Is lack of NIL hurting Football Program

It could be better. Just another reason why warde should be canned. 

Because the players don’t know who the head coach is going to be. 

Yes

I don’t even know how to respond to this post at this point. Short answer….yes. 

Yes.

What an original idea for a post. I don't think this has ever been discussed here before.

Do you think Blake Corum was begging for food scraps at the Y?

There's nothing wrong with Michigan's NIL program.  If you think paying kids to come to your school is the key to a title, go root for Texas A&M.

This has been said a million times:

We don't give out inducements. We don't promise money to recruits/transfers, just opportunities for NIL.

We lose out on people because of this. But it also leads to a winning culture and not a Miami or Texas A&M culture.

Obviously it can be done and still win: Alabama under Saban, for example. And for all the mocking of OSU we do, they've won a LOT of games.

Biggest issue right now is we don't have any idea what our coaching staff will be. Once that's settled, if it's still Harbaugh, we'll recover.

If it's Moore, we'll find out how that goes.

Yes

The last time Michigan lost to a team with more talent was Georgia in 2021 

I dunno, Michigan is already under two investigations with the NCAA. It seems like it would be a bad time to start inducing players (which is still not allowed) to play for M during this period.

OSU is desperate and throwing money at the issue and who knows if it will work. I kind of hope it implodes hilariously and then the NCAA investigations start. We'll see how it plays out.

In short, I don't know if lack of NIL is the issue so much as dumb NCAA rules and bad timing for poking that particular bear (if M is even inclined to get on the pay for play train).

It is now.  NCAA seems to be cracking down on the way in which it hurts us most -- inducing recruits to sign.  We've made very good use of NIL to retain players and extend their college years.  If that's the direction this is to go, and with adequate funding, we will be OK.  If this remains mostly a legal bagman, we will continue to be in trouble.

Downs had Ohio State second in his recruitment, and Sayin was a big fan of BOB. Ohio State has capitalized on Saban retiring. The guys going to OSU were never coming to Michigan. Those are the guys that go to USC, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Miami, Georgia, and Texas. It used to also be Bama too, we’ll see going forward if that’s the case. Michigan will never do NIL the way these programs do, and fans really shouldn’t want them to. There’s doing better and then there’s what those programs do. 

The answer you’re looking for is yes to a degree. But Michigan also just a national championship. They’ll never be the team to sign 5-10 5 stars every class. Michigan can replicate that success by recruiting and developing elite lineman on both sides of the ball and having someone like JJ at QB.

Honestly I think a JR year Davis can be that at the college level and as long as the lines continue as they have been, Michigan will compete again in a few years. Michigan will never be the team to throw money at recruits the way some programs do and honestly it’s for the better. It creates problems most of the time. But they can certainly do a better job  with NIL and utilize it more to their advantage. Michigan won’t ever sign the Dante Moore or Bryce Underwood, but a guy like Davis or Carter Smith they will. As we have seen. Those guys can win national championships. Carter will end up ranked almost where JJ was and he has the ability to be a winner with some development and he’ll get that behind Davis.

Those are the kind of guys you want. They’re not focused on the money, but obviously they’ll earn the right to make money at the college level as they should. That’s when Michigan needs to be better and get guys decent sponsorships and endorsements that make them good money while they’re delivering for the team. 

Is water wet??

If Harbaugh was staying I believe we could continue to win no matter what but without an NFL super bowl level coach idk. 

We will see just how bad our NIL is if/when Harbaugh leaves as there will be 30 days of free agency/tampering bidding war for our players especially our defense players.

Look at Bama players they were giving Saban a discount, he leaves, boom.

I'm terrified because I look at our basketball program which has gone from a top 10 program to the worst team in the B1G in a few years and the response seems to be extremely lethargic. Saving money seems to be the most important aspect and it can't be.

I do think there's a chance that Moore is a much better recruiter than Harbaugh as he's younger and he's not going to sit across from a guy and be completely weird like Harbaugh was with St Brown. Plus you do get a recruiting bump with a new coach, usually so we'll see.

I really don't care. My NATIONAL CHAMPS hat hasn't even arrived in the mail yet and dudes are already crapping their pants over next season.

Ohio State has bought highly-touted players every offseason for over two decades. It did nothing to stop Michigan from slapping them around for the last three years and winning the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP with a 15-0 record, something those crying pussies down in America's sewer have never done.

For the next seven months, the last college football game to be played will be a THREE TOUCHDOWN MICHIGAN VICTORY to win the National Championship. Back off the ledge and enjoy it! We should be taking this victory and rubbing it in, not worrying about what's going to happen when it's sixty degrees warmer than it is now.