I agree, he was well spoken and will
and if you are at a school who doesn’t have the donor base to compete in the NIL game, you will never get the top recruits, along with losing all the players you developed.
Question on how players get paid for NIL. I thought it was the sponsors who paid - so Nike, Adidas, Under armor and on. Why would donor money be used to pay college athletes for NIL? Thanks!
Wealthy and influential boosters are alowed to form a "donor collective" to gather funds from donors and businesses, like the "Yea Alabama Collective", or the "Gator Collective", or Wisconsin's "Varsity Collective". Some schools even have more than one. They can be either 501(C)3 non-profits or LLC, and they are technically independent of the schools.
Thanks 13. Had no idea how these operated. And if they are set up as 501(C)3s, there are no taxes paid by the collective, if I remember my tax law, as long as they distribute all their funds in one fiscal or calendar year, or at least show no profit after cash in, cash out, and expenses.Wealthy and influential boosters are alowed to form a "donor collective" to gather funds from donors and businesses, like the "Yea Alabama Collective", or the "Gator Collective", or Wisconsin's "Varsity Collective". Some schools even have more than one. They can be either 501(C)3 non-profits or LLC, and they are technically independent of the schools.
It's basically a massive money-laundering scheme, existing for the sole purpose of raising money from as many sources as possible and funneling it to the athletes. They're the party that makes the deals with the athletes, paying them to endorse specific products, etc. Some college coaches don't even hide behind the "wink-wink", and just come right out and beg wealthy donors to pour more of their money into these collectives so they can "recruit" better players.
It's just rotten to the core, and I don't blame Hafley for seeing the writing on the wall and getting the hell out.
What are NIL Collectives and how do they operate?
NIL collectives have quickly become a big story, with fans and alumni putting large amounts of money into them. But, what are they?www.on3.com
It has essentially legalized the entire SEC and numerous other football factories around the country.
I don't have an issue with athletes getting money that would otherwise go to the university. But there has to be a better way to do this than these partisan collectives. Basically, the schools with the biggest donors will attract the most marketable athletes.
so they have enough money to compete, not enough big business sponsors for all schools. Each school has created a collective ran by a private entity that raises money and negotiates with players. At Oklahoma ithe main collective is Crimson and Cream. I get emails on a weekly basis to donate, sign up for monthly donations.
I'm thinking Oregon isn't going to have a hard time getting good players.
There are a lot of schools that will just continue to do well, all in big markets, or schools not on one of the coasts but with national reputations, like Oregon.
UW has some very wealthy alums, especially in medicine and business. Not too surprising.
Ohio State spent around 11 million in the portal in December. I don’t see this being sustainable in college football. What happens when the big donors say, I have given enough.
Yeah, exactly.... there must be a lot i don't understand about how this whole thing works. How many shoes are you going to sell in Madison? What are all the otyer pieces? I'm sure some people here must understand this a lot better than I do; I'm just bewildered while I watch all these people "poofing" through the transfer portal and rematerializing in Madison.
Glad I'm not alone. And how many big name players are there in college sports? One more thing that is beyond my reach.....
UW is successful in the portal, particularly on the offensive side with QB's and WR's, because of Longo. He developed some excellent QB's at UNC and is well known for running an offense that QB's, WR's, RB's, and TE's all like to play in. Not that *rap that Chryst ran the last 3 or so years.
I wondered if that was it, but wasn't sure if that alone could account for it. But that answer fits the pattern of the transfers we're seeing.
Money and the knowledge that if it doesn’t work they can portal out for more money and another opportunity
But the exact same thing can be said about any one of 100 other schools - but there's a reason so many of them pick Wisconsin instead of a lot of others. Of the 18 Big Ten teams, College Football Network rates the Badgers 6th in terms of how well they did in the transfer portal, ahead of Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, Iowa, UCLA, and Nebraska. Just seems odd that we're beating out schools like that.
Good point. Not every HS recruit is 4 or 5 stars. The guys lower than that want to go somewhere where they can play and be seen. I'm still a little mystified at UW's popularity in the portal. I still see it as a place where RBs and OLinemen are emphasized over passing. Seems like the NFL has a lot of OLs who came from UW.
Some coaches churn their roster. Some don't. Fickell will because he likes to. I think the days of great offensive linemen, linebackers and prolific RB's are over at Wisconsin. I suspect we'll see much fewer Wisconsin kids committed to the flagship football team and school. Fickell wants his Air Raid offense and will go wherever he can to get "his" players. Interesting to see how UW admissions will hinder Fickell. Gary Anderson couldn't handle it and apparently refused to heed Alvarez's warnings. I'm curious to see just how far Fickell has his head up his ******, and whether self extraction is possible.
I've heard other coaches, college and pro, use the term "Air Raid" or some other reference to a lot of yardage through the air. That's all fine, but a QB still needs time to throw and the running game still has to be established. Balanced teams win a lot of games. If he wants to emphasize more passing than what we've seen at UW, fine. Just win games. Until then, "Air Raid" is just a meaningless bit of a phrase, and really, not very creative.
Not exactly new:
I don't mind change at UW. They've been a very predictable run-first team for many years now. They produce some terrific O linemen and RBs, and the rare elite QB (Wilson) and LBs (Watts). So if Fickell can get the right players to support an improved passing game, fine w me. I just want to see them as a top 10 school nation-wide.
