OF is worth 7 figures I guess, I just don’t get where the ROI is for these boosters lol??? Like what business model is being used to here? And it’s the fans who are paying, while the school profits and still contributes nothing. How can this last and how sustainable is this shit? Seems like a horrible investment. I don’t think I’m going to invest as heavily into what I’m watching right now at Iowa. I like the core, but it sounds like we can’t afford em.
To be a fly on the wall for those conversations...
I'm definitely going to pay attention to the team that lands Tony. Will he propel that team to a title or a deep run in the tourney? I say no based on his ups and downs. Don't tell me I'm hating on TP because I'm not. Just calling it as I see it. There are games were he was great and there are games like the Utah game where you wonder what's up. Good luck to him.
I wish him well and hope he finds the right fit. He could be a nice starting piece on a good team, but I don't see that he is a true difference maker for a team looking for a deep tourney run. He had every opportunity to be the alpha at Iowa this year, and I understand he battled some injuries, but Sanford and to lesser extents Dix and Freeman, surpassed him as the year progressed. I am sad to see him go and I am sure he will have some great options moving forward.
That's most players, that's why they have averages. He was also, publicly known, hurt during the first IL game and playing hurt the rest of the year. I don't think you're hating on Tony, he was inconsistent most of his career but he played at an 2nd team All Big level and those guys are all going for about 150-200k and a car if not higher on the market with schools who have $$.
I think it might not be sustainable. People are probably a lot more willing to pay now when it's new. When people pay in money and watch a shitty season one or two times they will probably get gun shy.
Universities should go to the contract employee model. There is no point trying to keep the student athlete with a scholarship model. Iowa probably could pay much more than a Big East school. Fill the seats and the money pays the freight.
Classy post BigD, no doomsday about the whole family up and leaving. As the parent of two adult children, anyone who thinks you can get them to do what you think they should is living in a fantasy world. There is nothing easy about living in a fishbowl like Hawkeye athletics and coaching. A hearty second to your post!
