Looks like booster/sponsor Jonathan McGuire, who owns the area McDonald's, has laid the foundation for a collective.
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That's my thought. If I didn't already give to BRAA, I might feel different. But I'm gonna need an enticement to give $ that is going directly to the players. Simply because I know my money management skills weren't great in college, and I doubt I was by myself in that boat.Long overdue, I’ll still spend my money on the school and not players but if they get together some things to give out I might be interested.
Following.
I’m interested to see how this shakes out. I’ve no problem kicking a little money towards our guys.
If I’m gonna give money to kids, it will be my grandkids. Not a “student-athlete” on a full ride for 4, 5 or in special circumstances even 6 years. But you guys do what you feel.If you want to keep players and win championships it is the only way.
I understand people are hesitant to give money to temperamental young kids, but that's the name of the game these days. Adapt or die
I’m kinda in the same boat.If I’m gonna give money to kids, it will be my grandkids. Not a “student-athlete” on a full ride for 4, 5 or in special circumstances even 6 years. But you guys do what you feel.
Those are actually nice jerseys. I've had an authentic football for years that I won in a giveaway. My wife got me a basketball one from AT for Christmas. I just wanted a jersey to display but benefit was King getting some $ simply because I wanted #10. They have sales often. She signed up for texts and got 15% off.New perk of NIL is a partnership to where you can but jerseys (normal ($100), shirt ($35), hoodie ($60), and sweater ($54) are the options) for individual athletes. Seems like the only have current sports up so if you want football, you can go to all sports tab and then "NCAA Football" filter.
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We all are that way. That's why I'm only at the $250 BRAA level. I'd be higher if I could, but right now the kids and paying the house off come first. And if I have to choose NIL or BRAA, it will always be BRAA. If I throw any extra it'll be to BuildBlue or NIL once they entice me enough with the benefits.I’m kinda in the same boat.
It’s not because I don’t want to give to the collective / BRAA / NIL, it’s that I don’t have the money. There isn’t a LOT of room in the budget
Glad I’m not the only one.We all are that way. That's why I'm only at the $250 BRAA level. I'd be higher if I could, but right now the kids and paying the house off come first. And if I have to choose NIL or BRAA, it will always be BRAA. If I throw any extra it'll be to BuildBlue or NIL once they entice me enough with the benefits.
They are Athlete's Thread branded. I modded mine a bit since the wife has a Cricut. Changed the tag and added the Nike & CUSA logos. Folded it up to hide the AT tag at the bottom. For $85 I'm happy.Those merch prices aren't THAT bad. Assuming the jerseys are authentic and on brand...
And if I have to choose NIL or BRAA, it will always be BRAA.
Those are slickThey are Athlete's Thread branded. I modded mine a bit since the wife has a Cricut. Changed the tag and added the Nike & CUSA logos. Folded it up to hide the AT tag at the bottom. For $85 I'm happy.
It's not my football jersey that came from MT Equipment, but still looks good in my office for sure.
100% it is the most direct way and as Wiley said, the way things are now.Why? What’s the difference?
One goes into the pockets of admins and (mis)management, the other goes to the kids who will actually be playing for your team.
But I really don’t think the NIL collective is a bad idea.
In fact, it might be the most direct way to influence on field success.
If I’m gonna give money to kids, it will be my grandkids. Not a “student-athlete” on a full ride for 4, 5 or in special circumstances even 6 years. But you guys do what you feel.
Just now learning that a big Stock defender is one of the founders of the collective immediately disqualifies them from getting any money from me.
I totally see that. And I'm not fully defending him and others like him as they said things I don't agree with at all.Just now learning that a big Stock defender is one of the founders of the collective immediately disqualifies them from getting any money from me.
I will give Jeff credit, he is consistent in his hatred for me lol. I will say I don’t doubt he loves MTSU. I’m okay with someone that differs from my view leading this as it has nothing to do with loyalty and everything to do with basically running a business and Jeff does do that for a living.Just now learning that a big Stock defender is one of the founders of the collective immediately disqualifies them from getting any money from me.
I’m meeting de Leon next week to discuss fundraising. If anyone has any questions you’d want to ask him let me know. This collective group sounds pretty strong.
It's just something I will have to prioritize. I have two in college and single income now. I retire from military in 2 1/2 months, so i will have to see how that shakes out after finding new career.
I've stayed away recently, just surpassed the one-year mark since my wife passed, so I just been there for my kids. I hope to be back to normal soon.
It's not gonna stop unless some sort of rules system is put in place.
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It’s not gonna stop.
We’re just going to have to adapt and remember that the door swings both ways.
Hopefully some of those guys are dudes who just need a chance to get on the field.is trading our stars for their busts really something you're interested in ?
Hopefully some of those guys are dudes who just need a chance to get on the field.
If you listened to Derek Mason on the Blue Raider Podcast episode, he said the focus of NIL in his program will be on roster retainment, keeping those players here. So we will see
Yeah obviously you’re still going to lose some guys to P4 in this era no matter what. Just is what it is.Of course. We have a hard time keeping our good players here. It would make no sense to spend the money trying to buy players from other teams.
Still, I don't know how much it will matter. I heard at some point all our basketball players were getting 30k/year. I'm not sure if this is still being paid out to them.
Despite this, we still lost our leading scorer last year (Eli Lawrence) to TAMU (who paid him nothing to go there). So we couldn't even keep our leading scorer and lost him to a Power 5 that paid him nothing
I completely agree on the part about the kids not believing it. What I meant by that tho is that getting someone who didn’t produce at a P5 isn’t necessarily a bad pickup basically.Try to tell these overconfident college kids the grass isn't always greener. I agree with you that it's not, but these kids think they're going to the NBA or NFL. And it doesn't matter if they're riding the bench or starting somewhere else because once they're gone they're gone.
I have no confidence in McDevitt when it comes to a plug & play roster. The very little success he's had here at MT has come from junior/senior laden & experienced teams. Hard to have that when your good experienced players are always leaving.
With football I don't even care anymore. 100% lost cause in my opinion. Last year our entire defensive line (and really the whole front 7) entered the portal. The year before that our whole offensive line left. MT will never been able to retain talent and the only time G5's are ever any good is when they have "old" rosters filled with good junior and senior players. That won't be a thing for us anymore.