I certainly donât think we planned this but maybe in this new eraâŚwe may have inadvertantly found a way to solve this puzzle and play as a mid-major in this worldâŚif it works (remains to be seen).
The Biff modelâŚsimilar to the Deion model.
Hire someone that has huge financial resources or has connections with deep financial resources that will support the program on behalf of the person you hired. Priming the pump so to speak. Bring someone in that can rally some crazy $$ to get things going in the hopes that others jump on and join in and carry things further once established.
Biffâs resources have helped recruiting without a doubt (especially covering 20+ additional scholarships with NIL money from somewhere)âŚif that equates to wins maybe the pump can be primed and the city/local businesses/investors will be more enthusiastic about jumping on board to be a part of it.
Either wayâŚitâs no longer just about hiring a good coach and try to win anymoreâŚitâs gonna take a much more complex approach that includes hiring someone that can access the $$ needed to compete for the talent to win.
Certainly is what made Biff stand out to MikeâŚmay become more the norm going forward I would guess.
I guess my point wasâŚthe path to NIL funds doesnât involve us anyway. NIL moneyâŚat least enough to make a differenceâŚwill not be funded by average alumni donations. It will come from investors/businesses/et al.
I agree with not putting my money towards it. My $50-$100 is too insignificant to matter and im not donating to pay kids already getting scholarships. But NIL isnât funded like that anyway.
For us to compete NIL-wiseâŚthats not up to the average 49er club donorâŚits up to leadership to wrangle in the investors with deep enough pockets willing to invest in our product. Can Mike and/or Biff do that??
Who knows at this point but thats who will eventually make NIL happen here if we can.
And there is the catch. Also wonât matter how big the stadium is if this model runs off fans regardless of wins and losses. And if we have money that is going into players pockets instead of lowering fees our students have to pay our students should sue.
Our department runs on student fees. They rightly should push back against that with an NIL collective running.
Itâs a house of cards for what is a net money loser at nearly all schools. I donât care if we are winning or not if I feel like itâs a model I donât want to support Iâll walk away.
clt thinks NIL is going to fall apart. say you have a pool cleaning service in charlotte and you hire a CHeat player for NIL. is anyone going to pick your service because of that? and you just pissed off charlotte, ncsu, duke, carolina, wake, fans etc
