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Proposed NIL salary cap on the table

I saw that the NCAA is proposing a salary cap of $23.1 million per year with annual increases. This is based off providing the players 22% of the average power conference TV revenue.

If this is passed, which I assume it will, then every school will start hiring a GM and that position will be by far the most important. I say that because I don’t believe this will prevent private companies from providing NIL contracts to individuals. This only includes the NIL contracts specifically provided by the school. Therefore, whatever school’s GM can set up players with the best private NIL deals will end up with the best roster. I assume this would be handled by the GM simply because there is no way the HC would have enough time to take this on.

Please correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t see how the NCAA could prevent 3rd parties from paying players whatever they want.

Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado football to only title, dies at 84

Bill McCartney, a three-time coach of the year in the Big Eight Conference who led the Colorado Buffaloes to their only national football title in 1990, has died. He was 84.

Slow news cycle lately

With the reign of Poopy Pant's terror winding down, not many new breaking stories. Even the woke and broken Dimtards have settled down just a hair. To be honest, I'm happy for the break in action. It won't last long though, Dimtards gonna Dimtard. The voracity and depths of their stupidity flat out wear me out anymore. Just when you thought you'd heard it all, one of them comes along and says "hold my beer". :(

Inside Access Two More Headed to the RedZone

We need to keep an eye on the DE/TE from this weekend. I hope they end up taking Cook. They can if they want to go in that direction, but the WR room is suddenly crowded.

Cameron Kossmann
Tight End •6'6" | 245 lbs
Class of 2025 @ Marquette | Chesterfield, MO

Cameron Kossmann checks in from Chesterfield (MO) and played his High School football at Marquette. Kossmann recently landed the Florida offer and will repay the Gators by officially visiting his mother, father, and sister. Currently committed to Penn for football.
Kofi Asare
Defensive End 6'5" | 250 lbs
Sophomore @ Massachusetts

He was part of the 2022 National Signing Day Class at UMass. Asare had no stats during his FR season and appeared in eight games in 2023. He is bringing his mother and father.

Basketball Condon Named Co-SEC Player of the Week

Condon Named Co-SEC Player of the Week. Alex Condon posted back-to-back double-doubles in wins vs. Tennessee and Arkansas

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -
Florida sophomore forward/center Alex Condon has been named Co-Southeastern Conference Player of the Week for men's basketball, the league announced on Monday afternoon. It marks the first weekly conference honor of Condon's career and Florida's first since Tyrese Samuel on Nov. 27, 2023.

Condon posted a pair of double-doubles as the Gators defeated No. 1 Tennessee, 73-43, and earned a road victory at Arkansas, 71-63, as Condon's presence helped limit both opponents to season-low field goal percentages. In addition to the double-doubles, Condon dished four assists without a turnover in both games last week.

The Perth, Australia, native tallied 12 points, 12 rebounds and four assists with zero turnovers against Tennessee, the first player in the nation this century to go 12/12/4 without a turnover against a No. 1 team. He and Chandler Parsons (Feb. 5, 2011, vs. No. 10 Kentucky) are among six players in the country and the only SEC players to post that stat line against a top-10 opponent since 2000.

Condon backed that performance up with 12 points and 10 rebounds at Arkansas, along with another 4-to-0 assist-to-turnover ratio and added three blocked shots. He stepped up down the stretch with five straight points to put Florida up 12 and ice the game after Arkansas crept within seven in the closing minutes.

The 15-1 Gators continue to receive team accolades, as well, as the team moved up to No. 4 in Monday's USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 5 in the Associated Press Poll. Florida's No. 4 ranking by the coaches marks the highest by the Gators in either national poll since closing the 2013-14 regular season at No. 1 in both polls. UF's AP No. 5 position matches the team's highest AP ranking over that stretch, as Florida appeared at No. 5 in both polls on Dec. 4, 2017.

Florida returns to Gainesville for a pair of home dates this week, hosting Missouri at 9 p.m. on Tuesday and Texas at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Three of the Gators' final eight home games have sold out, and limited inventory remains for the Gators' other two Saturday home dates against South Carolina (Feb. 15) and Ole Miss (March 8).

Remaining home game with tickets available:

* Tuesday, Jan. 14 vs. Missouri
* Tuesday, Feb. 4 vs. Vanderbilt
* Saturday, Feb. 15 vs. South Carolina
* Tuesday, Feb. 18 vs. Oklahoma
* Saturday, March 8 vs. Ole Miss
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