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NIL experiencing "donor fatigue".

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JD08 said:
A poster had this to say about it a year ago.

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Also wont help that its been recently made clear NIL collectives will not have 501(c)(3) status thus contributions do not quality as a tax deduction. Thats a big chunk of change that should further deteriorate the available funds.
 
SWFLHurricane said:
Why in the name of God could you hate Carol Soffer and family??...their collective $$$$ makes Ruiz look like a bagboy at Publix.
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I didn’t say I hated each one. Just a more general statement about their collective bs the group (not them specifically so calm yourself) pulls
 
JD08 said:
A poster had this to say about it a year ago.

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There's always the possibility that a very large, privately owned company who's CEO is a fan (think WWE pre 1999), Dell, or Publix could unilaterally budget $50M towards a particular school indefinitely, creating major imbalances.

That said, the pace that A&M was on was likely unsustainable. Allowing for overall and yearly wage inflation, A&M was looking at a $40M-$50M outlay annually (using the $30M over four years for the 2022 class as a starting point).
 
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UMFarArcher said:
The SEC Old Guard for several decades dropped bags. The size of the bags didn't have to be very large - but only a few select teams boosters could cobble up enough to swipe some good talent - as they preyed on kids as all other universities weren't IN the bag game.

Bag competition among half a dozen bag teams was acceptable and you'd win some, lose some, but the field of players was larger than these few teams could absorb/pay - so they excelled in recruiting.

Now, the cost has gone up - paying players is legal - and more competitors that can come up with some cash means the small bags of the past are no longer that attractive.

Everyone got excited, started throwing outrageous amounts for this player, or that player - and it's unsustainable, as no one can pay every player outrageous NIL deals. Some oil man one year wants to show off among boosters - he can impress everyone - once. Maybe twice - but that's also unsustainable.

Starting these collectives to pool money - that has many flaws. It's like paying taxes - you send the money, but you don't necessarily get the guy you wanted to come to your university - as you're not in charge of where and on whom your money is spent.

Once a good program or a few breakout - UM, USC, etc., the club gets larger, but will eventually settle down to an annual top ten teams that players will prefer to go to - and not just the top 5.

And the dollars will be more equal among the elite.
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Wasn't the maximum "bag figure" pre-NIL at about $300K?

Compare that to the (non-realized) $14.3M offer that Rashada got from Florida.

Not sustainable unless you have a very rich individual who is willing to put $50M annually into the program at a complete loss each year.
 
hoops156 said:
thye were funding it before it was called NIL. all that changed was it is out in public. to them winning is their ROI

our boosters donate for influence and an ROI (whether its feeling important at UM or getting a deal out of it financially (Ruiz using NIL to promote Lifewallet, his boat company, and his firm). Ruiz does love UM tho so hes more of a unicorn of donors for us. ****, look at football and baseball. our boosters got Mario hired before an AD was even here, our boosters got JD promoted.
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Don’t disagree at all with what you’re saying here. I just think the days of 7 figure and high 6 figure NIL deals for high school players are numbered. I think you may have 5 guys a year who are upperclassmen in CFB who are earning over 7 figure NIL deals from just their schools boosters.

I see it leveling off which we have already kinda seen around the $30-$200k range. You may have a generational QB coming out of high school that gets a ridiculous bag.

Maybe I’m underestimating how dumb some of these boosters are, but if I was their accountant I would be slapping the backside of their head if they gave a 18 year old DL a 7 figure bag to go to the school they like.
 
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