The NIL reality

#78
#78
What if the long term viability of our program depended largely on whether the children of one person, an 86 year old billionaire, shared his interests? If he starts setting up trusts to keep the money flowing long after he’s gone, then I’ll start thinking they’ll be relevant nationally beyond the next decade or so. I like where we are from a sustainability standpoint.
 
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Golfprovol said:
What I remember about them.is never winning the biggest games. We will see this year
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Other than the 1 time they made it to the national championship and lost to Cam Newton, their biggest game is probably the Rose Bowl and they've won it 3 times in the last dozen years.
 
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DeepSpringsVol said:
We have boosters with loads of worth but they aren't casual with their money. They will give money for their last name on buildings and rooms on campus. To get in the make a difference arena of NIL you have to be willing to cough up the absurd amounts for people signing with your program. That's not as appealing to some of the elitist who only care about their own recognition.
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One way to stop the Phil Knights of the world is to stop buying their products. Make the shoe and other college wear with Nike on it go to ADIDAS, or other companies. PUT THE TRUMP TARRIFFS ON KNIGHT. JUST QUIT BUYING NIKE
 
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76volman said:
One way to stop the Phil Knights of the world is to stop buying their products. Make the shoe and other college wear with Nike on it go to ADIDAS, or other companies. PUT THE TRUMP TARRIFFS ON KNIGHT. JUST QUIT BUYING NIKE
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You know this crossed my mind the other day. Virtually all of major college football is wearing Nike/Jordan, which lines Phil Knight's pockets, which helps fund Oregon's program. Maybe the other programs should consider dropping Nike and switch to Under Armor or Adidas. Seems like a conflict of interest for the guy providing uniform apparel to college football to be using that to help fund his alma mater.
 
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Butch s said:
If we can just get Elon musk to become a VOL fan
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Why wouldn't he just buy a NFL team so that he can possibly get a ROI? 🤷‍♂️

At this point people are cheering on Corporation A over Corporation B. Just pay the owner of the Tennessee Titans to change the name to the Volunteers. The schools are nothing more than businesses cashing in on someone's false belief that they're not profit centers, and that there some type of school loyalty.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
You know this crossed my mind the other day. Virtually all of major college football is wearing Nike/Jordan, which lines Phil Knight's pockets, which helps fund Oregon's program. Maybe the other programs should consider dropping Nike and switch to Under Armor or Adidas. Seems like a conflict of interest for the guy providing uniform apparel to college football to be using that to help fund his alma mater.
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I said that at least a year ago and believe posted about it. Wont make a significant difference in his net worth but it just doesn’t feel right to keep promoting it via the college endorsement route.
 
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J C Higgins said:
I said that at least a year ago and believe posted about it. Wont make a significant difference in his net worth but it just doesn’t feel right to keep promoting it via the college endorsement route.
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Right. Not that it would make much of a difference I guess. It's just the principle of the thing.
 
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#86
Looks like we're in here spending everybody's money. That's the easiest thing to do to solve UT's money issues. Let's find a billionaire connected to UT and make him spend our way to a championship----it's so easy to spend others money :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
You know this crossed my mind the other day. Virtually all of major college football is wearing Nike/Jordan, which lines Phil Knight's pockets, which helps fund Oregon's program. Maybe the other programs should consider dropping Nike and switch to Under Armor or Adidas. Seems like a conflict of interest for the guy providing uniform apparel to college football to be using that to help fund his alma mater.
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News flash---NIKE pays more money to the universities than their competition
 
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Golfprovol said:
That is right but Nike has been supporting that program for years. I would be surprised if they were doing it by NCAA rules all this time.
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I won't disagree. In the Chip Kelly era that one kid I want to say might have been from Texas but a check for like 25k was involved. My memory is hazy but you gotta think Uncle Phil was behind that money.
 
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Batman1948 said:
News flash---NIKE pays more money to the universities than their competition
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Also like it or not a good percentage of players will only consider Nike schools. Some of you might remember who got the ball rolling for John Calipari. World Wide Wes!! That guy got Calipari elite recruits. Now Calipari succeeds without him now based off the amount of players under him who have made it in the NBA. Many feel he never would have gotten this far without World wide Wes.
 
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LSU-SIU said:
Why wouldn't he just buy a NFL team so that he can possibly get a ROI? 🤷‍♂️

At this point people are cheering on Corporation A over Corporation B. Just pay the owner of the Tennessee Titans to change the name to the Volunteers. The schools are nothing more than businesses cashing in on someone's false belief that they're not profit centers, and that there some type of school loyalty.
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I should have used blue font. Meant it sarcastically. That’s what this nil crap has done. No longer a kids game, just a business
 
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OrangeWave2 said:
They’re emotionally invested when there’s a prime time game for exposure and clicks. Otherwise you don’t see them anywhere near Neyland. Peyton could’ve helped with his nephew coming in but didn’t, yet when his ESPN show with Eli needs a plug, “suddenly” he appears!
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Peyton was very appreciative of his dad letting him make his own decision and just being there for support, not as a guide or a director. I’m sure he would emulate that with any of his family.

Besides, if the Mannings had tried to steer Arch to any one school, Peyton would have been vastly outnumbered.
 
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76volman said:
One way to stop the Phil Knights of the world is to stop buying their products. Make the shoe and other college wear with Nike on it go to ADIDAS, or other companies. PUT THE TRUMP TARRIFFS ON KNIGHT. JUST QUIT BUYING NIKE
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Not only have I quit buying that child labor apparel. I threw what merch I had in the trash. The only true vote we have is our money. Refuse to support anyone or anything that would hire that pos kapernick
 
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#95
Listened to a national talk show on the radio a few weeks ago, they said Phil Knight has made a "Billion Dollars" available to the Oregon Ducks so they can always be competitive in the NIL markets....This billion is to be used in all sports they compete in....

His net worth is around 32 billion...Talk about tilting the scales in one colleges favor for elite players....
 
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GameTime said:
Listened to a national talk show on the radio a few weeks ago, they said Phil Knight has made a "Billion Dollars" available to the Oregon Ducks so they can always be competitive in the NIL markets....This billion is to be used in all sports they compete in....

His net worth is around 32 billion...Talk about tilting the scales in one colleges favor for elite players....
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Just 4% annual return would give them $40 million to spend every year....and the $1 B would stay intact. Mind boggling.
 
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GameTime said:
Listened to a national talk show on the radio a few weeks ago, they said Phil Knight has made a "Billion Dollars" available to the Oregon Ducks so they can always be competitive in the NIL markets....This billion is to be used in all sports they compete in....

His net worth is around 32 billion...Talk about tilting the scales in one colleges favor for elite players....
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Must be nice. Meanwhile we have…..
 
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#100
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Tennessee could have the finest coaching staff in the country, but if they don’t have the best NIL staff, it’s all for nothing.
 
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