Meadows as stated earlier is leaving, first due to limited minutes likely available and He clearly realized that during the workouts - He was 9th on the roster in skill/role. And yes lack of NIL was also a factor - but 2nd in importance to him. He came here w/o NI monies, and really liked Madsen and the thought of playing in a strong league was the leading factor. Yes that not having monies available came into play with his changing personal situation, but candidly with staff hustle, its likely that some NIL monies could have been scraped together. Locker room cohesion, accepting a reduced role is key for coming together as a team and full support (starting or not), and with a senior who is not playing minutes that one has played before, that situation can lead to issues that are not conducive to building strong chemistry. Thus end of the day, the loss likely will not be felt much, especially with the new recruit from Serbia coming in.Civil Bear said:Doubtful. If that were the case we would know where he landed.dimitrig said:Civil Bear said:I doubt anyone wanted Meadows to leave, but if he went to practice, saw the developing talent around him at his position, and saw the writing on the wall in regard to playing time, then that could mean a net positive for Cal even with the loss of a solid practice player.OdontoBear66 said:Hear ya, but the players 6-12 make practice more challenging for 1-5....This is a loss however much whip cream you spray on it.Shocky1 said:βStay in the moment.β
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mike meadows is now in the transfer portal, this has nothing to do with any conference **** but rather the changing direction of semi pro college athletics with hired players that really don't got any academic goals (jack plummer's biological dad tole me that the cert program required about an hour+ a day for his son who wuz 100% focused on his fb development) at the #1 ranked public university in the world plus competing skools still making nil offers (ncca oversite is as absentee as the athletic director) even after meadows wuz on campus in berkeley (this is an era of unlimited collegiate free agency)...mikey wanna get buckets & a lotta playing time that is realistically not available to him in berkeley during the upcoming season with a stacked roster of combo shooting guards/wings that can flat out (unlike last season) shoot the basketball including true freshman standout rodney brown (the player comparison is alan crabbe)
this is not cal's monster class#
He got a better offer: $$$
That's it. No more, no less.
Potential landing spots for Mike Meadows after leaving Cal