NIL at D3 level - gymnastics

[blion72]

our niece was a gymnast and engineering student at a D3 school in Wisconsin, and my wife has donated to one member of the women's gymnastics team who is in STEM. We were visiting there on Friday and watching some of the girls who are doing some pretty cool stuff to earn NIL $$. Interestingly, the top NIL$$ are going to one of the girls who is not in their top 3-4 on the team in terms of results. She happens to be a mech eng major, so my wife was going to donate $1k to help her tuition. The coach asked us to consider other girls for the funds. Turns out this girl is earning good funding for D3 gymnastics, and is kind of a whole package - academic, communication skills and has developed a few trick moves. She also stands out in terms of looks, which she is maximizing. The coach feels that she is creating a problem on the team, and feels this girl should pass some of the money around.

 

[GrimReaper]

our niece was a gymnast and engineering student at a D3 school in Wisconsin, and my wife has donated to one member of the women's gymnastics team who is in STEM. We were visiting there on Friday and watching some of the girls who are doing some pretty cool stuff to earn NIL $$. Interestingly, the top NIL$$ are going to one of the girls who is not in their top 3-4 on the team in terms of results. She happens to be a mech eng major, so my wife was going to donate $1k to help her tuition. The coach asked us to consider other girls for the funds. Turns out this girl is earning good funding for D3 gymnastics, and is kind of a whole package - academic, communication skills and has developed a few trick moves. She also stands out in terms of looks, which she is maximizing. The coach feels that she is creating a problem on the team, and feels this girl should pass some of the money around.

Coach is full of ****.

 

[manatree]

Does the coach feel that the more skilled gymnasts should share their spots on the floor/apparatus with those less skilled? NIL is about marketing, and will benefit those who are better at marketing.

 

[PSU Mike]

This is flag territory. Person in question is almost certainly of age, and not related. @Tom McAndrew can we get a ruling? You can’t dangle gymnast in upper range of looks without at least 15 here …

 

[Tom McAndrew]

This is flag territory. Person in question is almost certainly of age, and not related. @Tom McAndrew can we get a ruling? You can’t dangle gymnast in upper range of looks without at least 15 here …

yeah, "She also stands out in terms of looks" is flag territory. I doubt the OP even knows how to link a pic, and the post was borderline in terms of deserving a flag, so I'm going to keep the flag in my pocket for now.