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Your Best Player Just Left. His Contract Says He Owes You. Good Luck Collecting.
NIL buyout clauses may be the only retention tool Group of 6 programs have against the transfer portal. No court has ruled on the merits.
Alabama has four G6 football programs. It's time they acted like it.
THE BOARD: UAB Basketball
Andy Kennedy rebuilds the roster — again. The Portal King adds 12 players in a month.
Alex Mortensen knows the job is hard. He wants UAB fans to know he’s not running from it.
The first-year UAB head coach gave his most detailed interview yet. Here’s what stood out for Blazer fans.
76 teams, same problem: NCAA tournament expansion won’t help the G6
Kevin Scarbinsky breaks down why the eight new at-large spots will go to 17-and-16 Auburns, not UABs.
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The diehard fan, the Bones and the 911 call
A UAB super fan built a basketball version of the Battle for the Bones trophy, gave it to Penny Hardaway and threatened to call 911 when Memphis wouldn’t give it back.
The best rivalries in the Group of 6 — and the ones that should be
The UAB-Memphis beef over a JUCO big man got us thinking. What are the best G6 rivalries? And does the G6 have enough hate to sustain them?
They saved the program. Now they're being asked to save it again.
NIL donor fatigue is real at the Group of 6 level. The communities that built these programs are being asked to fund a system that wasn't designed for them.
Alex Mortensen is recruiting Birmingham
The first-year UAB coach is embedding himself in the city, rebuilding recruiting relationships and leaning on nine years with Nick Saban to restore the Blazers.
The war never stopped
The current climate feels existential for the G6. But this class war has been raging since the first TV camera pointed at a football field — and I’ve been covering it for three decades.
The G6 Diehard Podcast is coming
College sports through the lens of the Group of 6 — hosted by Tim Stephens
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