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College athletes now have two sources of income: NIL, which has been available for several years, and revenue sharing, which is new. Of course, colleges must have revenue to share. I doubt that we do.

This site explains more:

https://www.ncsasports.org/blog/what-is ... ue-sharing

In addition to the "5-in-5" proposal, the NCAA will require that colleges give athletes up to 10 years to complete their degrees tuition-free. I don't see many athletes rushing to complete their degrees in five years. Maybe we should just drop the word "student" from "student-athlete"?

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/723565 ... l-share-ta

Jojogunne wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2026 9:56 pm College athletes now have two sources of income: NIL, which has been available for several years, and revenue sharing, which is new. Of course, colleges must have revenue to share. I doubt that we do.

This site explains more:

https://www.ncsasports.org/blog/what-is ... ue-sharing

Seems to be no coincidence that tournament expansion (and the increased revenue which comes with that) is occurring at a time when revenue sharing is starting. Since schools will have to share more of their revenue with athletes, they obviously want more revenue coming in to help cover that.

Revenue sharing should, in theory, lead to more parity. That was always the goal with revenue sharing in pro sports. Sometimes that works, sometimes not. The Yankees and Dodgers, with two of the top three payrolls in MLB, remain two of the best teams in MLB, despite revenue sharing aiming for more parity. On the other hand, having the most money, even while managing to do so in revenue-sharing environment, doesn't guarantee anything - the Mets (2nd-highest payroll this year) and the Phillies (5th-highest) are two of the worst teams in MLB. The same with college basketball and football teams, not all of which are reaching Sweet 16s and further despite having some of the highest NIL expenditures.

For college hoops, revenue sharing should be something that, at least to a degree, levels the playing NIL field. How far that goes remains to be seen. It should make the lower end and middle-of-the-pack power conference teams more competitive with top power conference teams, but whether that makes its way down to mid-majors, particularly what we care about - a program like Hofstra's - may or may not make much of a difference.

This is another groundbreaking advantage bigger schools will have over everyone else:

https://x.com/jeffborzello/status/2049881559201624246

Fans (like me, who won't pay Amazon to watch these games) will lose out. Sports were much better in simpler times. Technology is great, but the much larger money grab it has created is ruining pro and college sports in a lot of ways.

This is a big deal and will have major implications (ones that will be great for Amazon and for top programs like Duke, bad for everyone else in the sport) when other schools start copying this model.

Wags wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2026 1:38 pm This is another groundbreaking advantage bigger schools will have over everyone else:

https://x.com/jeffborzello/status/2049881559201624246

Fans (like me, who won't pay Amazon to watch these games) will lose out. Sports were much better in simpler times. Technology is great, but the much larger money grab it has created is ruining pro and college sports in a lot of ways.

This is a big deal and will have major implications (ones that will be great for Amazon and for top programs like Duke, bad for everyone else in the sport) when other schools start copying this model.

I would assume these games would be free with Amazon Prime. My wife uses Amazon so much we just had to refinish our front stairs to the house. The least they can do is provide us some sporting events.

Hofstra wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2026 3:38 pm

Wags wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2026 1:38 pm This is another groundbreaking advantage bigger schools will have over everyone else:

https://x.com/jeffborzello/status/2049881559201624246

Fans (like me, who won't pay Amazon to watch these games) will lose out. Sports were much better in simpler times. Technology is great, but the much larger money grab it has created is ruining pro and college sports in a lot of ways.

This is a big deal and will have major implications (ones that will be great for Amazon and for top programs like Duke, bad for everyone else in the sport) when other schools start copying this model.

I would assume these games would be free with Amazon Prime. My wife uses Amazon so much we just had to refinish our front stairs to the house. The least they can do is provide us some sporting events.

Yes, they should be. But I and many others don't have Prime, and won't buy it just for viewing sports. We would, however, have watched those three Duke games on TV, which will now only be on Prime.

Hofstra wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2026 3:38 pm

Wags wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2026 1:38 pm This is another groundbreaking advantage bigger schools will have over everyone else:

https://x.com/jeffborzello/status/2049881559201624246

Fans (like me, who won't pay Amazon to watch these games) will lose out. Sports were much better in simpler times. Technology is great, but the much larger money grab it has created is ruining pro and college sports in a lot of ways.

This is a big deal and will have major implications (ones that will be great for Amazon and for top programs like Duke, bad for everyone else in the sport) when other schools start copying this model.

I would assume these games would be free with Amazon Prime. My wife uses Amazon so much we just had to refinish our front stairs to the house. The least they can do is provide us some sporting events.

Yes, they should be. But I and many others don't have Prime, and won't buy it just for viewing sports. We would, however, have watched those three Duke games on TV, which will now only be on Prime.

Few things:

Hate what is happening to college sports. The level of pure unashamed greed is at an outrageous shameful level. The expansion is completely stupid and fully unnecessary. Watching a bunch of under .500 P4's will be cringe-worthy. College sports is and has been racing down a very slippery slope, and it seems to get worse and worse. I have zero faith that anyone or anything will be done to safeguard what we all love.

The Amazon thing is pretty wild, but I guess it was inevitable - maybe we should be surprised it took this long. It makes sense with all the money flying around, programs are exploring all avenues of capital to fund the insatiable cost.

I'm kinda surprised there are still people w/out Amazon Prime, just kinda assumed it was everywhere lol - but I get it doesn't make sense for all - I did have to look it up though, more than half the US population does, approx 200M of the approx. 340M US peeps

I'm sure they are expecting many to do just that wags, to get Prime just to watch key sports - and I bet many do. In fact that's certainly a reason many people have any streaming service - pretty similar to PPV way back in the day - it works, for better or worse. I mean shoot if people were willing to pay for the garbage Flo product, they will most definitely pay for the much higher quality product in Prime. No brainer really.

The 5 for 5 thing in theory is fine if it stands and is probably a good idea as a first step attempt to put parameters in place (we need to stop 29 year olds playing vs 19 year olds). I doubt it sticks but I do like it overall. And I like it won't be retro active, wayyyyy to messy. Gotta be from this point forward. Now giving kids a DECADE to finish a degree tuition free seems like an interesting choice. This does not bode well for universities at all, esp with rising costs. And how do you hold places for kids for that long with no idea when they'll cash in and finish??

And yeah, the "student" thing went out the window a LONG time ago. I do know that at HU it IS still a very relevant thing though - HU prides itself on that aspect, and I do like that. Just saying at the power level these kids are not focusing on school whatsoever - like the famed OSU QB Cadale Jones quote so eloquently (and correctly) states, "we ain't come here to play school"!

I do not agree with that approach and I do believe education should remain a key aspect to all of this, esp for the kids sake, but again greed has and will continue to rewrite that - when it's all about $ then yeah, can't have your star money-makers worried about an Anthropologie exam - nature of this beast that has been created and fueled.

On pay, yep, schools pay athletes directly 'officially' via Rev Share - 'unofficially' you can bet your rear end it is happening beyond just via Rev Share, and more of a pay for play deal happening across the country. Super difficult to draw the line and 'prove' anything either way.

And HU absolutely has Rev Share money - that doesn't mean HU is hugely profitable, just means they receive dollars in the AD budget and then they can allocate up to $20.5M out to players. And it's not necessarily restricted to AD budget either - it can come from other U sources - no clue what HU does officially or behind the scenes, just noting what's possible.

And they're absolutely already doing this, how do you think we have any of the talent we do? These kids aren't playing for free these days lol, not even at HU or any mid majors. They are all getting some $ folks. Not P4 money, but something from a combo of NIL and RS.

PortalUpdates, on Twitter, reporting that 7'0'' soph Spence Wewe is transferring to Hofstra from Quinnipiac.
Not an offensive player, bur a solid rebounder and defender. started 31 games for QU. i believe an excellent pickup

CTDutch wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2026 1:28 pm PortalUpdates, on Twitter, reporting that 7'0'' soph Spence Wewe is transferring to Hofstra from Quinnipiac.
Not an offensive player, bur a solid rebounder and defender. started 31 games for QU. i believe an excellent pickup

So we traded Parrotta for their starting center essentially? Lol

Fwiw he only played 5 min and didnt score against us in Dec, but if I'm remembering right did he get hurt that game?

Don't love that our 2 D1 center transfers barely averaged 7ppg combined last yr and neither even played 20 min a night, but 7 feet is 7 feet and both have promising rebounding and block profiles. Three legit 7-footers is nothing to sneeze at. Seems like a solid enough pickup. If you want to project best case scenario for the kid, he had 18 rebounds in QU's win over Sienna in mid Feb....

https://www.midmajormadness.com/metro-a ... ther-notes


Now will we land any high-major or 4-star kids before we're done? Like what we've done a lot, but the rest of the CAA has made some impressive signings in the last few weeks here. On paper taking away being defending champs I'm not sure we have a top 3 roster in the conference at the moment

Quinnipiac already has next year's roster on its website:

https://gobobcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

does this enhance the possibility of Riley Dunne playing some minutes at the 4 spot when DeCady is getting a breather?
Below is some tape of Wewe's soph season.


https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=2 ... pQor8,st:0

Hey, having three fairly athletic seven footers is unprecedented for Hofstra and a good thing. Our guards are very solid. Add a wing and this team is a top three in the conference next year.


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Agreed Mark, we need one or two wings to fill out this roster.

Yesterday we had a recruit in to talk to the coaching staff
Hopefully he is s 6ft7 wing

is this kid Nick Jefferson from Nevada signed or not? He's dropped out of sight.

Cards wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2026 3:05 pm does this enhance the possibility of Riley Dunne playing some minutes at the 4 spot when DeCady is getting a breather?
Below is some tape of Wewe's soph season.


https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=2 ... pQor8,st:0

Now that's an interesting question Cards it should be posed to one of the staff if we can get someone down to the next meet up. If you look at his videos you get the takeaway that this kid can put it on the floor and stretch out the defense.

Staff putting in wooorrrkkkk boy, love it - hahaha trading TP for SW, pretty funny - landing a center after losing the post-coach is pretty wild, and to the same school no less

This is another athletic 7 footer on the roster who's physical, a rebounder, and checks in at a solid 230 (exactly what I was looking for) - I know none of these guys have stats that scream all american, but we aren't getting those guys - those dudes are getting $1M + at high majors - we are looking for size, athleticism, potential, and coachability - I think the staff nailed it for all 3

Shoot just 5 years ago having ONE 7 footer would've been cause for celebration - this program now has 3 - unprecedented indeed

I see targeting 2 more in the 6'6-6'8 range - in addition to Tanner, we need a couple of additional very capable wings with size that can rock the 3 / 4 spot - Biggie type replacements. I would expect these next guys to have pretty high ceilings with high motors and scoring...

I'm def a fan of DeCady, but I will say he needs to take a step forward this season - or he may find himself with more bench time than game minutes - this roster is elevating, and he needs to elevate his game with it - pulling for him to show out at a higher level next yr

Secure the remaining pieces and this roster is ready to rock - the fact they're putting this all together so fast is also a first - the FULL team will be ready to sport their hard hats in June - that will pay dividends in March.

Does committed = signed?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DX9tbbuxnkN/