CelticTiger

I agree that stat is pretty remarkable, so if you’re posting to point out a weird statistic in sports, fine. If you’re trying to find a Mizzou fan to taunt or even more remotely, defend our baseball program, you’re out of luck. We’ve been trying to tell you, we just don’t care.

I’m not even sure why I don’t care, but I never did. It’s not that I don’t like baseball. It’s a wonderful sport! I’ve been a Cardinal season ticket holder for decades. Starting with the 2004 Series I have never missed a home WS game (doubt I’ve missed many, if any, home postseason games actually). Accordingly I’ve been in the house for 3 WS clinch games (admittedly not a fan of the first one tho).

So I’m glad y’all enjoy it, but I just don’t follow it. I agree though it would be remarkable to go winless in conference. Heck, even my horrible 5th grade team managed to eek out a win before the season ended! Best of luck to those of you who do care!

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You’ve got to be kidding.

Last season Mizzou was in most everyone’s Preseason Top 10. They absolutely did not finish close to that.

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…and the season before that MU was unranked in anyone’s poll and finished the season 8th.

That said, who cares. This preseason ranking shite is just for clicks, especially with the portal now. You can talk about returning production all day long (if it in fact returns), but no one really has any idea until you start playing the games.

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but yeah, Mizzou is clearly not an SEC school.

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Because yeah, baseball is the definitive SEC sport. I hear some folks pay more attention to football and basketball but I could be mistaken about that.

Hey though, we’re kicking arse in a sport that as far as I’m concerned is on par with college baseball…Women’s Gymnastics! I’m glad we’re doing well I guess but I wouldn’t waste a moment of my time watching either one.

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None of the northern schools take college baseball serious

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Generally true, but why?

One possible reason is the South/SEC territory did not have an MLB franchise until 1961 with the addition of the Houston Colt .45’s (present day Astros) and did not add another until 1966 with the relocation of the Braves. Even today there are only 5 Clubs in the South (adding the Rangers, Marlins and Rays).

Baseball fans in the north were preoccupied with MLB so they didn’t need college baseball to get their fix.

So why is football different? Remember, College Football was king well before they started playing professional football.

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The collectives pay these guys. The "actual name, image, likeness money" via advertising are now side gigs. I'm sure the collectives have some sort of clause in there about guys transferring and how much of the money is guaranteed.

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True. The use of collectives brought at least SOME order to this madness.

In its original iteration, the school was supposed to be completely hands off in this process (nod,nod,wink,wink). Seeing the futility of trying to enforce this separation, the school is now permitted to COORDINATE with the collective by encouraging donors to contribute to the collective and, no doubt, advising on who they want and how much of the collectives money should be dedicated to that athlete.

Lump sum payments would be extremely foolish and I doubt many exist. In at least one collective I’m told, the stream of payments ends the minute the athlete hits the portal.

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I never said they didn't, but I'd expect them to become common place and more restrictive as a deterrent.

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I think we are in agreement here with the possible minor exception that I think they are likely quite commonplace already for precisely the reason you state in your post.

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Kansas

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Your belief is that the state of Kansas had more subscribers to cable sports tiers than Missouri who had the Cardinals, Blues, Chiefs, Royals etc. etc.

Remember, the way the tiers were typically structured is if you wanted the Cardinals for example you subscribed to the tier, which would likely include the SEC Network whether you wanted it or not sending say $1.30 per month to ESPN. The addition of A&M gave Slive tremendous leverage and including Missouri sweetened the pot much more than Kansas would have.

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Was Missouri really our best option at the time, or would Memphis have been a better choice?

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Hey thanks for putting us all on alert that you know nothing about the business of college football with your first post!

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Maybe non-compete is the incorrect term

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Correct. The provision is typically referred to as a "clawback". You don't honor the contract, you have to pay back monies already advanced.

The negativity surrounding non-competes stems from the fact that it limits the ability of the (typically) employee to earn a living in their line of work.

A clawback simply says...you agreed to do this, we paid you to do that, you didn't do it, pay the money back. No issues between two contracting parties.

Courts take a very dim view of non-compete clauses especially below the management level. Many ultimately turn out to be unenforceable. Companies still try to get them as a deterrent, but many go unenforced and unchallenged.