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CoralSpringsCat said:

You’re not that naive are you?

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Hey we are NU FB fans. Of course he is naive

FeralFelidae said:

The coach cannot promise NIL payments. NIL are third-party payments for the right to use a player's name, image, and/or likeness. They are not payments from a school or a coach in exchange for playing.

If the coach was promising such things, I think that's probably against the law.

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Here is some info that includes that

FeralFelidae said:

After I saw those UTEP players take NIL money and then choose to sit themselves after exactly 4 games, I don't think any of the parties are acting with honor, and this greed will see to this system's undoing if nothing else will. The greed is accelerating to unsustainable levels.

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And that will kill THEIR golden goose

EvanstonCat said:

Hilinski was named backup quarterback prior to the start of the 2019 season. His first game appearance came during the 2019 Belk Kickoff Gameagainst North Carolina after then starting quarterback Jake Bentley was injured in the game. Hilinski was named starting quarterback later that day. He made his first starting appearance in the second game of the season, a 72–10 win over Charleston Southern. With Hilinski starting, the Gamecocks would set a school record 775 yards of offense, as well as a school record 493 rushing yards. Next week, Hilinski would start in a home game against the Alabama Crimson Tide, a 47–23 loss, where he would complete more passes against Nick Saban's Crimson Tide than any other freshman quarterback

I don’t know what Bajakian did to him, but freshman Hilinski looked like he could ball and help us this year.

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Maybe we don't have their O Line of receivers

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Im pretty sure he already has his NU degree. Not sure why he would want to come back for another season just to sit on the bench unless he wants NU to pay for his masters.

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FIRE ranks NU very low (238 / 251) on free speech. Harvard is last. The Ivies and other academic elites generally rank low in the FIRE rankings.

NU ranks very low on tolerance of conservative viewpoints. For example, on May 2, 2023, the Northwestern University College Republicans hosted political commentator James Lindsay on campus. The day after, Northwestern’s student government voted to freeze funding for the group, including funding needed to pay for the security for the event, in reaction to flyers promoting Lindsay’s appearance, which the student government claimed violated Northwestern’s policy prohibiting discrimination and harassment. Irony.

So NU can only get better.

This part caught my attention:
"Dialogue is not domination or denigration. Shutting down or shouting down a speaker with whom one disagrees not only demonstrates a refusal to listen but also prevents others from doing so."

This admission seems to be a step in the right direction. Cancelling people with dumb opinions is stupid.

As far as taking a public political stance, this became a "thing" as faculty have morphed from researcher - teachers to activists. My personal belief is that this strays from the central mission of pretty much any university. It is one thing to teach your students how to evaluate a policy position (and its alternatives), communicate it, defend it, and work to advance it. It is another thing for the institution itself to take an active role in pushing students to advocate for specific policies on campus to support faculty aims.

As many schools (and commercial enterprises) have found out, taking a stance on a controversial issue is not always beneficial. I never understood why higher education and corporations felt so compelled to get involved in these issues at an institutional level.

University of Chicago has done a great job of staying above the fray. Not perfect, but they have always kept their mission intact.

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