MGO Difference Maker NIL?
I know Brian has mentioned this before, maybe somewhat joking, but he's raised money for EDSBS and for Ace before so I'm sure he knows a good way to do it - when are we kicking off a program to raise money for difference maker players? If we move quickly, we can get a lot of attention - look at that guy at Miami. I know this board could squabble about it for the next 5 years so it is better that Brian just chooses a path and goes with it but I'd propose that Brian does something like hires 3-5 Brand Ambassadors for MGoBlog in the 2022 class or just skip to 2023, if we feel like it is too late. The requirements for the role are a top 50 (or top 25 or top 100 or top 10) in 24/7 and the first one to accept a scholarship and agree to a deal with MGo gets it. Brian fundraises among the readers - using whatever site he used for Ace or whatever for ' MGO DT, MGO CB, MGO LB, MGO OL MGO Any position and people donate to whatever fund we want so if we really need a DT - instead of people bitching about it, we just raise $100K for that. I think it is realistic that we could fund all of them at at least 25K with 50-100K for the serious needs (DT, CB). If we don't land a top 10 or top 25, etc guy that qualifies, it rolls over to the next year - as the need will be even greater and it will give something for the coaching staff to recruit with.
I'm not suggesting this is a perfect idea - mainly just proposing that Brian/Seth/etc. come up with a plan quickly and let us load the money cannon and see if there is something there. I would be totally fine with MGo taking a small cut for organizing and presumably they could use the players for appearances, content, etc. to make additional money for the site from this partnership. I also think just announcing a program would be amazing exposure for the site.
Call me crazy, but I love this idea.
I nominate FauxMo.
According to his old avatar, he offers free hugs.
Better yet, let the site advertisers pay for it.
If this site sponsors players, kiss any objective criticism toward them goodbye.
Who wouldn’t have bought those Shea Patterson golf club covers?
Dylan McCaffrey.
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The MGoFullback starts every game with a +2 UFR score
There’s like 6 people on this site who are mostly objective anyway.
This is not a comment on MGoBlog sponsorship,…
It seems there will be no limits on a fan that owns a company to provide unlimited NIL opportunities to players at a university. And when one rich alum opens the checkbook at a university, how do others not follow? Feels like a shitshow is about to happen. What are the limits? Too many loopholes.
I think you're describing what happens in the SEC every year. At least now the "clean" programs can offer the same without risking an NCAA penalty
Sure, but now it will be completely out of control and in the open. Imagine the NFL or NBA with no salary cap.
Some rich guys could literally pick a small college and fund a final four basketball team. It would be more fun and cheaper than buying an NBA team. The college would love it because most colleges these days are financially on the edge and a great basketball team gets their brand out and can dramatically impact enrollment.
I've always wanted my own college team.
"Sure, but now it will be completely out of control and in the open."
Uh, why is in the open bad?
Define out of control. You're talking about a wealthy benefactor but how do you think Oregon and Oklahoma State football got good?
Transparent is good. Great in fact. The out of control part will get shut down at some point for “fairness”.
A lot of people seem to oppose the free market now that NIL exists.
I don’t think 25k is going to remotely move the needle on a top 100 player.
It's a sliding scale. Kayvon Thibodeaux just scored six figures.
I hadn't thought of something like that. Thibodeaux didn't even have to go somewhere to have his picture taken.
I predict Oregon will have the most final four and NCAA football championship appearances over the next ten years.
maybe, but then the pot grows year by year. haha. maybe after six years a top ten LB sees the pot and says, that looks good.
I think it could be a base that they could see $25K waiting for them when they sign, and then they will go out and get other deals. Just like the Miami guy is basically promising $6K. I think that $25K, $50k, $100K, would be easy to accomplish for this site - something like $250K for a key need is doable. If the media covers it, M alums that aren't as big of recruiting nerds as us but still love M football and want to say that they helped pay for that DT will go to whatever fundraising site is set up and donate. While I'm sure we have our share of big $ readers, I suspect that there is a bit of an inverse relationship in general between time spent reading about recruiting and your tax bracket. The $100K for Ace was raised with just the core of the MGoBlog community and for something that probably isn't as meaningful as a Top 100 DT to many of us. This has the potential to reach my much more successful former B school finance classmates that don't visit the site 5-10 times a day but if they see something about M on ESPN.com will want to get involved.
People talk about the rich Michigan grads but crowdfunding will be a key piece. Lots of $$ to be had and also increases the attention on NIL benefits - the perception of which school best gets guys paid is going to matter.
I'm looking for somewhere to set a recurring donation.
Think of all the crap ace got when people did not like how he spent his crowd funding, now think what happens when that crowd funded 5 star has a bad game. Ouch, that will be ugly. I think crowd funding might not be the best idea.
That happens to players as it is now. They might as well get paid for it.
I don’t really think those are the same situations…like, at all
I agree, but I still think it would get a bad reaction. You see it among boosters that suddenly think they are part of the program because hey give money. This would be the robin hood version of boosters for an athletic department. Just saying it may not be all roses. If I was a recruit I would stay away from crowd funding.
Yeah... So if you're a recruit that grew up in a low-income neighborhood, with crime all around you, and some web site says it'll give you $100K to play football in Ann Arbor, you will stay away because someone might get mad at you someday.
Sure thing...
Is this some kind of schizophrenic vablue inner monologue?
LOL!! No... I've used the 'VaBlue' name since the mid-90's. But this interloper happened to stumble upon MGoBlog before I did and stole it from me.
I’m almost always happy to give some $$ to the money cannon for a charity.
I will not be giving any money to the money cannon if it’s repurposed to give money to an athlete.
I don’t care if others want to do that, but that’s just me.
Amazing blog post. Let this be the start.
To Bill Brasky! The best damn salesman in the office!
His poop is considered currency in Peru.
Are you guys talking about Bill Brasky? I know Bill Brasky!
The only thing I don’t fully grasp about the NIL situation is how it relates to what have traditionally been referred to as “boosters”. I’d guess that a fair amount (maybe not a majority) of us MGoUsers are season ticket holders. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe we have been classified as boosters in the past. Does that even apply now?
We all make personal seat donations, so by some definition (giving donations to the AD), we’re all boosters.
It's just a shell [company] game.
The Miami booster gets around any issues because he is creating a new company specifically for the purpose of distributing money to players for NIL. Because the company has never donated to the U before, it is not a problem within the state of Florida NIL law. I think--mostly-- all of the states with NIL laws are set up similarly, and the federal law, too, for states without their own.
"Although Lambert is a Miami booster, Florida’s NIL law don’t prohibit Bring Back The U from facilitating endorsements because it’s a new business that has never donated to the university."
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article252611798.html
I love it. Have the recruit I mean MGoBlog Brand Ambassador sell kickstarter type rewards. $50 for a custom and autographed MGo Collectible Trading card, $100 a signed Jordan hat. Brian, help us get Walter Nolan paid, yo
IMO, we should raise money, every year, for the starting holder. Someone who otherwise may not have an opportunity to get into the NIL action. We can present him with a oversized mgoblog check every year when the starting holder is announced.
Who was that guy a few years ago who was making highlight films of his holding prowess? That guy would have been a great ambassador for mgoblog!
Cheeseman! That was one of my favorite things to come out of the football team in the last few years....
Now I'm depressed that one of my favorite things to come out of the football team in the last few years is a holder's highlight video.
Double post.. Just call me Twitchy Fingers.
This is a great idea and Brian should do this ASAP. The media and free advertising alone would cover whatever money he gives to the holder.
If you're going to do that I think it has to be the MGoFullback. And with the site's fascination with redshirts, I think you have to work that in there somehow too. A redshirting bonus maybe?
Just have the AD up the Personal Seat Donation to $2000 per seat with $1500 of that going to the slush fund.......er, I mean NIL pool of money.
NOLEN NOLEN NOLEN
Mgoblog turning into the bag man is a twist worthy of M Night Shyamalan
Just imagine the branding opportunities if the F**k Lion was still on the team.
Finally we can actually affect what is happening on the field!
One thing that I’d maybe wonder about is the amount of power the recruiting sites will have (rivals, 24/7, ESPN) in determining how much fans want to pay a player. And they aren’t necessarily great scouts as compared to real college coaches. May be helpful to have an independent Mgoranking of recruits we should be prioritizing our funding for, or even have Harbaugh just publish his recruiting board for us.