Welcome Brayden O'Connor

[NewPatriot]

99 Patriot knows what he is talking about, that's all I can say

None of us knows what the what the upcoming portal market will look like. There is no way of knowing any players market value. Even NIL agents don't know.

 

[Stoolguy]

1. Is it like CFB where you can play in the post season and that does NOT count towards your eligibility? Meaning BOC can play the last 3(?) then play the A-10 tourney and whatever comes after that and still preserve his redshirt?

2. I find it terrible that football and basketball both still only allow 4 games when the game total is so different.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

None of us knows what the what the upcoming portal market will look like. There is no way of knowing any players market value. Even NIL agents don't know.

99 patriot knows

 

[Ben Chwarmer]

I think you’d be surprised, payments to players are not spread evenly whatsoever. 90% of your budget is probably going to 10-20% of your roster at our level. I’m not positive about Masons situation specifically but I’ve heard enough similar stories across schools that are similar in conference and rumored budgets that I’d guess we are in the same boat.

From what I’ve heard, the top NIL spenders in the league are SLU, Loyola Chicago, Dayton, vcu, and this year GW, then Mason. The top spenders are around 5 to 6 mil, and Mason is probably somewhere around 2 to 3 mil.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

From what I’ve heard, the top NIL spenders in the league are SLU, Loyola Chicago, Dayton, vcu, and this year GW, then Mason. The top spenders are around 5 to 6 mil, and Mason is probably somewhere around 2 to 3 mil.

Loyola? Wow. That’s some serious NIL mismanagement.

 

[NewPatriot]

99 99 patriot knows

Unless he is Brayden O'Connor, Brayden O'connor's wife, immediate family member, roommate, Tony Skinn, Part of Tony's staff, Brayden 's agent etc..he's guessing like everyone else here(myself included....he might have a some inside than most of us aren't privy too..but it's still is an educated guess

The bottom line is the portal rules have changed this year again.. The open period has been trimmed from 30 to 15 days and now it's starts the day after tournament end as opposed the middle of the it

Those two factors will change the volume of traffic entering the portal and level of competition at Brayden's position. He might be command more dollars and he may command less.

Maybe BOC doesn't want to take that chance given that he hasn't played in a year. Maybe he decides to finish out the season and get overseas.

No one really knows except Brayden's inner circle.

One thing is for sure. Per Chris Mack..the eligibility committee is f'd up. Nothing is guaranteed even if BOC follows the rules.

https://x.com/i/status/2022143213557924145

 

[Mason2006Patriot]

What if Brayden stays for next year?

 

[Patriotsince81]

My sources tell me with 100% certainty that we'll all know what BOC's plan is after he announces it.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

Unless he is Brayden O'Connor, Brayden O'connor's wife, immediate family member, roommate, Tony Skinn, Part of Tony's staff, Brayden 's agent etc..he's guessing like everyone else here(myself included....he might have a some inside than most of us aren't privy too..but it's still is an educated guess

The bottom line is the portal rules have changed this year again.. The open period has been trimmed from 30 to 15 days and now it's starts the day after tournament end as opposed the middle of the it

Those two factors will change the volume of traffic entering the portal and level of competition at Brayden's position. He might be command more dollars and he may command less.

Maybe BOC doesn't want to take that chance given that he hasn't played in a year. Maybe he decides to finish out the season and get overseas.

No one really knows except Brayden's inner circle.

One thing is for sure. Per Chris Mack..the eligibility committee is f'd up. Nothing is guaranteed even if BOC follows the rules.

https://x.com/i/status/2022143213557924145

99 patriot knows all. Even Brayden’s deepest most
Private thoughts.

He knows what Brayden is going to have for breakfast before Brayden knows what he’s having for breakfast.

He lives in EBA

There are rumors he IS George Mason

He is …… the most connected fan in the world.

Dos Nueves - Stay thirsty my friends.

 

[hoopsjunkie75]

In NCAA Division I men’s basketball, a player can appear in up to 4 games in a season and still take a redshirt year.

Key Points:​

• ✅ You can play in 4 or fewer games and still qualify for a redshirt.
• ❌ If you play in 5 or more games, you lose the redshirt for that season.
• This rule has been in effect since the 2018–19 season.
• It applies to regular season and postseason games.

There is also a medical redshirt (hardship waiver) option if a player suffers a season-ending injury, but that has separate criteria.

This is a Football only rule. For basketball, other than a medical redshirt, if you compete for any amount of time in any game (regular season or postseason), you’ve used a season of competition in that sport. That is straight from the NCAA website, you can search "Season of Competition" on their main page to get to the information.

For a medical redshirt, the injury must happen in the first half of the season, and said player cannot participate in any games, regular, tournament, or otherwise, during the second half of the season.

I'm not saying that there aren't ways to get around this, via waviers etc., just stating the rule as it's written and understood.

 

[mkaufman1]

My sources tell me with 100% certainty that we'll all know what BOC's plan is after he announces it.

Bob sacamano told me that BOC will tell me his plan.

 

[Patriotsince81]

Bob sacamano told me that BOC will tell me his plan.

Bob knows all........