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Can't say Canes without Ruiz...

AtlAtty said:
It is not negative to you, me and most people who can see the direction the sport has moved. But to some people in the media it is negative because they think it somehow diminishes the value of what UM accomplished. So as I wrote, I believe our posters that the writer of that comment intended it to be negative not understanding that his view of college sports differs from that of the people playing, coaching, and wanting to be recruited to play the sport.

But we will take it, as would Cal and Bill Self and Mick Cronin and every coach who understands that NIL publicity helps to attract players.
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Let’s just agree to disagree. You have a ton of assumptions on his intended assumptions. What I do know is that it’s being written that Miami just got to their first Final Four. Ruiz is the man behind it. He paid a bunch of players through his LW brand and the results are thus far positive. The writer could have been more negative than that, way more. Instead he left it up to the reader to determine what it means, and as you yourself admitted, a majority will find it positive. So once again, let’s agree to disagree but the article is positive as far as I’m concerned.
 
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Dwinstitles said:
Ifor one like the exposure that we pay. Bring us the talent that is all
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personally, just focus on the team. idc about ruiz or NIL. keep the focus on the guys busting their *** on the floor. ruiz isnt making jumpers, or grabbing boards, or going perfect from the field and line. ruiz didnt make wooga into a huge cog on a final four team after he looked so lost last year against kansas. L and co deserve this. the rest is just noise. id rather all the boosters take a back seat bc this isnt their Final four. this belongs to the guys on the squad and the coaching staff.
 
Alaskan Cane said:
With Miami's success in the tournament the national press is required to remind people we bought our way there. Evidently no other team in the tournament has transfers or players getting NIL money. A couple of days ago there was a Ruiz story in the Wall Street Journal and today's story of UM in the final four on ESPN has this,

"As Larranaga basked in it all Sunday, John Ruiz -- the billionaire Miami booster and CEO of LifeWallet -- mingled with Hurricanes supporters, players and coaches after Miami became the fourth team since 1979 to defeat a 1-seed, 2-seed and 4-seed en route to the Final Four. They all knew the man who sported an Adidas track suit and a pair of bright New Balance shoes. Ruiz has not been shy about his effort to fund a new era of Miami athletics, as he has made a push to build a new football stadium and has opened his wallet for both the men's and women's basketball programs.

Ruiz's company gave Nijel Pack a two-year, $800,000 name, image and likeness deal last summer; Isaiah Wong, Norchad Omier and Miller all have deals with him, too. LifeWallet also has NIL deals with Haley and Hanna Cavinder, who play for the Miami women's team that just reached the Elite Eight for the first time in program history."
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You also can't spell Nijel without an "n" and an "i" and an "l"...
 
hoops156 said:
personally, just focus on the team. idc about ruiz or NIL. keep the focus on the guys busting their *** on the floor. ruiz isnt making jumpers, or grabbing boards, or going perfect from the field and line. ruiz didnt make wooga into a huge cog on a final four team after he looked so lost last year against kansas. L and co deserve this. the rest is just noise. id rather all the boosters take a back seat bc this isnt their Final four. this belongs to the guys on the squad and the coaching staff.
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Rich people will always celebrate but I feel what you are saying.👍
 
L A M P said:
In the medias defense, Ruiz is an anomaly to the NIL game. He's outspoken, brash & a bit narcistic. Very Trumpish tbh. (not a flame) It's just not your typical PC corporate sponsor.
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That's because the Bama, Georgia, and Clemson guys have been so used to operating in the shadows, that they can't comfortably come out in the light of day anymore.
 
Does the media complain when Duke or another elite traditional basketball blue blood program signs a phenom, knowing full well the kid is one-and-done to the NBA?

F-EM!

Let Miami be the Bad Boys again.

Let Miami be Miami.
 
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Alaskan Cane said:
With Miami's success in the tournament the national press is required to remind people we bought our way there. Evidently no other team in the tournament has transfers or players getting NIL money. A couple of days ago there was a Ruiz story in the Wall Street Journal and today's story of UM in the final four on ESPN has this,

"As Larranaga basked in it all Sunday, John Ruiz -- the billionaire Miami booster and CEO of LifeWallet -- mingled with Hurricanes supporters, players and coaches after Miami became the fourth team since 1979 to defeat a 1-seed, 2-seed and 4-seed en route to the Final Four. They all knew the man who sported an Adidas track suit and a pair of bright New Balance shoes. Ruiz has not been shy about his effort to fund a new era of Miami athletics, as he has made a push to build a new football stadium and has opened his wallet for both the men's and women's basketball programs.

Ruiz's company gave Nijel Pack a two-year, $800,000 name, image and likeness deal last summer; Isaiah Wong, Norchad Omier and Miller all have deals with him, too. LifeWallet also has NIL deals with Haley and Hanna Cavinder, who play for the Miami women's team that just reached the Elite Eight for the first time in program history."
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With all this unexpected additional LIfe Wallet national exposure, aren't these guys deserving of a raise?
 
ItsAUThing.com said:
Exactly. It's called earned media and he's loving every minute of it.

His return on the $400,000 investment in Nijel Pack this season isn't that kid talking about LifeWallet—it's countless media outlets picking up the story and running with it every round this team advances further in the tournament.
It's not, "Nijel Pack of Miami" .... it's, "Miami's Nijel Pack, who transferred in from Kansas State as part of some record-breaking $800,000 NIL deal that UM booster John Ruiz put together with his company LifeWallet".

While I don't agree with the phrase there's no such thing as bad press—this isn't bad press. If anything, the NCAA will be the villain while a guy like Ruiz is Robin Hood, just getting the kids what they deserve.
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I'm sure there are potential Portal players all across the country who associate UM with being at the top of the heap when it comes to some of the best NIL opportunities.
 
mirvin88 said:
Thanks for the free recruiting pitch ESPN. Idiots
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Coach L turned every interview into a recruiting pitch.

One thing the kids know is that Miami pays and pays well. Its no longer wrong to chase capital in college. ESPN's negativity was meant to hurt us but it hasn't hurt us at all.
 
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This all doesn’t move the upset needle for me. Good press. Just spell Canes correctly. We got the straight cash that most people have said kids should get in D1.
 
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