NIL Question Re: our AD

it better not be;

he doesn't have to like it, but he has to understand that's the name of the game these days; period;

He's against a 50/50 split of revenue since it would lead to having to discontinue all the non-revenue producing sports.

Hunter (and mainly his weak-minded BOT) don't want the common folk contributing to an NIL fund when they would normally have to be forced to only give to thew a school/foundation.

We can't have that now can we? We have to take the 'righteous and moral' highground until we've gone full Vandy. (when in essence its all about greed from the school).

It's a joke that the school fights common folk collectives like they do and then cry poor...

I’ve seen that link before. I could swear that I’ve also seen that KJ is like 750K-1mil. If that is true though, I’m laughing.

The info in that link is worthless.

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I don’t know if Hunter is against it, but I know he’s not serious about it LINK. Making a coaching change may get us back to 6-6, but until you start seeing Arkansas players on that list….we won’t be sniffing a playoff bid.

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That list is how much their name is worth, not how much they are actually making. We will never know how much any of them make because their not getting paid from the state/government.

We have the money. We choose not to play the NIL game. I don’t think it’s smart based on how much and how long we’ve sucked more than not. That said, agree that there are better ways to utilize NIL money like Utah giving all of their linemen new trucks, but on lease. Set up deals like that where they get it end of season or whenever makes sense if they perform or we lose a lot less if they don’t. Lord knows it’s better than giving someone $1mil and a Corvette -#Money4Nothing&Chicks4Free

I don't think we're on the same page exactly. We absolutely have to play the game if everyone else is. I don't love NIL but sky screaming about it won't help.

I'm not talking about spending less. Or putting stipulations on it. I'm talking about a HC/staff being intricately involved in putting that money where it can get the most value.

We can honestly have an advantage here because the Bama's, Ohio State's of the world are going to end up overpaying for the big names.

In the NFL it's all about understanding where your money is going to be effective. Teams get advantages by realizing they can skate by with mediocre players at certain positions like RB, sometimes CB.

Sometimes you can even win by paying less at the most important position, QB, because the top guys end up being paid even more than their value.

There's not one answer here, but I would really like a coach who's putting a lot of analysis into these types of questions. Sam is coming off as "Welp we didn't have enough money to fill out the roster properly, nothing I can do about that"

If our NIL is even close to that low, you can stick a fork in the program. No coach worth anything is going to try to compete with the other programs on that list.

I switched the list over to basketball and I'm getting "*chuckles* I'm in danger" spidey senses. If its even remotely accurate, that's not good for the future of that program as well.

ETA: That On3 list is doo-doo. Here is how they get their numbers:

"On3 NIL Valuation calculates an athlete’s Brand Value and Roster Value by using data points targeting three primary categories — performance, influence and exposure."

Mostly meaningless, however, I've heard from multiple people associated with the program that NIL is problematic and is going to be problematic unless something changes. I've said before, its not just the big fish like the Hunts, its about having a lot of smaller fish, like LSU has with Todd Graves (Raisin Canes founder) just a single example of many die-hard LSU boosters that we don't have.