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To fund the team we may have to
Posted on 1/17/24 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 1/17/24 at 4:05 pm
Stop going to the games? Send all that game day money not to UA but directly into NIL. The university can’t put money directly into NIL so helping it isn’t exactly a direct way to “fund” the team anymore. Sure supporting the team and going to games are important but if 45k people stayed home every week and put whatever they would have spent directly into NIL what would that buy you? If you got 2-3 additional elite players per year that could be a game changer at the end of the year. Crazy game has come down to who’s got the biggest war fund.
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Posted on 1/17/24 at 4:06 pm to LucedaleTider
I think a half empty stadium would hurt the team as well.
Posted on 1/17/24 at 4:10 pm to LucedaleTider
Alabama’s problem is not NIL funding. They’re at the top and the very top (Horn and Aggy) is not attainable by any of the other blue bloods.
Posted on 1/17/24 at 4:12 pm to LucedaleTider
Who is going to fund maintaining all these facilities and pay players as well.
That BB arena is a dream.
That BB arena is a dream.
Posted on 1/17/24 at 4:28 pm to LucedaleTider
Completely understand people not wanting to pay their hard earned money to an NIL collective.
That said, I think you lose the right to complain about lack of success that’s directly impacted by a relatively lacking NIL collective. That starts with recruiting and transfers over to games.
Our fanbase is in the millions. If you took the capacity of Bryant Denny and had those people contribute $10 a month, that’s over 12 million a year. That obviously doesn’t even factor those that pay more and in some cases substantially more.
This is new territory for our middle class fanbase. Most haven’t contributed because we haven’t had to. FSU saw their membership jump 10x after the playoff “snub” and most are just contributing a few dollars. It adds up though. I’d never question someone’s fandom if they didn’t contribute, but at the same time I spend more than that in a day on vices if I really break it down and average it out. Many of us are probably paying that for a streaming service or gym membership or magazine subscription we barely use. If you aren’t going to add an additional expense, maybe look at your current expenses and consider reallocating. More money isn’t going to hurt the program, and until we get some guardrails on this, this is the world we’re operating in.
That said, I think you lose the right to complain about lack of success that’s directly impacted by a relatively lacking NIL collective. That starts with recruiting and transfers over to games.
Our fanbase is in the millions. If you took the capacity of Bryant Denny and had those people contribute $10 a month, that’s over 12 million a year. That obviously doesn’t even factor those that pay more and in some cases substantially more.
This is new territory for our middle class fanbase. Most haven’t contributed because we haven’t had to. FSU saw their membership jump 10x after the playoff “snub” and most are just contributing a few dollars. It adds up though. I’d never question someone’s fandom if they didn’t contribute, but at the same time I spend more than that in a day on vices if I really break it down and average it out. Many of us are probably paying that for a streaming service or gym membership or magazine subscription we barely use. If you aren’t going to add an additional expense, maybe look at your current expenses and consider reallocating. More money isn’t going to hurt the program, and until we get some guardrails on this, this is the world we’re operating in.
Posted on 1/17/24 at 4:43 pm to LucedaleTider
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To fund the team we may have to
Start selling nil fund cookies. At $6 a box we should make a killing
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