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@SteveOnSpeed Know people with this breakdown and it’s absolutely insane 400k salary 135k car (loan) 5k mo/mortgage 15k credit card debt a month. Net worth without including house equity = -300k

People: "Personal finance is personal!" Also people: - eat out 5x a week - have $65 in savings - drive a leased F-350 - live in a 5,000 sqft house Your finances might be personal, but math isn't.

@UnabatedSports Doubt anyones posting 1k on novig giving up a 1.8% edge on suns

A few edges are out there for the play-ins and first round. Shop early, shop often.

@hawk_alum Dont worry as long as WilliGOD stays joes will have the front runner for POY

@DJohnsonsSWAG I got bad news for what we will get otherwise man

Not good

@hawk_alum They will get someone way better than him

@MilPhartelli You think Finkley down transfers somewhere?

SJU Roster at the moment: Out of eligibility: -Justice Ajogbor -Derek Simpson In the Portal: -Dasear Haskins -Anthony Finkley -Kevin Kearny -Steven Solano -Al Amadou Who’s left: -Kaafiq Myers -Owen Verna -Jaden Smith -Jaden Glover-Toscano -Austin Williford -Mekai Johnson

@Novig Freddy Couples

Can you guess the swing? 🤔

@thwnd1410 Every roster spot of a guy who plays counts. Wasting one on him would be ridiculous

@DJohnsonsSWAG No NIL but will for over a roster spot to him

Reviens à la maison

@hot_takesportsp @huntellis1 @JoeyKnish22 Which makes it so the same people get to attend every year. Which is ridiculous

@huntellis1 @DJohnsonsSWAG @JoeyKnish22 I believe so. They try really hard to prevent it.

I always thought this was the coolest thing until somebody snuck a phone in last year and did a full TikTok review of the menu and the quality was downright dumpster TRASH. Pinmento cheese was 2 slices of wonder bread and one slice of cold cheese. Completely ruined it for me.

@hot_takesportsp @JoeyKnish22 U are a little man. If your ancestors who had tickets from 1800 yes they do costs $160. If you are the 1 in 2500 person who wins the lottery, yes they are $160. The majority are on secondary market for 2k minimum.

@DJohnsonsSWAG @JoeyKnish22 Masters charges like 160 to get in. It’s a lottery system. Your anger should be directed at the secondary market not the Masters.

@leviremmick @JoeyKnish22 For sure, at least $2800 of utility Levi

@DJohnsonsSWAG @JoeyKnish22 I’d say buying a comically cheap old school lunch at the masters in itself has strong utility as an attraction in its own right

@SBCinfo This refers to those betting outside of Europe. Nobody cares about all you euro nits betting $5 a game

A strong piece that covers something most serious bettors already understand but rarely see explained this clearly in mainstream media. Followers of SBC will recognise the story of “Paul Jones”. We highlighted how extreme his situation was with Sky and Betfair last year many times on here. His story is just a bigger version of what happens all the time with smaller stake gamblers. Win consistently, show any sign of an edge and the door shuts. This is not just a niche issue for sharp bettors like Paul and it feeds into a much bigger problem. At a time when there is growing concern about black market betting, restrictions and account closures are a key driver. If people cannot get bets on in regulated markets, they will look elsewhere. That is already happening - including to the black market. For those already involved, none of this is new. Limits, closures, and the usual “your account” emails are standard. But wider awareness is still low. That is why articles like this matter as the more this is shown in mainstream media, the harder it becomes to ignore. There is also a bigger point around player protection that often gets missed. For years, bookmakers have put a lot of effort into spotting and restricting winners. The systems are quick and effective. But when it comes to identifying and helping sustained losers, the same level of effort has not always been there. This imbalance is easy to understand from a business point of view. Winners cost money. Losers make it. But if regulation is really about fairness and protection, then this needs more attention. It should not just be about affordability checks. It should also look at how customers are treated based on results. The article touches on this but there is more beneath the surface. The scale of restrictions, how quickly accounts are limited, profiling, and the knock on effects into exchanges, offshore sites, and the black market. There is a deeper story here if @timwig wants to explore it fully. One downside is the inclusion in this article of a supposed “expert” on the topic who is anything but. It weakens the piece slightly, but does not change the main point. Overall, this is a good start. It shines a light on an issue that has been around for years and is becoming more important. The key now is momentum. More stories like this, more scrutiny, and a more balanced discussion about what a fair betting market should look like.

@HHHardwood Williford probably gone too

The transfer portal ‘opens’ tomorrow. So far, only Dasear Haskins is it in from St. Joe’s. He won’t be the only one. That’s just the nature of college basketball in 2026. This week (honestly next 48 hours) will be very telling.

@hawkhill24 @hawk_alum Seems wild that some school gonna dish out a large sum for a guy who shoots 29% from three playing the 3 spot. Very good defender, but no real jump shot. I guess your example of a bad major program would fit the profile to do this tho

@DJohnsonsSWAG @hawk_alum I wish I was haha. The financial gap between a school like st joes and even like a BC or DePaul (examples) is dramatic. Schools are tapping into rev sharing even more next year. The system is broken

Can’t blame him with the coaching change. Says a lot about him sticking with Donahue and playing really tough and really good basketball this year. He will make considerably more money elsewhere so I can’t fault him for that either. I wish Saint Joe’s invested more in the basketball program so he wouldn’t have to worry about missing out on money. Great Hawk and wish Sear the best with his career #THWND

@hawkhill24 @hawk_alum Nah man. You being a homer. Good player, he ain’t getting paid like that

@DJohnsonsSWAG @hawk_alum More like a few more hundreds of thousands. Some of these programs next year have unlimited money

@5Fpani Have a hard team believing he can up transfer and get more than 15 minutes. So a lateral transfer for a few more bucks is his best case scenario.

I don’t blame ANY player making a decision they feel is best for them, especially a guy who signed up for a different coach. Sucks for us tho. Big loss obviously but is what it is.

@HHHardwood He might get a little more money somewhere, but if it is a bigger/better team he won’t get the playing time.

Dasear Haskins is the first Hawk to hit the portal.