Kolek planning to go pro
College sports need coaches feuding. It’s awesome. Would love Shaka telling Sean Miller he cheats and then Miller and X get mad and have some bad blood
I mean, this is just great!https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1527355273588854795?s=20&t=IGALzVNr7djUmZJLip4cxwRoss Dellenger@RossDellengerTAMU AD Ross Bjork to @SInow“I don’t know why Nick Saban would say what he said except he’s threatened. There is a saying … an emperor who loses their dynasty lashes out.“I guess people don’t like A&M disrupting the power base of college football.”
Did you mean with "the other teams having paid players also"? (see Pitino, Calipari, Urban Myer)
No one is perfect. But cmon...the guy can coach obviously.
Personally, the athletes being poor had zero impact on my interest in college sports.
Right? It was slave labor. They were the only poor students and racked up a mountain of student loan debts.
My deteriorating interest comes from the the wild west nature of it all and complete lack of competitive equity. I would loose interest in pro sports if only the Yankees, Dodgers, Giants, Bears, Cowboys, Lakers, Knicks and Bulls won.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
I'd say it is more like an unpaid apprentice than Slave laborNot saying it is right either way just that "slave" comes with a lot of other baggage
This is a dead hoarse. "Slave" is completely wrong. That is like calling the Boston Marathon the Baton Death March. "Unpaid" or "Free" labor are only used by lazy or dishonest people. These athletes were far from uncompensated. Now, honest people can discuss if the compensation was adequate or fair.
Lane Kiffin...voice of reason.https://www.si.com/college/2022/05/25/lane-kiffin-nil-recruiting-boosters-nick-saban
I agree with Kiffen on most of this but the donors aren’t a bottomless pit of money as he suggests in my opinion. Although there is some pride on Saturday when your team wins after you have purchased players services, the donors don’t own anything like NFL owners who see the value of their franchises increase yearly. Donors get zero return except for satisfaction. I don’t think that’s enough to sustain millions of dollars worth of contributions to NIL yearly. It’s like flushing big money down the toilet and I assume these people aren’t stupid.Sporadic big money contributions I get. Sustained? Not so much.
This has been my suspicion as well, starting out with huge splashes but how many years will some boosters keep the spend up there?
Yep - how willing will boosters be to contribute when a few of their kids transfer ? How long will Miami continue to pay large sums of money to guys like Nijel Pack? who is nowhere near a top end talent.
Here is a real life example:Our company operates in some Markets where the local community goes ga-ga over the P5 Teams . People who didn’t go to the school or frankly never went to any college live and die for these teams . So for business reasons we found it was worth supporting these programs . Our Customers and Employees loved that we were associated . Half of our dollars went to the coaches charities .Now the charity dollars instead go to NIL football and basketball. About 20 kids total. 2 kids we sponsored on one team went into the portal this spring. It doesn’t really matter because we are really backing the school brand .We will just sponsor a new crop of kids . Total dollars spent are roughly mid 5 digits between both on NIL. Then another 5 digits in total in general promotional spending with the school .We will keep spending since it’s part of our strategy .
Quick question, does your NIL go into a Collective, or are you setting up NIL's directly with the SA?
We set up both with collectives because it enables us to co brand the University logos etc . Having our name associated with the school is what matters most to us .
Here is a real life example:Now the charity dollars instead go to NIL football and basketball. About 20 kids total.
So much for the idea that there was all this unspent money waiting to be thrown at under paid players. The money comes at a cost to others (charities, facilities, coaches, non-football and basketball sports, etc.)Not saying NIL is wrong, just need to accept the real consequences. And I realize many here knew this was going to happen and agree the funds belong to the football and basketball players, not others.
So much for the idea that there was all this unspent money waiting to be thrown at under paid players. The money comes at a cost to others (charities, facilities, coaches, non-football and basketball sports, etc.)
College "general managers" in charge of NIL? Yep!Duke just announced that it has hired Rachel Baker as GM to work with the men's basketball team. She spent 8 years with Nike and 1 with the NBA.According to the school's press release, she will “specialize in helping players enhance their personal and professional skill sets, capitalize on strategic partnerships, including NIL opportunities, and work to support players in navigating the opportunities and challenges that come with being a student-athlete at the highest level."Will Marquette hire somebody to do this?
To comply with Title IX would not Duke have to hire a GM for the women's basketball team?