Illinois vs Baylor (Exhibition), Friday, October 23rd, 7:00pm CT, B1G+

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ChiefGritty
Sedino said:
Could you expand on why teams making more money and increased quality of play are bad things?
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Sure.

The money comes from the fans who are made to pay for games that don't count. That's lame.

And teams not having jelled yet early in the season leads to chaos and upsets and entertainment in those first collisions of big teams, which is all the more exciting and surprising because these were units nobody had really seen yet due to the aforementioned lack of preseason.

Let the NBA chase efficiency to the ends of the earth on and off the floor, I want my college sports lumpy and weird like they always were.
 
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Grandpa
Jon said:
Small shifty guard puts 31 on Florida. He'll put 40 on us with our history vs that prototype. Illinois 88 - baylor 46 🤪
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Score would be correct, but it's a scrimmage and BU will want to see our #10-14 players against a quality team.
 
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lstewart53x3
ChiefGritty said:
Sure.

The money comes from the fans who are made to pay for games that don't count. That's lame.

And teams not having jelled yet early in the season leads to chaos and upsets and entertainment in those first collisions of big teams, which is all the more exciting and surprising because these were units nobody had really seen yet due to the aforementioned lack of preseason.

Let the NBA chase efficiency to the ends of the earth on and off the floor, I want my college sports lumpy and weird like they always were.
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College basketball: if we hosted additional games each season involving your favorite team, would you be willing to pay to attend the games?

Fans:

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Gritty: and that’s a bad thing, actually.
 
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Sedino
ChiefGritty said:
Sure.

The money comes from the fans who are made to pay for games that don't count. That's lame.

And teams not having jelled yet early in the season leads to chaos and upsets and entertainment in those first collisions of big teams, which is all the more exciting and surprising because these were units nobody had really seen yet due to the aforementioned lack of preseason.

Let the NBA chase efficiency to the ends of the earth on and off the floor, I want my college sports lumpy and weird like they always were.
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The fans aren’t “made” to do anything. It’s extra games, cheaper games, where fans can choose to see their favorite team play even more often.
I also love college basketball for the same reasons you stated, but a few extra practice games at the beginning of the season aren’t gonna turn ncaa basketball into the nba. If it did, the ncaa tournament wouldn’t be so exciting with upsets and insane games.
 
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