NCAA set to allow direct payments to athletes



April 22 - In a major move that would allow schools to start directly paying their athletes, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors proposed deleting 153 rules from its handbook as part of nine potential legislative changes at a Monday meeting.
The proposals are pending approval of the $2.8 billion House settlement reached last year of three separate antitrust cases against the NCAA and college sports' power conferences. The proposals include name image and likeness compensation and regulation, a change from scholarship limits to roster limits, eligibility standards and the creation of a legal entity to oversee enforcement of the updated athlete compensation rules in Division I.

Grading TJs Recruiting Strategy

Overall: A+ obviously.

I see TJs plan as recruiting killer freshman, getting 2 years out of them and if they blow up, let them "Milan" out of the program or go to the NBA. There's always the chance we somehow retain them, but with salaries rising faster than a can of Busch Light at a ISU tailgate, I don't see that happening. The magic ingredient—transfers.

Super-smart plan by coach if you ask me.

We're going to have so much fun balling in the Big12 and into the foreseeable future. Can't wait.

26-27 Basketball schedule

Did I miss the thread or is this it? I've been waiting to see everybody's thoughts. Personally even though the dates and times haven't been disclosed I don't think we have much to be disappointed in. Home and home with KU. Arizona and BYU at home. Would have liked Houston twice and Tech not at all ( :)). I'm fairly clueless what opponents' rosters will look like and "Past performance does not guarantee future results" but the path seems favorable there for success. Could be another fun season even with the loses of key players and the addition of new untested pieces under TJ's command

Iowa State earns commitment from 2027 EDGE DJ Williams

Jimmy Rogers and Iowa State Football continue to roll on the 2027 recruiting trail, this time picking up a commitment from 2027 3-star EDGE DJ Williams.

The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Clay-Chalkville High School prep just returned from a weekend official visit to Ames.

Williams & Blum: Iowa State has the top-ranked hoops recruiting class in America; breaking it down

Chris Williams & Brent Blum analyze why Jack Kohnen’s commitment to Iowa State this weekend was so massive. The Cyclones now have the top-ranked class in the country. Jimmy Rogers had a big weekend on the trail too. Plus, the Big 12 is in a horrible spot with this Texas Tech situation. All courtesy of Mechdyne.


***2025 San Francisco 49ers***

The start of the regular season kind of managed to sneak up on me this year! Seems like some more question marks for some key players, not the least of which is McCaffrey, although some seem to be returning to practice. To me, the season will hinge on staying healthy.



RAF

Yonger just made his post college debut. Wrestled Sharipov from Bahrain at RAF 10. Pretty good showing, gave up a big 4 point throw, but got a takedown and a shot clock point to only lose 5-3. Yonger looked significantly smaller.

Also, he got choked out at the end of the first and continued the match.

Sharipov is ranked third in the world and returning world bronze. Yonger will be a contender at heavyweight to make a world team.

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