JTthe2nd said:

You worked at Circus Circus? I worked the Midway in the summer of 1985 or 86. It was ok work but I hated the Horse and Camel derby games because you had to call the games like a real race announcer. I wish I had been more creative and given the horses/camels dumb names.

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Oh I was freakin’ awesome at that. That was my second job. Hated the people that would cheat and use more than 1 ball. I was stealing 100 dollars a night on those games. I would go inside the prize bins so the cameras wouldn’t catch me. Star darts was a super high dollar game. I opened adventuredome.

There was a guy named Harvey (he was a f’n dick) and another guy..skinny as hell with curly hair. They all used to be midway attendants, worked as supervisors

There’s a couple people I know that are still there to this day..

RebelScrub said:

I remember the kidnapping thing that happened at Sonny’s Saloon at the old Spring Mountain location. They had an incredible Chinese menu back in the day and me and some coworkers used to eat there after working at Circus Circus.

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You worked at Circus Circus? I worked the Midway in the summer of 1985 or 86. It was ok work but I hated the Horse and Camel derby games because you had to call the games like a real race announcer. I wish I had been more creative and given the horses/camels dumb names.

Elaine def wanted Reggie Theus, so there’s that… I used to work front of house at Wynn, he stayed at the Tower Suites while he was interviewing for the job. Not sure if she was apart of the “run Tark out of town squad” as compared to Steve and Maxon, but it’s these types of big money boosters that UNLV doesn’t have anymore while big schools have like 30 of them. I believe there was an attempt to have her and others get Pitino here one last time while he was in Greece only to be shot down by DRF.

utestream said:

Scrub, I apologize for my delayed response. I have been very busy. Things have been financially difficult for my analytics/AI small business during the last year, so I cut non-necessary expense. I don't have any paid media, delivery, or food subscriptions at this time. Maybe, without a vow, I may watch some of those at a future time, if I renew my Amazon Prime in the future.

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You’re good bro. Everyone’s got lives outside of basketball/football season except for me. Happy Passover. I wish my university got its act together years ago like what your School did.
Now we’re just USF, DePaul, Temple light.

That AI stuff is a double edged sword. Cant watch Facebook because everyone posts fake videos. You gotta do a double take and see if it’s fake or real. On the other hand, I’ve seen some really good AI Star Wars stuff. AI will probably bankrupt the movie industry.

I was just watching Smokie and the Banditt with my roommate for the first time. Full on car stunts and then you look at today’s BS fake CGI vid movies (looks at you Fast and the Furious) and you just shake your head..

Hoopsnstuff said:

This is like the third or fourth time youve asked lol. JJ Taylor was never going to visit here; it was just brought up that he was Mikeys teammate and good friend and that he was in the portal. I personally dont see how theres space for Mikey, but I may be wrong.

Perhaps we just stockpile talent and let them fight it out.

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I’m nothing if not persistent! Lol

JJ Taylor was the one I was hoping for, we need an experienced guy like him, even from a lower level conference. A longer wing guy or two and we still need a PF and another C!

utestream said:

As a Ute fan first (as an alumni), and a UNLV fan third (my adopted team for no logical reason), I think Harper has done a fantastic job. I have no inside knowledge, but guess that UNLV with the bonus ends up with about 6 to 7 million dollars per year and the PAC whatever ends up with 8 to 9 million dollars per year. I didn't think it was worth the risk for UNLV to pay a buyout on the MWC contract of 10 million only to end up jumping to the Big 12 by 2030. If that does not work out, they can always jump to the best G5 conference on or before 2032.

However, the decision to do what they did represents betting on themselves. If they joined the Pac-whatever, they may not have had the resources to hire Mullen, fire Kruger, and hire Josh, or the money for NIL. Most Pac-whatever teams are not betting on themselves and instead betting on the strength of their future conference. SDSU has a small football stadium and they became a basketball school, while letting their football fall to mediocrity. They also have terrible leadership. BSU has a crap media market and I cannot see B12 or ACC considering them for both academic reasons, limited upside and limited market. FSU is limited academically and has limited upside, sharing a media market with other things. USU is a school that few in the State of Utah care about, even with a great football coaching hire. Honestly, after Utah and BYU, we view Utah State athletically as comparable to Weber State, UVU, and Salt Lake Community College. I can't see the Big12 or ACC considering schools located in BFE Washington State or Oregon media markets, when the Big 10 has Oregon and Washington. I see the value of OrState and WSU continuing to decrease over time. The Pac-whatever members may be tied at the hip to powerhouse media markets like Logan, Utah and Las Cruces, NM, while the MWC will have Las Vegas, the national following of Air Force, Hawaii for the obsessed bettors, a piece of Texas markets, and some presence in Cali and Arizona, spanning three or four time zones (forget which). I do believe that CSU would be considered for the Big 12 if Colorado leaves, but cannot envision them being considered while Colorado is there.

I think UNLV today is worth 8 to 10 million dollars, but believe that by the time they get accepted in the Big 12 before 2030, they will be worth around 20 million and increasing. I predict that along with UNLV, the Big 12 would consider Memphis and UCONN. I think the ACC would consider Tulane, UC Davis, and even UNLV and Memphis before considering schools such as SDSU, Fresno, OrState, or WSU. What UNLV needs to do? Don't worry about conferences other than the P4, invest, keep winning, and keep marketing.

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Good point about going to the best G5 conference in 2032 as a possibility. Depending on what happens with the next round of expansion, I would think that both the AAC and the PAC would want to add UNLV if possible, assuming no P4 conferences want to add us.

Rebel1986 said:

I think Utah State would be near the bottom of the current MWC.

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As a Ute fan first (as an alumni), and a UNLV fan third (my adopted team for no logical reason), I think Harper has done a fantastic job. I have no inside knowledge, but guess that UNLV with the bonus ends up with about 6 to 7 million dollars per year and the PAC whatever ends up with 8 to 9 million dollars per year. I didn't think it was worth the risk for UNLV to pay a buyout on the MWC contract of 10 million only to end up jumping to the Big 12 by 2030. If that does not work out, they can always jump to the best G5 conference on or before 2032.

However, the decision to do what they did represents betting on themselves. If they joined the Pac-whatever, they may not have had the resources to hire Mullen, fire Kruger, and hire Josh, or the money for NIL. Most Pac-whatever teams are not betting on themselves and instead betting on the strength of their future conference. SDSU has a small football stadium and they became a basketball school, while letting their football fall to mediocrity. They also have terrible leadership. BSU has a crap media market and I cannot see B12 or ACC considering them for both academic reasons, limited upside and limited market. FSU is limited academically and has limited upside, sharing a media market with other things. USU is a school that few in the State of Utah care about, even with a great football coaching hire. Honestly, after Utah and BYU, we view Utah State athletically as comparable to Weber State, UVU, and Salt Lake Community College. I can't see the Big12 or ACC considering schools located in BFE Washington State or Oregon media markets, when the Big 10 has Oregon and Washington. I see the value of OrState and WSU continuing to decrease over time. The Pac-whatever members may be tied at the hip to powerhouse media markets like Logan, Utah and Las Cruces, NM, while the MWC will have Las Vegas, the national following of Air Force, Hawaii for the obsessed bettors, a piece of Texas markets, and some presence in Cali and Arizona, spanning three or four time zones (forget which). I do believe that CSU would be considered for the Big 12 if Colorado leaves, but cannot envision them being considered while Colorado is there.

I think UNLV today is worth 8 to 10 million dollars, but believe that by the time they get accepted in the Big 12 before 2030, they will be worth around 20 million and increasing. I predict that along with UNLV, the Big 12 would consider Memphis and UCONN. I think the ACC would consider Tulane, UC Davis, and even UNLV and Memphis before considering schools such as SDSU, Fresno, OrState, or WSU. What UNLV needs to do? Don't worry about conferences other than the P4, invest, keep winning, and keep marketing.

rebel5280 said:

Does this signing of Howie Fleming mean no Mikey Williams and/or no JJ Taylor visits?

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This is like the third or fourth time youve asked lol. JJ Taylor was never going to visit here; it was just brought up that he was Mikeys teammate and good friend and that he was in the portal. I personally dont see how theres space for Mikey, but I may be wrong.

Perhaps we just stockpile talent and let them fight it out.

rebel5280 said:

Does this signing of Howie Fleming mean no Mikey Williams and/or no JJ Taylor visits?

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Hopefully not.

Buffel said:

She was very like minded with Maxon that UNLV needed to concentrate on Academics and that Tark had too much power.She feared UNLV becoming known as a basketball factory only and some at the time thought she conspired with Maxon to get rid of Tark and take the focus away from basketball.

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I remember the kidnapping thing that happened at Sonny’s Saloon at the old Spring Mountain location. They had an incredible Chinese menu back in the day and me and some coworkers used to eat there after working at Circus Circus.

Does this signing of Howie Fleming mean no Mikey Williams and/or no JJ Taylor visits?

Couev said:

Weird that most of his highlight packages he's either penetrating from the wing or catching and shooting on the wing. If you wouldn't have told me he was a PG, I would have said he's a SF.

Good size and strength, doesn't appear to be super athletic for his frame but can finish at the rim a bit. Release is smooth if a little slow and low. If he is a PG, I don't like seeing that his best year of ATORatio at 1.07 and TO% is at almost 20 (though individual TO% is a weird stat because it includes FGA and FTA so a guy like Mark Wade has a much higher TO% because of him not shooting). I also get a little nervous when a guy is a career .500 TS% guy and then he jumps up suddenly to .653 which is #1 in the Southland last year and would be 7th all-time at UNLV between Michael Johnson and Kas Kambala Hard to evaluate this one because of how different all his metrics are last year compared to the rest of his career.

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Former Reb Devin Tillis averaged 13 points last year in a similar conference so it's hard to tell What players are capable of when moving up. I know Tillis was recruited over and pushed out at UNLV

RebelScrub said:

Can someone clarify her relationship to UNLV? I get it megabooster..

@Ernie Baur

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She was very like minded with Maxon that UNLV needed to concentrate on Academics and that Tark had too much power.She feared UNLV becoming known as a basketball factory only and some at the time thought she conspired with Maxon to get rid of Tark and take the focus away from basketball.

RebelScrub said:

Bro, you better be watching House of David on Amazon Prime.

It’s freakin’ amazing. I heard all the complaints….”not black enough etc”

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Scrub, I apologize for my delayed response. I have been very busy. Things have been financially difficult for my analytics/AI small business during the last year, so I cut non-necessary expense. I don't have any paid media, delivery, or food subscriptions at this time. Maybe, without a vow, I may watch some of those at a future time, if I renew my Amazon Prime in the future.

Rebel1986 said:

I hope the family of the victim sues the crap out of this family and takes the money. They should not be able to profit off a crime!

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The truth will come out soon enough..

Terrible situation.

The whataboutisms regarding Kyle Riddenhouse are pathetic. I watched that entire trial. Sometimes on 1.25 speed to catch up.

saulpaul21 said:

I would think schools that signed a big money guy would have the present players on the team demanding more cash or they go into portal right before deadline.

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You're going to see a lot more butt hurt teammates.

JTthe2nd said:

I think we as taxpayers give up enough to have these professional leagues profit from favorable stadium deals. The casinos reap the bulk of the benefits while paying a relative pittance in gaming revenue taxes compared to other states. If we were to help fund NIL it should expire the second we get into a P5 conference.

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The stadium deal taxes came 100% from a new tax on those Casino's not a penny came from the rest of us!

RebelScrub said:

1995 had a really cool trend for women back in the day. tennis Outfits. Hoping to see a come back.

Speaking of Track, Karmelo Anthony’s dad buys a new house with the Donated funds..

You gotta protect yourself from potential death threats.

'Killer teen's' family using $430k in donations to buy new house & hire security

THE family of the teen accused of stabbing a student athlete to death at a track meet plans to shell out on a new home and security to protect the alleged murderer after he was released from jail. …

www.the-sun.com

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I hope the family of the victim sues the crap out of this family and takes the money. They should not be able to profit off a crime!

This is how it will feel sitting at the stadium!

saulpaul21 said:

I would think schools that signed a big money guy would have the present players on the team demanding more cash or they go into portal right before deadline.

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It's the wild west out there, LOL. All of this stuff could stop if they would get clear and concise contracts. Even with regards to the number of games played, if players opt out to wait for the draft, or get a better portal offer during the season. At the very least, if a player chooses to opt out, they should not be able to collect their NIL and/or revenue sharing payments. Kind of like when guys hold out in the MLB for a new contract. You don't get paid for the time that you're holding out.

Weird that most of his highlight packages he's either penetrating from the wing or catching and shooting on the wing. If you wouldn't have told me he was a PG, I would have said he's a SF.

Good size and strength, doesn't appear to be super athletic for his frame but can finish at the rim a bit. Release is smooth if a little slow and low. If he is a PG, I don't like seeing that his best year of ATORatio at 1.07 and TO% is at almost 20 (though individual TO% is a weird stat because it includes FGA and FTA so a guy like Mark Wade has a much higher TO% because of him not shooting). I also get a little nervous when a guy is a career .500 TS% guy and then he jumps up suddenly to .653 which is #1 in the Southland last year and would be 7th all-time at UNLV between Michael Johnson and Kas Kambala Hard to evaluate this one because of how different all his metrics are last year compared to the rest of his career.

dcut03 said:

say they are worth 10 million a piece right now to make it simple. They have 8 member getting full share currently. 80 mil.

Add a Texas state which I don't think is worth more than 750k right now. Honestly I would be surprised if they are worth 500k. They have had some of the worst viewership than any other program, even if those numbers aren't terrible accurate. They are worth less than most of their current SBC teams that have the same issues.

80.75 Mil / 9 teams= 8.9mill per team.

I think UNLV could be worth as much as 8 mill themselves. I mean we are expected to get about 5 mil as a conference in the MW, with the majority of those teams likely worth less than that individually. So some team has to be pulling up that average. It is UNLV and maybe AFA.

88/9= 9.7 mil per team

There's my math, I even showed my work like a good boy!

That is 800k, nearly a million dollars. if we are worth 10 mil which we could be that is an even mill.

I think easily some teams in the current PAC are worth more than 10. I think the 2 PAC leftovers could be worth as much as 15. Boise is probably over 10 right now.

I think USU is closer to 5, the mean of the old MW.

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I think Utah State would be near the bottom of the current MWC.

Bullmastiff 1 said:

I think a reference to Tulane.

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I did forge about Tulane, but being I lived in Baton Rouge, I can tell you that Tulane will always be an afterthought to LSU!

j. spilotro said:

Tennis definitely. Never really notice track. I’ve seen cute/adorable tennis players, girl next door types, and also super hot.

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1995 had a really cool trend for women back in the day. tennis Outfits. Hoping to see a come back.

Speaking of Track, Karmelo Anthony’s dad buys a new house with the Donated funds..

You gotta protect yourself from potential death threats.