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This is how simple this issue is: The Church leader said that the school should not engage in pay to play. Certainly everyone is free in our capitalistic society and wild west ncaa NIL rules to pay someone to play, or to be paid to play. But the statement has been made by the church. Regardless of who paid the young man, he is playing for the…[Read more]

But how exactly is Clark hypocritical? Has he stated that he supports Ryan Smith sponsoring an athlete?

I have no criticism of Clark at all. He simply made a statement about not making Byu a “pay to play” culture. I agree with that statement, given Byu’s mission.

Also, how are BYU fans hypocritical in this?

Byu’s mission is obvious in…[Read more]

The principle of whether an institution sticks to its mission is the same, no matter the mission. You are picking and choosing which missions need to be adhered to and which do not.

But, regardless, I am not of the opinion that allowing a booster to make a private contract with a student at the school is contrary to ANY school’s mission.…[Read more]

This is a great comment. Thanks.

This is an unhinged comment. You think this is the most egregious and first major pay-to-play recruit? What world have you been living in for then last 3-4 years?

The BYU fan’s comments were lame and uncalled for.

You clearly have very strong opinions about the church and economics/politics (and I have no problem w/ that).

I am an active member of the church and a diehard Ute (that hopes BYU loses every game in every sport)…as is Taylor Randall, Kyle Whittingham, Morgan Scalley, a bunch of our players,…[Read more]

Huge difference, we’re talking about a religious institution with a stated goal of promoting the faith and of course education. I hold a school like Notre Dame to the exact same standard.

You asked, what is a worthy cause? Can we both agree paying a guy to play basketball 7 million for 1 year is not a worthy cause? If we can’t, this…[Read more]

I will add that it is possible for ANY university, public or private to benefit from NIL. All it takes is a booster that has plenty of money and is willing to put it toward the school’s athletic success. That is the crazy thing about NIL. A billionaire, such as Phil Knight or Ryan Smith, can offer huge sums to recruits and completely transform and…[Read more]

It’s reality, now…. Kinda like Bitcoin when people called it fake money.

Is it your position that all Utah boosters should donate to more worthy causes than Utah athletics? The University of Utah’s mission is to educate, not pay people to bounce and throw a ball through a hoop. So is the University of Utah hypocritical to allow boosters to sponsor recruits?

Who decides what is a “worthy cause”? Is every non-essential…[Read more]

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Expound.

I love the ability of people like you to weave this wonderful, not based in reality, reality. It’s awesome.

You mean, its out? WOW. I missed that notification! I’ll need to make an annoucement!

BYU is the mormon church’s biggest expense. If you think tithing doesn’t indirectly fund BYU…again…believe what you want.

“We can never become a place where the culture is pay to play. We would undermine everything at BYU if that wins out. It’s tempting (but) if they don’t fit the mission, we’d unravel everything.” Commissioner of Church Education Elder Clark Gilbert

Spin it however you want and whatever makes you feel better but it’s absolutely hypocritica…[Read more]

Gotta disagree with this. It’s a learning institution pushing a particular religion. Whether it’s the university itself or private donors, you can certainly make the argument that the church could not allow such practices and instead encourage those donors to donate that money to more worthy causes. You can make the argument can walk and chew…[Read more]

How would you (and the rest of the BYU fan base) feel if we all got on Cougarboard and said stuff like this? In a passive aggressive way, you’re essentially rubbing this in our faces on our own website. Totally lame.