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[adamw]

On the other hand, as I understand it, the NCAA isn't really a "thing." They're just the schools. Every time you hear someone describing the NCAA as greedy, they're just talking about the schools. I don't think there's a big vault full of cash that belongs to the NCAA.

I agree - I tell people this all the time as well. "The NCAA" is shorthand. If you know it's shorthand, it's fine. When people seem to think there's some "college sports poobah out there doing evil things" - that's when it's wrong.

[adamw]

the average NCAA athlete's academic performance is superior to the general population.

Huh.  Where there is great institutional pressure to keep athletes eligible, they get better grades than other students.  Go figure.

Next you'll be saying Prep School kids get better grades than students at public high schools.  I just cannot imagine why.

This is all true. It doesn't take away from the point, however.

[Roy 82]

I just want to hear a few players sing the East Hill Car Wash jingle on whcu. Is that so wrong?

THIS

Yeah I mean ignoring the actual moral/financial/other-meaningful implications of NIL stuff, I would probably feel a lot different about it if it meant a LOT more college players involved in low-budget local commercials nationwide, rather than just a bunch of NIL collectives where they don't do anything appearance-wise for it.

Jake from State Farm and his NFL/NBA buddies are East Hill Car Wash on a larger stage. The stupefying dullness of onetime sports legends, current legends, annoying people (Flo, the Mayhem Guy, the Farmers' Insurance man in brown), the Lemu Emu, they all say: Insurance is a commodity, may as well shop on price and fallback to having a lawyer ready if a major claim doesn't get paid.

The Mayhem Guy doesn't belong in that list.  He's the best.

Can we all just agree that the Geico Hump Day commercial is one of the greatest of all time? It makes me laugh everytime. Hump Daaaaay!

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I just want to hear a few players sing the East Hill Car Wash jingle on whcu. Is that so wrong?

THIS

Yeah I mean ignoring the actual moral/financial/other-meaningful implications of NIL stuff, I would probably feel a lot different about it if it meant a LOT more college players involved in low-budget local commercials nationwide, rather than just a bunch of NIL collectives where they don't do anything appearance-wise for it.

Jake from State Farm and his NFL/NBA buddies are East Hill Car Wash on a larger stage. The stupefying dullness of onetime sports legends, current legends, annoying people (Flo, the Mayhem Guy, the Farmers' Insurance man in brown), the Lemu Emu, they all say: Insurance is a commodity, may as well shop on price and fallback to having a lawyer ready if a major claim doesn't get paid.

The Mayhem Guy doesn't belong in that list.  He's the best.

Can we all just agree that the Geico Hump Day commercial is one of the greatest of all time? It makes me laugh everytime. Hump Daaaaay!

The best part is they didn't beat it to death.  One commercial, one gag.  No sequels.