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re: Kylee Edwards back in the portal

Posted on 6/18/26 at 12:40 pm to
Posted by Fat Bastard
alter hunter
Member since Mar 2009
91859 posts
Posted on 6/18/26 at 12:40 pm to
quote:

There isn’t much of a future in professional softball. She needs to make her money while she can.


yup. cannot fault her. don't hate the player.hate the game. This is what NIL did.

if u wanna make money in a womens sport you had best play tennis, golf or basketball. brittany mack told me years back when she played for the old now defunct NPF akron racers. They pay peanuts. zero money in softball for these girls once they are done with college ball as far as playing.

now as far as coaching that is a different ballgame. see beth.
Posted by Casualobserver1985
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2021
1418 posts
Posted on 6/18/26 at 12:41 pm to
Base rate for AUSL is 35k for 27 games
Posted by Fat Bastard
alter hunter
Member since Mar 2009
91859 posts
Posted on 6/18/26 at 12:45 pm to
NPF average was 6k for the whole season about 10-12 years back. Some made up to 10k. it was dirt fricking cheap. poverty pay.
Posted by TigerDCC11
Member since May 2007
3410 posts
Posted on 6/18/26 at 12:45 pm to
quote:

the difference is both of them told the staff before the portal giving them time to find players.



Exactly! But, I do have a problem IF Heavener was in Kylee and other LSU players ears about following her to Tech, while they were NOT in the portal.
Posted by Casualobserver1985
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2021
1418 posts
Posted on 6/18/26 at 12:53 pm to
No clue about that but wouldn’t surprise me about Heavener.
Posted by king47
Member since Aug 2020
2230 posts
Posted on 6/18/26 at 1:52 pm to
quote:

McMahon ever have the best class in the country coming in and the 2nd best next yr?

You know what I mean
Posted by toosleaux
Stuck in Baton Rouge traffic
Member since Dec 2007
9494 posts
Posted on 6/21/26 at 10:09 pm to
Now not in the portal?
Posted by TigerDCC11
Member since May 2007
3410 posts
Posted on 6/21/26 at 10:15 pm to
Yep. She took her name out of the portal. Must have got some bad information to put her name in in the first place. Great news for the tigers though.
Posted by Geaux Guy
Member since Dec 2018
6892 posts
Posted on 6/21/26 at 10:20 pm to
Seems like we have a few bent nickles. Skip B
Posted by Rainier Fog
Member since Jul 2025
1544 posts
Posted on 6/21/26 at 10:27 pm to
I mean I wouldn't want to play for a fanbase that thinks it's cool to spell losses as loses either

Pretty childish
Posted by beauchristopher
Member since Jan 2008
74076 posts
Posted on 6/22/26 at 12:59 am to
Seems childish to compare one message board poster with a fan base.

Message board posters often do not represent the actual fans that interact with the players.
Posted by ScottAndrew
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Aug 2009
1423 posts
Posted on 6/22/26 at 1:12 am to
I’m not responding to you just you were the last poster. Ya’ll think lotsa cash needs to be thrown at softball?
Posted by monkeymonk174
Member since Jan 2025
543 posts
Posted on 6/22/26 at 7:48 am to
You put your left foot in you put your left foot out
Posted by TigerDM
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2013
1842 posts
Posted on 6/22/26 at 8:36 am to
I think we are blaming Beth for lack of NIL funds situation. Softball has very
limited earning potential after college, so you really can't blame them for chasing the bag to get what they can get when they can get it.

With the popularity of our gymanstics and woman's basketball teams, softball lags far behind in support of women's sports and we will have a problem retaining good players from transferring to teams that will pay them significantly more NIL money
Posted by JohnnyU
Florida
Member since Nov 2006
13067 posts
Posted on 6/22/26 at 10:13 am to
quote:

DEI Coach


That's just stupid. Do you even know the circumstances of Beth's hiring? How she was an eleventh hour replacement for a coach who jilted us?
She made the WCWS three times early on.
Like many others I think her time has passed. LSU doesn't seem to have the inclination for upping NIL for softball. It's just not a high priority for the PTB.
DEI is an overused trope and dog whistle.

quote:

next year might finally do Beth in

Maybe but I doubt anyone in administration cares enough to make a change and eat her remaining salary.
This post was edited on 6/22/26 at 4:47 pm
Posted by Rainier Fog
Member since Jul 2025
1544 posts
Posted on 6/25/26 at 9:24 pm to
quote:

Seems childish to compare one message board poster with a fan base.



If you've been on TD for any amount of time you know it's not just one poster

Now, who's childish?
Posted by semjase
New Smyrna Beach FL
Member since May 2014
16315 posts
Posted on 6/25/26 at 11:00 pm to
quote:

Good thing for her that LSU softball is near the bottom of priorities. She should have been gone years ago
Yep. I don't call her "Softball Nikki" for nothing.

She's well past her Expiration Date at the University of LSU. (Frick Off Torina Sycophants)
Posted by Casualobserver1985
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2021
1418 posts
Posted on 6/25/26 at 11:39 pm to
Too bad for you the administration doesn’t see it that way, funded about mid pack and that’s what they finish in the sec. The facility is dated and old, the indoor is elite but the other parts of facility are bottom tier of the sec. I’m with you let’s increase the nil to 4 mil like TT and overall budget to 6-7 like Oklahoma then see what happens…you in Semjase?
This post was edited on 6/26/26 at 9:06 am
Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2007
38133 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 2:06 am to
quote:

Frick Off Torina Sycophants


How about frick you and your incoherent babble? Do you get tired of repeating the same shite constantly? The rest of us do.
Posted by Hold That Tiger 10
Member since Oct 2013
25753 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 7:32 am to
quote:

How about frick you and your incoherent babble? Do you get tired of repeating the same shite constantly? The rest of us do.


He does it because it gets people to respond to him every time. He desperately needs the attention from here for some reason. If people learned to stop replying then he would disappear, or at least come up with new material.
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