My point is that OM donors have more discretionary income (doctors and lawyers) than State alumni that they are willing to give to athletics...it just seems to mean more in football and always has. And yes I'm aware they are not all doctors and lawyers but there are enough of them to make the difference.
Because Leach was part of that time period? And started the same time as Kiffin and frankly inherited a program that was at worst on equal footing at the time.
In the Big 12? ACC? Sure. But not in the league we are in.
Well, that’s the unfortunate truth, and what’s more, OM doesn’t really have that much either. What they are doing isn’t sustainable, and its still not going to be enough to get them a conference or national title.
I’m actually not sad at all. Like I said, its no skin off my back either way at this point. The emotional connection that former die hards had with FBS football has been totally destroyed. MSU is good or terrible moving forward? Honestly, I really don’t care that much. They aren’t my players, and FBS football is no longer my sport. Out of just liking football in general, I’ll watch us play when it’s super convenient (which won’t be often in my current phase of life). Beyond that? 17 em, and 17 everyone else too.
I agree. As I've said this can be solved easier than most think. But communication and a clear plan moving forward is required.
That's pretty much what I'm trying to say. I don't know what or how to do it, but you have to start discussing it as a group. First, you have to decide who is in the group. I really believe we have the minds to do it. We just have to get them to work.
I proved you wrong, and showed you evidence. Therefore now you’re trying to recruit others.
Yeah.
The number of 18 year olds headed to college plummets by 15% and its not coming back up unless people start making babies.
I have now actually gotten to the point of wondering if I really want to be at the “highest level of college football”. I will continue my contributions but have become quite indifferent about what happens to the game. It is now ALL about the money. Colleges are throwing money at any and every thing while the ordinary fan pays from 30-60 dollars to park, more than that per ticket, concessions at 500% markup and on and on. Players now want their “fair” share and some are getting ridiculous cash to go to school while they play football (Used to be the opposite of that). The result is my seat licensing goes to $1000 per seat not to mention the tickets. Now I have NIL on top of that plus the university annual giving. When I do all that there is not a whole lot left for my church!
Let’s end it there and do not talk about tuition.
If I had to summarize the whole thing, this would be it. Just give fans something for being involved in the NIL. As I said originally, I've been in it for a long time now and I have no idea how the NIL money is used. I trust that it's being used properly, I honestly do, but if I could double my givings and get a polo out of it (or whatever) I would do that. The perceived value is just sort of a mystery but it can be solved easily.
Hell, I'd settle for a window sticker to begin with and we don't even get that....for the measly amount I donate.
are they local? i graduated in engineering and it took me almost 12 years to find a job in MS that paid well.
Maybe NIL is a bad dream and we'll all wake up and it'll be gone. Seriously, it is simply unsustainable and hopefully the powers that be (whomever they are) will come to their senses and parameters will be established re amount of money.
Both are in Memphis. 2.5 hours to a game. It's pretty easy to get down and back at least once....right?
You think a spot in the LFL should be $24,000 per year?
How the hell am I suppose to feed the other team with those prices***
I agree. Doesn't matter. We will either get serious about competing with NIL or we will have a lot of 3-9 seasons in the near future (maybe this year).
The point is and was... we are hurting for money. Money needs to go towards our football program as much as we can possibly throw at it.
I agree. There is a lot of money floating around major college athletics and the current system is set up to squeeze the people footing the bill for that even more. At this point I’m all for basically unionizing the whole thing. Set a standard wage for players based on certain factors and seniority and the rest of the true NIL money out there to goes into basically a pension fund of sorts the players vest in and get paid out at the end of their college careers.
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I think they are so shallow that an outsized portion of their identity is tied up in whether they win or lose so they will do dumb stuff with their money.
No comment on the shallow/dumb aspect of your comment (to each his own), but you are absolutely right about the outsized portion.
I'm thinking that your last sentence above is right on the money. We may be waiting for the powers that be who set the rules for NIL will finally come to their senses and establish narrower parameters as financial limits are concerned.
We're gonna be waiting a long, long time then. Cause that's not gonna happen.
I agree. And there will be even more closures and mergers as the enrollment numbers decline.
Our HS & transfer recruiting rankings tell us all we need to know about our NIL funding & how much we’re offering recruits.
