Such a sad and hard fall for SI. They used to represent the best in journalism

Jan 6, 2025
8:55:06am

morningcalmcougar Playmaker

Great articles, well thought out ideas, well researched, and well written. Now it literally a huge pile of dog crap. But that is now true of a LOT of journalism these days. The Athletic is the only place left to find good sports journalism.

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Ute friend (I know, a good guy just misguided) told me today he read Ryan Smith

CougaRR4L

Jan 5, 10:34pm

Sorry. It was copying the wrong link. Tried 3 times and finally got it right.

CougaRR4L

Jan 5, 10:35pm

Tell your friend that Ryan uses tithing as a straw man. He writes, “Tanuvasa” on the slip.

RealityCheck

Jan 6, 7:11am

"Tanuvasa" is the Samoan word for tithing.

Tricky

Jan 6, 11:41am

Does it matter if he did or didn’t?

JohnnyC

Jan 5, 10:36pm

Not to me. I would love it if he did. But seems like false information given

CougaRR4L

Jan 5, 10:38pm

I personally thinks he donates more in terms of value. KY flew on Smith Private

JohnnyC

Jan 5, 10:44pm

I heard KY flew on Smith's private jet from Provo to Hurricane to visit AJ

Les IsMore

Jan 5, 11:24pm

RE: I heard KY flew on Smith's private jet from Provo to Hurricane to visit AJ

JohnnyC

Jan 6, 8:38am

The Tanuvasa article says nothing about Ryan Smith

Sid Vicious

Jan 5, 10:38pm

Yeah. Look again. Not sure why but the URL to that actual article

CougaRR4L

Jan 5, 10:40pm

Ryan Smith publicly tweeted he did not fund the NIL deal.

KayakCoug

Jan 5, 10:40pm

Agreed. Funny thing is I was actually excited- Now Ryan dropped $7 mil? Sweet!

CougaRR4L

Jan 5, 10:42pm

Then Smith should sue the media for libel.

Jdoc

Jan 5, 10:51pm

How did the statement damage him?

Remigius

Jan 5, 10:57pm

I mean you have multiple people on twitter claiming they are boycotting

cougarfann888

Jan 5, 10:59pm

Yes, he would have to show damages. I am sure a creative lawyer could come up

Jdoc

Jan 5, 11:00pm

Certainly the only way a Utah athlete would ever leave

BYU '80

Jan 5, 11:37pm

Good luck collecting anything on it from ute keyboard warriors in the basement

Brandoblueblood

Jan 6, 8:12am

It could get tricky if an owner appears to be using NIL to circumvent

ninja math

Jan 6, 2:19am

Seems like a massive waste of time and effort to get no money and have to

califcougar

Jan 5, 11:24pm

He stated he did not fund the AJ NIL deal. Never said he doesn't fund NIL

morningcalmcougar

Jan 6, 8:23am

"I know, let's ask Ryan Smith if he funded AJ's NIL deal!"

LeGrandBleu

Jan 6, 9:53am

When Ryan said that, I took it as he didn't directly fund him, but I find it

ocmyhome

Jan 6, 10:53am

And most importantly, does anybody know the actual number he's donated? Nope. Just people guessing.

cougfanblue

Jan 6, 11:08am

Ryan buys floor seats in the MC to support BYU basketball. He doesn't donate to the collective for NIL. There are

CalGTR

Jan 6, 1:37pm

Myth

Hammurabi

Jan 5, 10:44pm

And the UU echo chamber will keep repeating the myth until all are convinced

cougarmeister

Jan 5, 10:51pm

Even if it were true what exactly do they think are the implications?

Hammurabi

Jan 5, 11:16pm

Edit: That they continue to hate on a good man - Ryan Smith - and

LeGrandBleu

Jan 6, 9:56am

Si is a shell of itself. They got caught publishing tons of articles that were

cougarfann888

Jan 5, 11:01pm

Such a sad and hard fall for SI. They used to represent the best in journalism

morningcalmcougar

Jan 6, 8:55am

2 things, your buddy needs to do more than read one article or believe what he

Blue for Life

Jan 6, 12:30am

Ryan has NEVER said he doesn’t contribute to BYU NIL, much less not significant

NYC and Japan

Jan 6, 7:21am

The awesome takeaway here is that BYU has other big diners not including Smith

Pretorian

Jan 6, 9:28am

I’m one of the bigger diners myself, if I’m being transparent.

Big Daddy D

Jan 6, 9:53am

Donors 😚

Pretorian

Jan 6, 10:02am

Chuck a rama, Golden Corral, Black Bear to name a few

BYU Grounds

Jan 6, 5:13pm

Expecting ANY major news outlet to provide accurate info is no longer reasonable

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