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Post by realitycheck on Oct 18, 2023 9:48:38 GMT -6
Comment from an SI article on Sparks:
"It ain't like we brought him in to play big minutes,” Woodson said. “But we brought him in because he bangs. He gets after it, and that's what I like about him. I mean, I don't care who's on the floor, he rebounds, he hits you. He does all the little, dirty stuff that nobody wants to do. So I mean, that should help us in the long run I think."
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Post by cardfan on Oct 18, 2023 10:13:28 GMT -6
and man are we gonna miss that!
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Post by 00hmh on Oct 18, 2023 11:50:29 GMT -6
More use to us.
More minutes, stats for him.
Hope the money is worth it. Hope he develops skills to play after college and gets that chance.
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Post by CallingBS on Oct 18, 2023 12:50:18 GMT -6
Translation - "he's a practice player for us, but I really appreciate him physically challenging our post players in practice"
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Post by villagepub on Oct 18, 2023 13:20:56 GMT -6
Translation - "he's a practice player for us, but I really appreciate him physically challenging our post players in practice" And he will fill minutes under the basket when starters take a breather. |
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Post by dcat on Oct 18, 2023 13:42:46 GMT -6
Would we have gone after and gotten Doughty if Sparks was still here? Maybe a little silver lining in this cloud?
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Post by 00hmh on Oct 18, 2023 13:58:54 GMT -6
Would we have gone after and gotten Doughty if Sparks was still here? Maybe a little silver lining in this cloud? Independent. I think we'd have both and then lose Sparks as a senior to get NIL, bright lights, better competition. But the money he's getting may be worth it to him.
I am not sure he had great pro prospects whatever he did. Cannot criticize his taking the money and running.
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Post by rusty on Oct 18, 2023 14:21:27 GMT -6
Hope he surprises me and everyone else and gets minutes! I’m ready for this season with so many unknowns it could very interesting.
Let’s see if Coach Lewis can coach with mostly new guys he picked up. Go Cards!
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Post by thebsukid on Oct 18, 2023 14:31:58 GMT -6
Top 4 seed in the MAC!
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Post by comet on Oct 18, 2023 15:47:55 GMT -6
Would we have gone after and gotten Doughty if Sparks was still here? Maybe a little silver lining in this cloud? Cannot criticize his taking the money and running.
Has anyone seen what NIL money Sparks got  ? |
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Post by cardfan on Oct 18, 2023 17:27:09 GMT -6
Cannot criticize his taking the money and running.
Has anyone seen what NIL money Sparks got ? Lewis said the 3 guys who portaled out all make more than his assistants…… |
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Post by CallingBS on Oct 18, 2023 17:27:43 GMT -6
Cannot criticize his taking the money and running.
Has anyone seen what NIL money Sparks got ? I believe it was $100k |
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Post by coastalcard on Oct 18, 2023 19:50:13 GMT -6
While $100k may sound like a lot, I have read that self employment tax, medicare, ss and state/local tax on NIL monies would reduce this to about $70k. Probably affects Carson Steele even more.
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Post by lmills72 on Oct 18, 2023 20:05:13 GMT -6
I'm thinking $70 is still a lot of money to play basketball if you're a 20-year-old college student. If you're an ed major, for instance, who ends up not being a professional basketball player, that's probably close to double your first year salary.
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Post by villagepub on Oct 19, 2023 6:31:40 GMT -6
While $100k may sound like a lot, I have read that self employment tax, medicare, ss and state/local tax on NIL monies would reduce this to about $70k. Probably affects Carson Steele even more. Probably $70k more than he made at Ball State? |
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