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The NCAA has a "Hot Girl" problem

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LOL..don't we all?

So apparently, these twins are pretty good-looking and are mediocre basketball players. The problem is that they are making a ton of money while the better ballers are making pennies. For the NCAA, this isn't a good "look".

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Hot chicks on social media can make money. In other news water is wet.

Don’t even need to be real anymore AI generated Instagram models are making money.

 
Women's basketball isn't that bad. Caitlin Clark was fun to watch in the NCAAs and will draw plenty of attention next year as well.
Women's basketball and women's sports in general are pretty boring but often have very good fundamentals. Women box out and do the little things that coaches teach. Men try to out-athlete each other and often that is far more entertaining even if not as fundamentally sound. I will say that women's volleyball is entertaining and I'm not just referring to the beach volleyball.
 
LOL..don't we all?

So apparently, these twins are pretty good-looking and are mediocre basketball players. The problem is that they are making a ton of money while the better ballers are making pennies. For the NCAA, this isn't a good "look".
Calling them "mediocre" is a pretty big mischaracterization. Haley was the leading scorer on an Elite 8 team, second team All-ACC, former Mountain West player of the year, etc. And Hanna had a nice career too (moreso at Fresno). They are obviously making $ on their good looks, but they are both good basketball players too.
 
Hot chicks on social media can make money. In other news water is wet.

Yeah, I don't get how this is a "problem" (except I suppose a societal one) for the NCAA. If anything, this is exactly the true purpose of NIL - if a person who happens to be playing college sports can make money by selling their image or likeness, they shouldn't be prohibited from doing so just because they are involved in an NCAA sport. Hot college women are able to make money on social media. There's no reason why an NCAA basketball (or volleyball, gymnastics, etc) player shouldn't be able to make money that way when some random sociology major who does not play a sport can do so.

There's no particular reason why NIL money should be tied to how good you are at a sport or even if if your sport otherwise makes money. Sure, excelling at a sport might make you more marketable and thus able to bring in more revenue but that isn't the only thing involved in NIL (or at least it shouldn't be).

I'm not sure what any of this has to do with the NCAA though. In theory, NIL is outside their control and the point of the court ruling is that the NCAA shouldn't have any authority to restrict an athletes ability to market their likeness. Getting involved in trying to regulate that NIL money is for the "right" reasons is both absurd and a dangerous path for the NCAA. If they want to get involved, it should be to ensure that NIL money isn't being used as simply "pay to play" (i.e. replacing under the table bribes to get players to commit or stay at a particular school) and is actually payments for using the name/images/likeness of the player for marketing value of the paying entity.
 
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Yeah, I don't get how this is a "problem" (except I suppose a societal one) for the NCAA. If anything, this is exactly the true purpose of NIL - if a person who happens to be playing college sports can make money by selling their image or likeness, they shouldn't be prohibited from doing so just because they are involved in an NCAA sport. Hot college women are able to make money on social media. There's no reason why an NCAA basketball (or volleyball, gymnastics, etc) player shouldn't be able to make money that way when some random sociology major who does not play a sport can do so.

There's no particular reason why NIL money should be tied to how good you are at a sport or even if if your sport otherwise makes money. Sure, excelling at a sport might make you more marketable and thus able to bring in more revenue but that isn't the only thing involved in NIL (or at least it shouldn't be).

I'm not sure what any of this has to do with the NCAA though. In theory, NIL is outside their control and the point of the court ruling is that the NCAA shouldn't have any authority to restrict an athletes ability to market their likeness. Getting involved in trying to regulate that NIL money is for the "right" reasons is both absurd and a dangerous path for the NCAA. If they want to get involved, it should be to ensure that NIL money isn't being used as simply "pay to play" (i.e. replacing under the table brides to get players to commit or stay at a particular school) and is actually payments for using the name/images/likeness of the player for marketing value of the paying entity.
well, the problem is the social construct. The NCAA, and lots of female athletes, endeavor to make money based on their athletic performance regardless of their "looks". The problem is that women in NCAA athletics are making more money for their looks than their athletic prowess. Thus, NIL in women's non-men NCAA athletics is being more closely associated with "Victoria's Secret" than the Denver Nuggets.
 
well, the problem is the social construct. The NCAA, and lots of female athletes, endeavor to make money based on their athletic performance regardless of their "looks". The problem is that women in NCAA athletics are making more money for their looks than their athletic prowess. Thus, NIL in women's non-men NCAA athletics is being more closely associated with "Victoria's Secret" than the Denver Nuggets.

Right, but that's not an NCAA issue and not something that the NCAA or individual colleges could remotely begin to address. Women's sports by and large don't generate much money so there's no particular market for women to make money due to athletic prowess.
 
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well, the problem is the social construct. The NCAA, and lots of female athletes, endeavor to make money based on their athletic performance regardless of their "looks". The problem is that women in NCAA athletics are making more money for their looks than their athletic prowess. Thus, NIL in women's non-men NCAA athletics is being more closely associated with "Victoria's Secret" than the Denver Nuggets.

The ultimate, and easily foreseen issue, is that few are interested in watching women's sports. Therefore, it's hard to get endorsement deals bc few know who they are, nor care to.
 
Right, but that's not an NCAA issue and not something that the NCAA or individual colleges could remotely begin to address. Women's sports by and large don't generate much money so there's no particular market for women to make money due to athletic prowess.
Hence, the problem.
 
Over the years, PSU women's volleyball team members would have been rich. I am shocked it is just happening in basketball and gymnastics.

It'll happen in any sport. Look up Mikayla Demaiter. She's a hockey goalie.
 
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Lets get our priorities straight.

1. This is not a problem.

2. Who is the hottest female athlete?

I will go with the gymnastics girl from LSU.
 
It'll happen in any sport. Look up Mikayla Demaiter. She's a hockey goalie.
The pole vaulter from years ago.

This is not an NCAA problem as the NIL agreements are totally independent of the NCAA.

Some people will complain but such is life. Best thing for the NCAA is stay 107%
out of it. Once they open that Pandora’s…..
 
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If that is the Cavinder (sp) Twins then they no longer play College Basketball. They are now on the influencer side looking to catch on with WWE.
 
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Women's basketball and women's sports in general are pretty boring but often have very good fundamentals. Women box out and do the little things that coaches teach. Men try to out-athlete each other and often that is far more entertaining even if not as fundamentally sound. I will say that women's volleyball is entertaining and I'm not just referring to the beach volleyball.
That's kind of what I like about it, the emphasis on fundamentals. PSU used to be pretty good at women's basketball and obviously elite at volleyball, so if they were in a big game I'd try to catch it. I'm not a gambler or family member and it really isn't about the attractiveness of the players for the most part. But certainly I do not watch women's sports at the level of football, men's basketball or men's wrestling.
 
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Women's basketball and women's sports in general are pretty boring but often have very good fundamentals. Women box out and do the little things that coaches teach. Men try to out-athlete each other and often that is far more entertaining even if not as fundamentally sound. I will say that women's volleyball is entertaining and I'm not just referring to the beach volleyball.
Just to spur conversation -- in my opinion the top women's college team would lose by a wide margin to a decent high school boy's team. Just my opinion. Women are much slower on the court and the biggest issue is that women can't jump.
 
Just to spur conversation -- in my opinion the top women's college team would lose by a wide margin to a decent high school boy's team. Just my opinion. Women are much slower on the court and the biggest issue is that women can't jump.
Maybe but I don't know that I'd go there for women's volleyball. They are pretty darned talented.
 
I live within a mile of the Altoona campus and guess what the coeds dress to get the attention of guys. It’s nature
 
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well, the problem is the social construct. The NCAA, and lots of female athletes, endeavor to make money based on their athletic performance regardless of their "looks". The problem is that women in NCAA athletics are making more money for their looks than their athletic prowess. Thus, NIL in women's non-men NCAA athletics is being more closely associated with "Victoria's Secret" than the Denver Nuggets.

And why is this considered a problem?

As long as the money rolls in this is nothing more than jealous sour grapes.

Capitalism is a beautiful thing.
 
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