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[QUOTE="Scooch, post: 5708278, member: 628"]
Important piece in Front Office Sports about basketball-onlies.

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/why-rev-share-era-hasn-t-been-a-boon-for-basketball-only-schools/ar-AA1Yp6N3?ocid=BingNewsSerp[/URL]

Front Office Sports is one of the 2 most-reputable sites that cover the business of sports (#1 being the Sports Business Journal).  I believe they're sourcing a [B][I][U]helluva[/U][/I][/B] lot more than randos on Twitter who project NIL and payer comp spend.

Seems like SU was right on the cusp of the $8-10 million total comp "barrier to entry" this season.  The piece goes on to say next season's barrier to entry is likely $10-12 million.  For SU that'd mean, roughly, $4 million from direct compensation and $6 million from NIL.

Importantly, the "richest" basketball-onlies, such as St. John's and Nova, are in that range.  There's constant talk here about the advantage that basketball-onlies have over SU, but this piece suggests that simply isn't true.

Maybe we put that excuse to rest?
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