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Miami could make off like bandits if the program were run by cunning winners and not sjw sociology majors.

miami has a tv market that dwarfs every other college outside of LA. a smart school would use that market to get advertisers to pay the kids.

id also have benefits include all the **** that the little ponzi scheme dude was doing.

Miami has tons of money, and I think people dont realize just how much a billion dollars is. For example ONE billionaire can provide more money than the entire non billionaire alumni base of a state school. So school size is irrelevant. We have multiple billionaires as boosters, as most schools do, which means everyone is about equal regardless of alumni size.
 
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I think there is not much to lose for Miami from this and plenty to potentially gain. We as fans are focusing a lot today on the players currently on teams.

My thought is this benefits recruits who stay local. The third best running back in a number of south Florida counties is not a national or even statewide name. But to his locality (town, city, school district) there is some level of name recognition. When that guy enrolls in college locally he can immediately return to the area he grew up in and leverage his brand there. That same player is a nobody in his new market and his only opportunity is to become a star there or be involved in the new bag game from the get go. This applies to all geographies. Are businesses really going to promise new cars for the South Florida star who will be the third string running back at Tennessee?

That same recruit (remember not a top 200 recruit) is going to get brand deals from some business 500 miles away? If he does, then it’s just back to the bag game, which is the status quo. The status quo sucks but it doesn’t push Miami any further down than it currently is. A change at least allows Miami to get into this new bag game and compete more strongly for the recruits the top 5-10 programs don’t take.

I would also hazard a guess the bag game for most Miami recruits today isn’t that strong - outside of Rivers, Chaney, and Williams this recruiting class didn’t have any bag-worthy players. The last recruiting class didn’t either. What this change could allow for is Miami to lock up local talent in the top 200-1000 recruit ranking range with local businesses is my way too early speculation.

I don’t see the huge downside. I don’t necessarily see a massive obvious upside that is destined to happen but the downside to me is things stay the same. If Miami can get back to winning games, filing stadiums, and being a national/global brand then yeah Miami could kill in this new world. But today it isn’t doing those things.
 
to add to my prior point:

Alex Rodriguez has enough money and income where he could buy the incoming recruiting class a new BMW each every single year. By himself. And hes not a billionaire. The Bacardi family has more money than the entire state of Mississippi.

Now WILL they do that? Probably not. Would UM campaign to get them to? Certainly not as they pretend to be some “above the fray” school (that cares about getting players a useless degree so they can pat themselves on the back as typical neo-liberal-narcissists)

The point is, the only thing that matters now is getting the people who have unstoppable spending money to actually pay up. Bama does it. We dont bc we dont WANT it.
 
Andrew said:
Players can not strike deals with the university and therefore have no right to profit from UM jerseys sells.
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I don’t think they can stop someone from buying the jerseys, paying the kids to sign them and then the payor selling the jerseys.
 
Clemson radio up here is in arms about this. They are whining and crying call after call about this pay for play for players image and likeness.
 
gacaneaddict said:
Clemson radio up here is in arms about this. They are whining and crying call after call about this pay for play for players image and likeness.
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Clemson fans and Dabo easily recognize this could hurt them. Might be hard on them when Georgia Tech (good recruit geography and larger market) has a legal bag game the equivalent of Clemson’s current illegal one.
 
gacaneaddict said:
Clemson radio up here is in arms about this. They are whining and crying call after call about this pay for play for players image and likeness.
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of course they are and not just bc it could massively level the playing field, but bc these confederate fans dont view players as people, more as livestock that entertains them. like minstrel shows.
 
These guys will have a sells pitch.


Top 10 colleges for licensed merchandise sales
According an article over at Statesman.com, the SEC has five schools that are in the top 10 for licensed merchandise sales.
Here is the top 10:
1. Texas
2. Alabama
3. Kentucky
4. Florida
5. Michigan
6. Louisiana State
7. North Carolina
8. Georgia
9. Notre Dame
10. Oklahoma
 
PCBcanefan said:
These guys will have a sells pitch.


Top 10 colleges for licensed merchandise sales
According an article over at Statesman.com, the SEC has five schools that are in the top 10 for licensed merchandise sales.
Here is the top 10:
1. Texas
2. Alabama
3. Kentucky
4. Florida
5. Michigan
6. Louisiana State
7. North Carolina
8. Georgia
9. Notre Dame
10. Oklahoma
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Old article but this gives the top 75.

licensinginternational.org

Collegiate Licensing Company Names Top Selling Universities and Manufacturers for 2012-13 - Licensing International

ATLANTA, Ga., (August 12, 2013) –Collegiate Licensing Company, LLC (CLC), an affiliate of IMG College, today announced its annual list of top-selling institutions and manufacturers.
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It put Miami at 37. Supposedly certain schools aren’t part of this licensing group so Miami is likely in the top 40-50 range easily. Top 40-50 is where I would peg the programs success recently too. Miami returning to being a consistently ranked program and winning 8+ games a year over a 3-5 year period would help them jump a lot of teams on that list.
 
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TheOldU2002 said:
to add to my prior point:

Alex Rodriguez has enough money and income where he could buy the incoming recruiting class a new BMW each every single year. By himself. And hes not a billionaire. The Bacardi family has more money than the entire state of Mississippi.

Now WILL they do that? Probably not. Would UM campaign to get them to? Certainly not as they pretend to be some “above the fray” school (that cares about getting players a useless degree so they can pat themselves on the back as typical neo-liberal-narcissists)

The point is, the only thing that matters now is getting the people who have unstoppable spending money to actually pay up. Bama does it. We dont bc we dont WANT it.
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Why should Alex Rodgriguez or any of these rich people care about Miami football? What gives you the impression that they could be convinced to do this? You all think that just because someone has money and lives in the city they are waiting for someone to come along and ask them for some. You can bet Richt was trying everything he could to get funding for the IPF that he donated more to than you will ever see in your lifetime. These rich people you think are waiting around to help the team were not interested then. They aren't going to be interested now nor in the future.
 
I didn't read all 4 pages, not sure if mentioned but...


Why would this be limited to individuals? Could Nike promise a shoe design for a kid if they choose to sign with Oregon?
 
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SFbayCane said:
I didn't read all 4 pages, not sure if mentioned but...


Why would this be limited to individuals? Could Nike promise a shoe design for a kid if they choose to sign with Oregon?
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imo, the apparel and shoe game is more for college basketball than football since it means they have inside track on a future lottery pick who can sell shoes. no one gives a **** what an NFL player wears.
 
PanteraCanes said:
Why should Alex Rodgriguez or any of these rich people care about Miami football? What gives you the impression that they could be convinced to do this? You all think that just because someone has money and lives in the city they are waiting for someone to come along and ask them for some. You can bet Richt was trying everything he could to get funding for the IPF that he donated more to than you will ever see in your lifetime. These rich people you think are waiting around to help the team were not interested then. They aren't going to be interested now nor in the future.
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arod did his part. he did it for the baseball team (see Arod Park at Mark light field). hes an avid supporter of all miami athletics, as well.
 
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