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I am so turned off by the turn college sports has made. Sad, sad.

Looks like all core players are back . Nice to see Josh White as a coach. https://thetournament.com/tbt/teams/bleed-green-north-texas-alumni/

I have had so much fun with this tournament. This is the best thing between seasons.

The players are not employees. They are offered an educational scholarship to play sports. It's a signed agreement, but nobody forces them to take a free education, or play a game in college. Many walk-on at their own expense in hopes of gaining that scholarship.

The “pistol” formation ?

Yes, this NIL is a great system if you think buying players should be the key to building successful programs. Recruit well and develop players so they can be bought by another team. Sounds like a fine basis to foster fair competition.

Glad to see Kai Huntsberry and Tyree Eady participating this year.

That is also bullshit. While I definitely share the frustration. NIL was a BS response to blatant hypocrisy and cheating going on before it. College athletics could have went a totally different direction with ethical fair practices instead of bowing at the alter of crony capitalism. I can give a short list right off the top of my head. 1. Guaranteed 3 year scholarships if academic eligibility and general student code of conduct all students. 2. Cap on Adminstrator and Coaches salaries set by NCAA for D1 max by sport and cap by conferences. 3. Free tickets to ALL current students that. 4. All the biggest public universities that carry D1 sport play other in state D1 universities in a non-conference schedule (on a 5 year rotation or more frequent when not in same conference). 5. Only real hardship transfers with scholarship are allowed during the first 2 years. 6. Graduate transfers are walk on only There a ton of other ideas that could have implemented to really run college sports as a non-profit organization with the revenue generated going back to the bottom line of the university. They did not do that. You can not have a functional complelling competitive league where the teams with most money manipulate the rules of the league, scheduling, and etc. Yes here in Dallas it would be cool if Jerry Jones could create some kind of contract rule that would force Kansas City to trade Dak Prescott for Mahomes. But it would suck for all the bottom 2/3 of the NFL. It seems like the NCAA powers don't understand or care about the product on the field as a whole and eventually everyone will pay the price for that oversight.

Tough audience I believe taking a 11-20, 8-12 team to 23-9, 13-5 in one is year is amazing Single season or not, he IMO deserves the highest ranking

https://x.com/brettvito/status/1801782157771247687?s=46&t=2kJdiEx2khk5TMPpOwk9CQ

Now do Morris, Davis, and Brophy 🤡

I feel like people get too riled up about NIL. If you want to help out in that particular regard there are ways to do it. If you don't then no big deal. I think it is good that they players are able to make some extra money. The coaches and AD's have been making tons for years on the players backs.

An always (to me) interesting topic; Rating the NT head coaches Keep happy and at NT Delong-Softball Burton-WBB Akers-Women Golf Hedlund-Soccer Jury still out Hodge-MBB I am happy with his results thus far, hard to judge with the horrible NIL situation Morris-Football Have liked his coaching of the offensive side, think he will improve the defense Calcatera-Men Golf New hire Stone-Women Tennis It was past time for a change, and she is a good choice Marshall-Track, CC Great start, I have little doubt the track team will continue to get better under his leadership Porter-Volleyball Definitely elevated the program over the prior coach, want to see who she recruits as she loses some good-to-great players Questionable Roth-Women Swimming She is still here despite mediocre results, there has to be a rationale (ie: poor facilities to recruit to, desire to spend as little as possible on this team, etc.) She could be doing an excellent job considering these factors

Earle told UNT he would stay and left. Same thing with Chandler Rogers. A man's word is all he has. What Earle did leaves UNT in a very bad predicament since the next guy in line is a unproven freshman from high school.

Wishing you guys the best. We have some good dad's in here I am sure.

Check that: Grad transfers can enter anytime during the academic year, but no later than the last day that the spring window is open.

Gotcha. Makes sense.

Bleed Green Merch! @flyonthewall, do sales help with the team's budget, or does that strictly benefit the tournament only? Maybe a balance between both?

If We could have 2 more , I would love to see Tylor Perry and Deng .

I interpreted the top ranking as, Amazing coach! Demonstrated enough to keep him here the rest of his career. If this tier is simply, Yes! Keep him one or two more years. Then I am with you. What Burton did in one year is amazing.

First, higher education is subsudized by the government to/for the poor in the form of pell grants. Second, it shouldn't be. Kids in middle class families who "make too much", but can't afford to send their kids to college have the only avenue of high interest loans. Yet, poor families can get those subsidies and attend virtually for free. For all, or for none. Since, I believe my tax dollars should not be for all, then it should be for none. If middle class kids have to go get handicapped by loans then poor kids can, too. To get back on point, the moment any athletic department cuts a check directly to an athlete, student athletic fees are voided and should no longer exist.

This dude ain’t even that great. I think of him as kind of a “glue guy.” He knows his role and does it well, but he’s not a star.

When the athletic departments start paying players the NIL money they are in fact are employees. If memory serves one schools in a secondary east coast conference whose name escapes me have their players trying to form a union.

All solid ideas for sure...if only. Sadly, that ship done sailed.

I think Burton is still in the second tier. NT has taught me to never judge a coach by one single season (McCarney), but especially their first. For the same reason, I cringe a bit at the posters who assume too much about Kinne's first year at TxState.

Well technically hasn't UTSA been robbing people for years by charging money for useless paper degrees?

Ask Iowa if women’s basketball can move the needle. Or LSU. Or Baylor.

So you are saying that: He and Gary Dobbs did not open Courtroom Sciences, He did not choose to give up private practice, UNT lifer did not meet him through work in the early 90's, He was not hired by Oprah for her lawsuit with Texas Ranchers, Oprah did not make him famous, He did not start his own show, and, He did not voluntarily surrender his license. Should I ever believe a UNT lifer claim in the future? While he may have been the subject of criticism by other Psychologists, he voluntarily gave up his license in Texas in 2006 and had not been practicing in Texas for years prior. California did not require him to have a license for his show.

Women's basketball moves the needle approximately 0%. Any AD's mission is to have team(s) success, build upon facilities, and fundraise. I am not going to look at women's basketball and chalk that up as athletic success. Yes, Burton was a good hire. Woohoooooo. And, just like that, I'm over that success data point of the AD. Where are we in the AC expansion? Why wasn't more pressure put on ridding our DC? Oh, that's right, because Mosley agreed to a 2 year deal for him at 400/per. Men's basketball, though not Mosley's fault, took an expected step back. Football seems to be a blackhole sucking the resources from the athletic department. You can prop up Burton as proof of Mosley's success as our AD. I will not.

Sure buddy come on back to ACU, you already left us, said you were coming back then changed your mind again. As a coach - Is that really a player you would want back?

Half? Try more like 90%

So excited to cheer on the UNT 2024 team featuring... 11 starter defense guys 11 starter offense guys And a special teams unit! Half of who won't be here next year

From the Ghost of Fry

Not much of an update. More like a fund-raising plea, several non-updates and bunch of coach-speak/AD platitudes. Blah, blah, blah. "...we have several contingencies in motion as we plan and prepare for the future ahead." -- OK, what future do you see specifically, what are your plans, what are you preparing for and what are the contingencies? What is the best/worst case scenario you are preparing for? "...most collectives at AAC member institutions are targeting $1-2M for the sport of football and $600K+ for the sport of men's basketball." OK, what are collectives associated with UNT athletics targeting? "...Some institutions in our league are raising more than this." OK, which institutions and how much more? "...Our staff is actively fundraising for our Athletics Center expansion project." Great, how's it going? What are your goals and how are you progressing towards them? "...we are hoping to complete this project in two phases." OK, what are these phases, when do you anticipate each one starting and completing...2 years, 5 years, 10 years? Please do better.

Lamar has a little history on their side. UAPB is in my Mom's hometown and it is rough now. I'm not sure I would let my child attend there because of the terrible crime and even worse condition of the city. Really sad, because it used to be a beautiful town decades ago.

Yes this is correct. Ultimately the athletic departments will become the "Employer" and the athletes the "Employee". The only issue I can see being an obstacle at this point is title 9.

Noticed he reposted something about Central Missouri on his Twitter account. Don't think he'd start there as they have the returning Harlan Hill award winner returning as QB. Not sure where he'll end up at this point, maybe he's giving up football.

The same justification applies just as easily to the players. I'm glad players are making some money. I will be gladder when there's a system in place that controls it better and discourages players from changing jerseys every season to chase dollars.

True. He got in trouble in the 80’s for a client relationship. Met the conditions of having his practice supervised and then later decided to give up his license. Personally, I don’t care for him and didn’t when I saw him frequently. His personality on television is pretty close to it in real life. Loud and loves to be the center of attention.

Nope. He made his bed. He can sleep in it.

He came to my daughters school to do some sort of special on "spotting the next school shooter". She said the editing for his show is nothing shot of miracle because of how much dementia this guy has. He's also a hack and a con, so it makes sense he'd support one for president.

There is absolutely nothing great about Dr. Phil. Ever wonder how he lost his license to practice?

I am saying he did not give up his license voluntarily and is garbage. I am done with this; take it however you like.