Marching Band NIL at Wisconsin
Kudos to this young Badger Mellowphone player for breaking ground in the marching band NIL world (bonus points for partnering with Kwik Trip). Hopefully we might see some MMB students following soon
October 30th, 2023 at 12:27 PM ^
And as soon as I posted this, one of my friends let me know Iowa is on this as well https://www.press-citizen.com/story/entertainment/2023/10/20/hawkeye-marching-bands-mellophone-section-sign-nil-deal/71245469007/
October 30th, 2023 at 12:28 PM ^
The cheesehead band is a pretty good one. glad everyone is getting in on the money pot that is NCAA football....
October 30th, 2023 at 12:50 PM ^
All of this continues to overlook, in an increasingly nutty way, that the people making the money--universities--are giving up nothing. Players are not getting paid, least of all by those exploiting them. NIL is an opportunity to freelance, really, nothing more.
Thank god that Jim gets this even if the average fan doesn't. Schools must privately laugh their asses off. . . all the way to the bank.
October 30th, 2023 at 12:28 PM ^
What's insane is that it was NEVER prohibited for someone in the marching bands to have a deal like this but it was for ALL athletes. Good for this kid taking the initiative.
Also - I'd never heard of a mellophone before so I'm glad to have learned something new this morning.
October 30th, 2023 at 12:29 PM ^
This is awesome. Thanks for sharing!
October 30th, 2023 at 12:35 PM ^
I'll bet they actually make him do something to earn his NIL.
October 30th, 2023 at 12:35 PM ^
Nice. Kwik Trip is great. No equal in Michigan (though Holiday, which has branches in Gaylord and the UP, is very good and has excellent coffee).
October 30th, 2023 at 12:42 PM ^
Michigan has terrible convenience stores. Please bring a Wawa, Sheetz, anything. People here don't know what they're missing.
October 30th, 2023 at 1:25 PM ^
We call them Party Stores. And we have lots and lots of them everywhere. Very convenient.
October 30th, 2023 at 2:05 PM ^
They aren't even in the same ballpark unless all you want is a bottle of liquor and a 6 month old twinkie.
October 30th, 2023 at 1:41 PM ^
I second the motion, especially if it involves Wawa!
I grew up in A2, moved to NJ for about 15 yrs and then moved back to A2 in 2016. My time in NJ introduced me to Wawa and all of its wonders. I miss it, especially their $1 fresh soft pretzels.
October 30th, 2023 at 3:48 PM ^
Casey’s General Store should be everywhere.
October 30th, 2023 at 12:45 PM ^
They now have a few Kwik Trips in the Yoop.
October 30th, 2023 at 12:49 PM ^
I spent 5 years in Madison doing my residency and fellowship. I miss those Kwik Trip donuts.
October 30th, 2023 at 1:32 PM ^
The only donuts worth missing are Krispy Kremes. And if you don't think so, you're just wrong. I will tolerate no other donut opinions.
October 30th, 2023 at 2:43 PM ^
Wow! I wish I had thought of marketing myself many decades ago!
My most exciting moment was when a group of kids asked for my autograph after a concert. So I took some sheets of music out of my flip folder and gave them to them. Later I realized what I did probably violated copyright laws, but I was having a thing with the student secretary of the band at the time, so she replaced them for me and there was no subsequent sheet-music-gate.
Hopefully the statute of limitations has been exceeded by now...
October 30th, 2023 at 2:56 PM ^
That's fantastic! Hopefully some of those kids went on to join the MMB!
October 30th, 2023 at 3:02 PM ^
Wow, you didn’t have to pay game day prices for the replacements? Lucky.
October 30th, 2023 at 4:08 PM ^
Great initiative! Good on him.