Fanbase NIL Contribution Poll

[C0|dB|00ded]

Honestly, I'd rather just contribute $50 than buy one of the low quality shirts they are selling. At least with the cash donation most of it goes to the athlete. With the tshirt purchase, they probably only get around $5-$10 and I get a tshirt that I don't like.

Sales of licensed collegiate apparel is almost $5B a year. It's a robust market of many high quality items that fans love to adorn themselves with. Allocate 5% of all sales to student athletes and voila'! Problem solved. And no disruption to what was a finely tuned economic machine filled with RATIONAL participants.

Shoddy gear is gonna be all across the nation.

Just. Say. No.

[Dan]

Not surprising. The shirt you bought is just a vehicle. May as well chuck it in the trash and buy another. Once the hypocrisy stage has passed, folks will be able to simply lay their bags of cash at the young person's door.

Honestly, I'd rather just contribute $50 than buy one of the low quality shirts they are selling. At least with the cash donation most of it goes to the athlete. With the tshirt purchase, they probably only get around $5-$10 and I get a tshirt that I don't like.

[C0|dB|00ded]

Got my NIL store $50 tshirt today. Gotta say, it’s not great. Too bad they can’t give us a better quality to entice us for more purchases.

Not surprising. The shirt you bought is just a vehicle. May as well chuck it in the trash and buy another. Once the hypocrisy stage has passed, folks will be able to simply lay their bags of cash at the young person's door.

[C0|dB|00ded]

Funny thing is, he’s not against paying players. He’s just against paying them legally. Iirc, Slick Rick was his #1.

"Slick" Rick would have had the Koch rockin' like nobody's business. Same for Chris Jans albeit on a slightly smaller scale.

We passed on the obvious hire, the flashy hire, and went straight for the clearance aisle.

P.S. Sliding a kid an envelope here and there is incomparable to what we find ourselves in now.

P.P.S. Did the lawyers prove the cheaters were right all along? Or did they just do what lawyers always do, stir up **** so they can feed off what floats to the bottom.

[shockerfan]

Funny thing is, he’s not against paying players. He’s just against paying them legally. Iirc, Slick Rick was his #1.

Lol good point

[shock]

You aren't wrong. The bad thing is....not a damn thing you or I can do about it. So if you can't beat them....join them....or get left in the dust. <shrug>

Funny thing is, he’s not against paying players. He’s just against paying them legally. Iirc, Slick Rick was his #1.

[shockerfan]

You were already supporting the program with your tax dollars, ticket purchases, and alumni giving. It's an honor to receive a DI scholarship and have a chance to make playtime a paying profession while earning a solid backup plan for free. When a college athlete is offered a full ride, their life has just been instantly made if they take the opportunity seriously.

What NIL is about is getting paid BEFORE you've earned anything at all. At least with the full ride, you have to go to class and be a constructive member of your team to continue getting the payments. This is just ME ME ME entitlement bullshit. It's a continuation of how NOT to raise a young human into a reliable, responsible, durable adult.

Does anybody even realize the true value of a college scholarship with all things considered? Read the following article for perspective. It makes the whole ordeal even more nauseating.

https://collegead.com/soft-dollar-value/

You aren't wrong. The bad thing is....not a damn thing you or I can do about it. So if you can't beat them....join them....or get left in the dust. <shrug>

[shock]

Got my NIL store $50 tshirt today. Gotta say, it’s not great. Too bad they can’t give us a better quality to entice us for more purchases.

Profit margins are too low at that price point, especially considering they are printed in small batches.

If a local store would order the same stuff but better made (what you would expect from a $50 shirt), and charge $75 with 1/3 going to the player, would you do it?

[Dan]

Got my NIL store $50 tshirt today. Gotta say, it’s not great. Too bad they can’t give us a better quality to entice us for more purchases.

[C0|dB|00ded]

It’s definitely easier to write the check or swipe the card when I see student athletes success…

You were already supporting the program with your tax dollars, ticket purchases, and alumni giving. It's an honor to receive a DI scholarship and have a chance to make playtime a paying profession while earning a solid backup plan for free. When a college athlete is offered a full ride, their life has just been instantly made if they take the opportunity seriously.

What NIL is about is getting paid BEFORE you've earned anything at all. At least with the full ride, you have to go to class and be a constructive member of your team to continue getting the payments. This is just ME ME ME entitlement bullshit. It's a continuation of how NOT to raise a young human into a reliable, responsible, durable adult.

Does anybody even realize the true value of a college scholarship with all things considered? Read the following article for perspective. It makes the whole ordeal even more nauseating.

https://collegead.com/soft-dollar-value/

[WstateU]

It’s definitely easier to write the check or swipe the card when I see student athletes success…

[Kung Wu]

[WstateU]

… and of course this…

[WstateU]

https://www.instagram.com/p/C62gYqlLlJ5/?igsh=dTVqcTkwNzJ6dmhz

[WstateU]

This is what it’s all about…

https://www.instagram.com/p/C62Xrw5LO-N/?igsh=MWIzbmpwODVqM3Q2cQ==