Oso planning to go pro
The BtD NIL was in the works for months before it was announced and while they haven't made any public disclosures, I heard awhile ago about a collective of heavy-hitter donors that I strongly suspect provided the seed money for this while using Diener, Novak, and Rob Jackson as the faces of the collective.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Don't forget about Kiesha Oliver-Hayes. One thing unique about Marquette's collective is that it will also benefit women's basketball. This is not common in the slightest and I think will be a major boon to the women's program. It could even help with men's recruiting by winning over players' mothers.
Besides, whining about it or crying about it won't change the fact that it's here.
2018: "Whining and crying won't change the fact that college athletes are not allowed to be paid"
Huh?
The point was lots of people whined and cried back in 2018 or for years about players not getting paid; I'm sure many people made the exact same point as you that whining and crying won't change that reality. But it did. Sometimes whining and crying works, so those of us in favor of NIL should not dismiss the critics and the whining and crying.
It makes absolutely no sense that rich donors would be willing to "save" the program with the Wojo buyout but would suddenly decide not to put $$ toward NIL to get Wojo's replacement the athletes he needs to win.It's a big reason why I'm optimistic we'll be able to compete with most programs in this realm.
This. I've been following this closely as its having a big impact on college football and I'm an Ohio State fan, who have obviously been heavily involved. What does make things interesting is if this will lead to decreased donations to athletic departments (particularly from big time donors)... for example, will a 5 million dollar check that previously refurbished the locker room go to a collective instead.
Donors don't make those kind of donations without direction from the athletic department. If a donor tells the athletic department that they want to donate $5 million to the collective, but the athletics department tells them that what they really need is $5 million to upgrade their facilities, most times that $5 million is going to end up buying a new locker room.
So the schools are de-facto stewards of the potential NIL funds and will reroute funds from needy student athletes to the school? Brilliant.
There will be plenty of money for both parties
Isn’t the purpose of upgrading facilities to help with recruiting? I’m sure Shaka and the AD are smart enough to know where funds would be best utilized.
If that's how you choose to see it. There will be plenty of money for both parties at high majors.
Not at Alabama if you believe Saban.
Will MU get on the trading card band wagon like UW?https://pjmedia.com/culture/chris-queen/2022/06/09/coming-soon-college-football-and-basketball-trading-cards-n1604382
I think that is cool. I hope MU does follow suit.Can't be much money in it, but it's fun.