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C'mon man, you know NIL profitability isn't going to benefit MU at this time. The rich will be getting richer, hey?
Jimmy's Seafood Buffet is big money, aina?
Forgive me if this was answered earlier, but are schools restricted from "setting up" NIL opportunities for players? I know many schools now have advisors on NIL, social media, etc., but I'm not sure if they're essentially passive resources or if they can act essentially as agents from the NIL perspective.I ask because, as others have said, Dawson wasted no time getting in on the game at UNC. I wonder if some of this was pre-arranged and part of their recruitment pitch? Also, I guarantee that MU is not happy about one of their images being photoshopped and used for commercial purposes, particularly with someone no longer affiliated with the university. In fact, I wouldn't doubt if Dawson's "ad" disappears sometime soon. The copyright and trademark issues that will pop up with NIL will be interesting - it's going to take some time for some to realize that they can't just use existing images that they find on the internet.
free trips to Margaritaville is a nice bonus.
This is what gets me. I find it funny that the JSB sponsorship deal is any type of draw for a player and that this type of stuff had been deemed high crimes by the NCAA. Dolla dolla bills, y’all?
Jimmy's Famous is a $19 mil/yr business, with 110 employees, according to my googling skills. They have 3 college "endorsers" (Garcia, Bacot, and a MD FB player). They also have given free crab cakes for life to several pro players (which knowing the price of crab now, is a pretty good gig).Surely MU grads can have some endorsement money lying aroung. Thredup, maybe?
Allen Edmonds shoes for the entire team?
No...and after reading many many psosts from people on this board that do...I have to say I'm MUCH better off, if this is the type of "intelligence" a degree from MU gets you. It sure is on full display I will say that.
WWBD. What Would Barry Alvarez Do?
I've been thinking about this NIL stuff. It seems to me that a basketball only school could have a big advantage here due having far fewer mouths to feed. Alabama basketball players have a long line in front of them at the endorsement door.
Given that a football-only school like Alabama typically has a much larger student body (and alumni base) than most basketball only schools, that advantage probably isn't as big as you think.Then you have to consider the fact that a large state school gets much broader support in general--they get a lot of defacto support across the state. Couple that with the likelihood that the athletic department is keeping tabs on who's supporting which players/teams. Which Alabama booster do you think is going to get the private dinners, pregame events, special access, bowl ticket access, etc? The boosters who only support football players or those who dig a little bit deeper and support basketball (and other sports) as well? I think its wishful thinking that a small, private basketball-only school would have any significant advantage over a large state school.
Does Alabama have a city the size of Milwaukee? What's the size of Alabama's state population? How many are Auburn fans? How Many are ultrawealthy? The Florida schools, Georgia and the Texas (eventually two) schools should have a big advantage over Alabama in regards to the value of NIL deals. I see the NIL leading to a shift in the power balance in the SEC over time. Florida, Texas and California schools should have a dominating advantage in recruiting, due to NIL. New York has loads of possibilities, but how popular is Syracuse statewide? I honestly don't know. Marquette needs to worry about the Big East New York metro schools, Villanova, and DePaul (should it decide to get its crap together) much more than most state schools when it comes to NIL competition, as well the state schools from the aforementioned ultrawealthy states.
If we are being honest, unless a company is run by an MU alum, I’d anticipate a company using NIL money on a UW player or UWM player
For football, its going to be more $$ nationally rather than locally. I see last years backup QB for Alabama signed a deal with cashapp. He has over 800K in endorsements so far. I feel basketball is going to be peanuts compared to football. To me, build a winning team and the endorsements will come, not the other way around.[/b]
If NIL were in place a couple years ago, Markus Howard would have been much more popular than anyone UW would have had.