university really expected him to make the announcement at a post-game press conference - immediately after the last game of his career - then that's the dumbest plan I've ever heard and I don't blame him for sabotaging...
  20. ClamOtto

    Obviously, he didn't retire.

    Not that anyone needs another opinion (mine), but it does seem like the university might have panicked and made the situation worse. No one outside of Syracuse and some college basketball junkies was paying attention to the strange press conference on a Wednesday afternoon. Now, releasing the...
  21. ClamOtto

    Tuesday in Greensboro

    Lost by 63 to NYU. If that happens again, definitely a low point.
  22. ClamOtto

    Thanks Dickie V

    I have more respect for Jay Wright every day. Recognize when it's time and go out on top.
  23. ClamOtto

    My guess into the conversation between JB and Keatts

    I agree, there is no question there is unconscious bias at play. There's plenty of rigorous evidence from all sports that refs tend to favor home teams, so it's not implausible that the name on the front of the jersey could also affect their calls. I don't believe the league office sent the...
  24. ClamOtto

    Cuse fans were amazing today!

    It sounds just like a game at the dome from 10 years ago
  25. ClamOtto

    Blizzard Warning...

    UVA's orange is too close to ours, so white is fine.
  26. ClamOtto

    Cuse fans were amazing today!

    You almost have to feel bad for Georgia Tech (almost). Their average fan is around Boeheim's age and they're obsessed with these strange traditions from the 40s and 50s that kids don't understand. I expected to hear the Andrews Sisters last game I attended there. They've been irrelevant for...
  27. ClamOtto

    Cuse fans were amazing today!

    It's always like that at Tech games. So many Syracuse fans in Atlanta it's crazy. And so few GA Tech fans.
  28. ClamOtto

    John Wall Recruitment Story

    Tyler Hansbrough's response was pretty good.
  29. ClamOtto

    LOL Kentucky!

    Also interesting how things have fallen off at UK since NIL allowed players to get paid without bag men.
  30. ClamOtto

    The masses are catching on

    The funny (not funny) part is that he'll say he doesn't pay attention to what people on message boards and sports talk radio say, then go on to quote their criticisms almost verbatim.
  31. ClamOtto

    JB has changed

    Reminds me of a blackjack player. If you're winning, you gotta play out the streak. If you're losing, you gotta keep playing until you get back on a win streak because you don't want to go out on a down note. Before you know it, you're broke. Or maybe that's just me.
  32. ClamOtto

    Donte Greene arrested

    I know a lot of people here have hard feelings toward him for leaving without even making the tournament, but he seemed like a personable and talented young man who was loyal to SU even after leaving. I certainly don't begrudge him wanting to get paid in the NBA. He made some hilarious videos...
  33. ClamOtto

    What is preventing Syracuse from being invited to the AAU?

    This is definitely the way to go, if feasible. Starting your own med school from scratch, with a super-narrow focus, next door to an existing med school, is one of the worst ideas I've heard. Kent should thank SUNY for putting the kibosh on it.
  34. ClamOtto

    What is preventing Syracuse from being invited to the AAU?

    NYU: $5.8 billion endowment, 52,000 students, acceptance rate 21%, top 30 US news, owns most of lower Manhattan. Syracuse: $1.8 billion endowment, 22,000 students, acceptance rate 68%, top 60 US News, owns part of Syracuse. Why exactly, would NYU ever consider this? To get their hands on...
  35. ClamOtto

    SYRACUSE BACK FROM THE DEAD ON EASTER SUNDAY

    A loop of that with Jamie Dixon's reaction to Tyler Ennis's shot would be pure gold
  36. ClamOtto

    What I'm hearing

    Yup, I am surprised by that, but it's hard to know what to make of it in isolation. In particular, if teams stick with their base defense when they're winning and only switch it up if they're getting torched. We need to run an experiment where every team is randomly assigned to play one...
  37. ClamOtto

    What I'm hearing

    Right - the point isn't zone vs. M2M, it's that you should be able to play both, and mix and match to to suit the opponent, the situation, your personnel, etc. Almost every other team in the country has multiple defensive looks they can throw out there. Some work better than others, but just...
  38. ClamOtto

    2022 Portal

    I've seen Omier play a bunch of times. Mid-major competition, but he was a man among boys. Foul trouble is the only thing that can stop him. And supposedly has only been playing basketball for 3 or 4 years. An interesting wrinkle is that, as a foreign player, he apparently isn't allowed to...
  39. ClamOtto

    2022 Portal

    Someone should look at this guy - he's a beast <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Sunbelt player of the year Norchad Omier will be entering the transfer portal. <br><br>Omier, a 6’7” sophomore averaged 18 points, 12.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 2 blocks per game...
  40. ClamOtto

    JB and a Plan ???

    My two cents, based on nothing except the interview, comments from knowledgeable posters, and common sense: JB will retire after next year. JW has promised him that the current assistants will be given serious consideration to replace him. That's the plan. Picking Boeheim's successor is a...
  41. ClamOtto

    Lydon comments

    At the Elite 8 game in 2013 there were some SU "fans" near me screaming at Rak, insulting him and calling him names for most of the game. Finally my wife turned to them and said "you know he's just a college kid, right? Taking classes, going to practice and playing basketball for your school...
  42. ClamOtto

    How it ends: Going out on a whimper

    I would think K's retirement could be a factor here too. If I had a career like JB's, I don't think I'd want my retirement to be relegated to a minor story because it coincides with the retirement of a bigger name, even if he's my buddy. I can't blame him. And that will definitely happen if...
  43. ClamOtto

    Louisville / Kansas / LSU / Arizona / Auburn / NC State / Memphis / Other NCAA Violations

    C'mon - that "public reprimand and censure" is gonna really hurt their feelings...
  44. ClamOtto

    OT: Question for people who have attended games at Duke

    It's worth going just so you can say you've done it, but I'm not sure non-Duke fans would be overly impressed. I sat behind the visiting bench when I was there and it was pretty hard to see the action when it was at the other end of the court. The students were kind of annoying because it felt...
  45. ClamOtto

    So the scream at our bench...

    I thought maybe there was bad blood dating back to the Tobias Harris recruitment, and maybe Pearl thinks - or told his team as motivation - that JB ratted him out. Who know? Pearl's got so much shadiness in his past (and present) that 90% of active coaches are probably suspects for ratting him out.
  46. ClamOtto

    NIL

    If social media followers now = $$, i hate to think what some players will post to get attention. That said, I am 100% in favor of players being treated like all other college students who can do whatever they want to make money off their own talents.
  47. ClamOtto

    Best meal

    Welcome Inn on Tully St. had an actual 90 year old Ukrainian grandmother making pierogis in the front room. Unfortunately closed a few years ago, but you don't find that kind of thing many places. Bonzai Beef at Blue Tusk, pastrami at Lieh's and Steigerwald, and calzones at Angotti's are...
  48. ClamOtto

    OT: vaccine

    Got my second Moderna yesterday afternoon. Felt fine all evening, went to bed, had a dream around 1 am that I was in an earthquake. Woke up to full body shakes - not just shivering, but my whole body shaking uncontrollably. Not fun. Finally got back to sleep and woke up drenched in sweat...
  49. ClamOtto

    Old Games - Cuse vs Nova

    When that AO shot went in it was the first time all night I let myself believe we'd win. We had so much trouble with Nova back then (not to mention Tim Higgins). And then he made the free throw, for the icing.
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