Some of the Walton (Walmart) family have connections to Columbia. Stan Kroenke and Ann Walton even have one of their many homes there. That is why there isn't a Costco within a hundred miles of Columbia lol. Lot of money there just like here.This is playing out exactly as I feared, but I never thought Misery would be one of the chosen.
Maybe we figure a way to be mostly competitive, but it feels like the gap between the haves and have nots is getting wider.
So what's the ROI for the big-time NIL donors who are buying players for their alma maters? Is it just bragging rights?
I think you have to look at this differently. Missouri is a very appealing job with money influx and recruiting success. Remains to be seen how patient they will be if seasons are below expectations. I don’t know if it is Eli creating the beneficial environment, more like a product of surroundings. If he gets fired, would be able to spend big money on a coach.It would be OK if Mizzery had a decent year this year and Drinkwitz got a better job.
It's real-life fantasy football.It's monetized fandom. Instead of wishcasting, you can be actively involved and help your team become more successful. In a vacuum, and for many stakeholders, this holds great benefits. For national fandom reasons, there are many deficits.
Their money is primarily going to basketball, it seems. Both because we are a basketball school primarily, and they have had great success recently.Do we have any rich people in Illinois that can donate to the football team? Fans can't come up with the money they need to go out and get real good players through the portal. we Have to have some wealthy people get involved. Illinois football can't exist like this. If they do have money, then i really don't understand why we haven't made our move yet? It is so frustrating checking the board everyday and still nothing.
Go wholly pro with privately owned teams that rent the stadiums and facitlies, and hire players who aren't students and don't have to waste time going to classes. Participation by universities would be optional. Opt in or opt out, and let the owners transfer their teams whenever they want. Problem fixed.That’s why it is unsustainable and I believe the B1G and SEC will change it. You have at least half the schools in these leagues in the same situation we are. Every pro sport recognizes the need to regulate transferring and leveling the money. Since college football is ‘going pro’, they now have to go all the way.
I'm a football guy, and that really pisses me off that a sport is being favored over another one like this. How can the football team have success if they continue to get screwed by the basketball team? Seriously, how can the football team field a good team if they don't get the resources they need? This is not right.Their money is primarily going to basketball, it seems. Both because we are a basketball school primarily, and they have had great success recently.
If football were to show success, I would imagine more donors would come to the party. The problem is that it is going to be increasingly more difficult to be successful without those donors.
There is a surprisingly large amount of $ around Champaign and some crazy wealthy alums. But as others have said, basketball takes a lot of the NIL $. Still, the university (administration and environment) has also done a great job pissing off several billionaire alums that could have been significant supporters (see Kahn, R. Johnson, M Andreessen).Do we have any rich people in Illinois that can donate to the football team? Fans can't come up with the money they need to go out and get real good players through the portal. we Have to have some wealthy people get involved. Illinois football can't exist like this. If they do have money, then i really don't understand why we haven't made our move yet? It is so frustrating checking the board everyday and still nothing.
Vice versa also applies.How can the football team have success if they continue to get screwed by the basketball team?
Then the fans can't ever expect the football team to be good. If we can't money for transfers and have to depend just on recruiting, we have no hope. We can't recruit like Michigan,OSU and others, we can't even lock down our own state, so we have to depend on transfers and Juco players to make things work, but if we have one arm tied behind our back with the lack of money, i don't see how things will work?Vice versa also applies.
Not an Illinois-specific problem. Every school in the country faces the same dynamic.
Two simple equations govern, for a given pool of available NIL funds:Vice versa also applies.
Not an Illinois-specific problem. Every school in the country faces the same dynamic.
It's monetized fandom. Instead of wishcasting, you can be actively involved and help your team become more successful. In a vacuum, and for many stakeholders, this holds great benefits. For national fandom reasons, there are many deficits.
I mean, yeah. Not really any other way to say it.Then the fans can't ever expect the football team to be good.
If facing Sophie's Choice between the programs, there is simply no doubt which way Illinois leans.Two simple equations govern, for a given pool of available NIL funds:
- at Illinois, basketball ROI > football ROI (for chances of winning games / championships and the ensuing financial success).
- NIL divided by a dozen basketball players allows a much higher per-person payout than dividing by 85 football players.
Of course there are many 'football' schools that flip the above, but I'd argue that is because their ROI calculations look very different than ours.
I'm genuinely surprised there isn't more panhandling happening on the college sports internet. That has to be the next step.
It's that simple!
Writing big annual checks to old State U has always been a very common practice for a lot of people megarich and otherwise. There's a ton of money in the system.How long is this sustainable? Eventually donors are gonna get tired of donating large sums except mega donors.
Exactly. Jimmy Deeppockets will always write his big check over, but I imagine they get tired of being hounded for more NIL all the time. Unless they are giving some serious perks to keep the money coming in. But what can you offer to a person who can go buy it anyways?Writing big annual checks to old State U has always been a very common practice for a lot of people megarich and otherwise. There's a ton of money in the system.
But the blind panic of higher, higher, higher, more, more, more every offseason can't sustain itself.
Are NIL payments tax deductible?Exactly. Jimmy Deeppockets will always write his big check over, but I imagine they get tired of being hounded for more NIL all the time. Unless they are giving some serious perks to keep the money coming in. But what can you offer to a person who can go buy it anyways?