Duquesne Dukes Fan Forum / NCAA FIASCO

**Posted by Mike Ignelsi** 4/06/2025 7:09 pm

Having read the PG’s story on tomorrow’s expected court ruling to end, if not increase, the college sports madness, does anyone know how this is to play out? It seems to spell doom for Duquesne sports. Mid majors are charged more than D 1 programs? 20 million to play along in Division One? 15 scholarships for basketball, meaning no more walk ons? Huh? This goofy portal world appears to be on course for our hell.

**Posted by townsonkid** 4/07/2025 8:02 am

That sounds awful. But we wont be alone in getting screwed over, and I would imagine some kind of backlash coming from schools like ours, and their respective fans.

**Posted by PhoenixRising2** 4/07/2025 11:32 am

Here's the link to the PG Story, for those who do have access:
In House v. NCAA NIL settlement hearing, college sports face major shakeup | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

**Posted by El Presidente** 4/07/2025 11:42 am

Really becoming increasingly difficult for me to remain a huge fan of college sports!

**Posted by Mike Ignelsi** 4/07/2025 5:28 pm

Judge sort of threw up her hands. No decision today , maybe next week or so. So many people, teams, leagues against it. I say s-can the whole thing, portal included, and start over.

**Posted by luckymcd** 4/08/2025 5:28 am

I totally agree Mike. I wish we could just rewind everything. Unfortunately there’s no chance of that happening. Most of the changes were necessitated by court rulings. Some others were agreed to by the very people and institutions they’re hurting. Small schools and conferences have been placating the power conferences for years to prevent them from leaving. Seemingly the only options at this point are to try to play with the whales while being hampered by rules specifically designed to favor them or go the way of St. Francis and try to be the biggest fish in a small pond.

**Posted by PhoenixRising2** 4/08/2025 9:54 am

1,977 D-1 players in the transfer portal as of this morning. Averaging about about 5½ players per team.

**Posted by Face** 4/08/2025 2:55 pm

Yeah I saw that. It’s just too much. HS players can’t just go. Pro players can’t just leave for another team. College? GO INSANE.

**Posted by levon1975** 4/08/2025 11:15 pm

The transfer portal is full of guys looking to strike it rich, parlay their talent for that big payday before something changes that takes away their advantage. You know that they will find a way to limit the bargaining power of these young players at some point, so strike while you hold the cards!

**Posted by SkepticAl** 4/09/2025 8:23 am

PhoenixRising2 wrote:
1,977 D-1 players in the transfer portal as of this morning. Averaging about about 5½ players per team.

And when you add "the players/seniors" who have "exhausted their ability" (Auburn had 10 ) you might be adding say 3 MORE players to the total per team- which means teams might bring the average to 9 replacements each. And present rosters were 13 (although that is going to 15). AND the portal is still open.

**Posted by MikeR** 4/09/2025 8:46 am

On the other hand, you need like 5400 players to man all Div. 1 men's basketball teams @ 15 per roster.

**Posted by Mike Ignelsi** 4/09/2025 6:51 pm

I’m reading that teams will go with smaller rosters, like ten or less. Fewer scholarships. The bottom five, many of them walk-ons, who don’t play, won’t exist. Makes practices difficult. Oh, and Chad Baker is listed on next year’s Auburn roster. Four schools. He’ll turn 26 during the season.

**Posted by townsonkid** 4/10/2025 8:53 am

Well, regardless, would like to get a PG in here soon.

I wonder if Baker makes more at Auburn than he would in the Euro league?