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A Rowdy Raider transfer, I love it! Also share some skepticism as others in here, but seems like he could be a very good contributor. Having gone to WSU for a short stint before OSU, can't help but root for him even more.

Olivia Dunne Fights in Court After Losing Millions in 5 Years With NCAA Housing Settlement Case​

February 2025. Olivia Dunne penned a letter to the U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken. Her concerns? The $2.8 billion NCAA house settlement had issues. Multiple issues. It lacks transparency. Distributes money inequitably. Excludes athletes from the decision-making process. And now, about 2 months from that, she finds herself fighting in court. Directly this time. What happened? Well, the NCAA house settlement is nearing its final leg, and Dunne is not giving up without a fight!

Olivia Dunne has been running the NIL space for quite some time now. Since 2021, the year when the NCAA adopted the new NIL rules, she has amassed millions through endorsements. Currently ranked #4 in the top 100 NIL athletes, she has about 13.5M followers and an ON3 NIL roster estimated value of $ 4.1 M. Thus, when she spoke up on this issue, it held weight. She is the present example of an athlete who doesn’t come from the football/basketball domains but from an Olympic sport and still has managed to make a mark in the NIL space. Thus, when it came to fighting for what she represents, Livvy didn’t back down.

As per Forbes, Monday, April 7, Olivia Dunne appeared before Judge Claudia Wilken of the U.S. District Court to formally object to the $2.8B NCAA house settlement case. Among the four athletes who testified, Livy appeared on a Zoom video call and called herself a “Division 1 athlete, a businesswoman, and I’ve been the highest-earning female athlete since the NIL rules changed.” However, she went on to oppose that the settlement does not take into account her true value and potential earning power. She even alleged that she had sacrificed in her earnings.

In fact, Livvy even opposed the back pay offered by the settlement. And her argument was? “My value existed before NIL was legal. I don’t need to guess what I might have earned, I know. I had a growing platform and millions of followers before I ever stepped foot onto a college campus,” Dunne said. She even described that, before the NIL rules came into effect, she had already committed to LSU in 2017. During COVID, her fame skyrocketed and thus, till she came to college, she was already a rising star with millions of followers.
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Wow that’s awful.

I was in DR about 10 years ago and went to a club. It was crazy packed in there and would’ve definitely been fire marshalled in the U.S. because there were way too many people in it.

Sad to hear that happened but honestly surprised we don’t hear it happen more often given how things are down there/

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Hi Everybody, Probably the worst person to perform this task, so I'm just going to get into it. As you may or may not have noticed, and if you're around, you probably did. But, Jake hasn't posted in a while. Of course part of the fun a place like this (and being online in general) is there's...

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Sorry about Jake. I don't read all the forums here - I know, shame on me.

A program-record 95 Ohio State football players were named Ohio State Scholar-Athletes for having a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better. 805 total athletes across the Ohio State athletic department earned Scholar-Athlete honors for the 2024-25 academic year.

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Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork believes the Buckeyes’ athletic and academic success go hand in hand.

“If you're doing one thing in your life at the highest level, you're going to do everything else at the highest level,” Bjork told Eleven Warriors. “No one's going to take a day off. No one's going to take a shortcut. So if you just look at our football team, look at our women's hockey team; women's hockey has led the department in cumulative team GPA, and we've been in six out of the last seven Frozen Fours, won two out of the last four national championships. Football had the highest GPA (in program history) last spring, last fall, they're on track this spring to have a really great GPA, and we just won the national championship. So again, correlation between excellence in one category – academic, social life, whatever – is going to bleed over into the athletic realm.”

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Dwight Howard Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame on First Ballot​

The eight-time All-Star joins Carmelo Anthony in the Class of 2025.

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Ohio State Buckeyes and Ryan Day hosting potential QB of the future amid spring practice action and recruiting visits​

Champ Monds, Elite QB Recruit​

First off, Champ Monds is an elite quarterback name. His full given name is Wonderful Monds IV, but he's beginning to just simply go by "Champ" amid his early recruiting process.

Monds is still just a freshman in high school, so he might not be playing college football until 2028, but he's already considered by many to be on the fast track for five star status given his impressive physical traits and wild production last fall.

The high profile blue blood program offers have been coming in fast following Monds' absurdly efficient freshman season where he completed nearly 70% of his passes, tossed 23 passing touchdowns, then ran the ball for over 500 yards and nine scores on the ground.

The Florida Gators, Miami Hurricanes, and Tennessee Vols have all been gaining some early momentum in his recruitment with recent visits, but now it's Ohio State's turn. The Buckeyes will host Champ Monds on Monday, April 7th according to multiple sources which should help the Buckeyes gain some ground in the early recruiting race for this elite talent.

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Lendeborg, the #1 ranked player in the On3 transfer portal, committed to UM. Dusty May knows how to make a splash in the portal.

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Woulda been nice if we actually pursued him.

See an awful lot about Battle as a player, but not as much as a coach. Did leaving hurt the Buckeyes? Seriously don't know what the composition is among the coaches, not as well defined as football. Would guess he spent most of his time with the guards, but really zero clue how these guys divide up the positions. Anyway, wish him well, except the two times a year we tee it up against PSU.