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Posted on 7/6/22 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 7/6/22 at 2:50 pm
Phil Knight is 86 years old. Does Oregon lose some steam in this new NIL era once he kicks the bucket? All this expansion talk just got me thinking...
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Posted on 7/6/22 at 2:53 pm to Rebellion
Thought it said Orgeron and Phil Knight, and didn’t know where it would go from there.
Posted on 7/6/22 at 2:55 pm to Rebellion
Be interesting to see. Good question. Wonder if being headquartered in Beaverton is really that advantageous without someone wanting it there (doubt they get the best tax breaks that they could, didn’t check though).
Posted on 7/6/22 at 3:06 pm to Alyosha
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Thought it said Orgeron and Phil Knight, and didn’t know where it would go from there.
But...that is what it says...
Posted on 7/6/22 at 3:11 pm to imjustafatkid
Posted on 7/6/22 at 3:12 pm to imjustafatkid
Isn't Phil Knight's kids all deceased? If so, I reckon he leaves a good chunk of his money to the Oregon athletic department or to a trust or charity to pay for Oregon's NIL.
This post was edited on 7/6/22 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 7/6/22 at 3:18 pm to Shaft Williams
I was curious about that as well. It looks like his son, Travis Knight, is on the Nike BOD. Also a former rapper known as "Chilly Tee."
I assume Phil will leave a huge chunk of change to Oregon athletics, but I find it hard to believe that Oregon will still be used as Nike's beta testing subject like they are today.
I assume Phil will leave a huge chunk of change to Oregon athletics, but I find it hard to believe that Oregon will still be used as Nike's beta testing subject like they are today.
Posted on 7/6/22 at 3:35 pm to Rebellion
Phil throws around $100 million like it is candy, worth more than $60 billion. I imagine whatever trust Phil leaves the cash in would be less aggressively supportive of anything than Phil.
....BUt Oregon in the Big 12 would better enable their pipeline of TexASS Hs football players, maybe Oregon really takes off now that they will be in the Big 12....
....BUt Oregon in the Big 12 would better enable their pipeline of TexASS Hs football players, maybe Oregon really takes off now that they will be in the Big 12....
Posted on 7/6/22 at 9:20 pm to Rebellion
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I was curious about that as well. It looks like his son, Travis Knight, is on the Nike BOD. Also a former rapper known as "Chilly Tee."
I assume Phil will leave a huge chunk of change to Oregon athletics, but I find it hard to believe that Oregon will still be used as Nike's beta testing subject like they are today.
Nike has quite a few execs who were Ducks. Tinker Hatfield and so forth.
Posted on 7/6/22 at 10:06 pm to Rebellion
Yes. I'm sure we'll still be Nike's test child for uniforms because of Tinker Hatfield but there's no way the money keeps coming like it did for facilities.
I dont know if I'd rather go to the Big 10 or Big 12. Big 10 means money but we could end up like Nebraska. Big 12 means games in Texas, I'd rather have access to those recruits to replace SoCal than the Midwest.
Is there a possibility that a Pac/Big 12 merger could start a bidding war not because of TV contract $$ but over the CFP contract? There is a CFB Cold War between Fox and ESPN. If ESPN gets full media rights for the SEC, ACC, and PAC/B12 they have enough ADs in their pocket to continue to own CFB and and will lock up the CFP TV contract which is huge $$$. There is no way the bidding war would come close to the SEC and B1G payouts, but control of CFB is at stake so it could get payouts to the $60M range per school.
I dont know if I'd rather go to the Big 10 or Big 12. Big 10 means money but we could end up like Nebraska. Big 12 means games in Texas, I'd rather have access to those recruits to replace SoCal than the Midwest.
Is there a possibility that a Pac/Big 12 merger could start a bidding war not because of TV contract $$ but over the CFP contract? There is a CFB Cold War between Fox and ESPN. If ESPN gets full media rights for the SEC, ACC, and PAC/B12 they have enough ADs in their pocket to continue to own CFB and and will lock up the CFP TV contract which is huge $$$. There is no way the bidding war would come close to the SEC and B1G payouts, but control of CFB is at stake so it could get payouts to the $60M range per school.
This post was edited on 7/6/22 at 10:08 pm
Posted on 7/7/22 at 7:11 am to Rebellion
Probably but unless he dies in the next 6 months they will be in a conference for the seeable future and that’s all that matters.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 7:39 am to Rebellion
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I was curious about that as well. It looks like his son, Travis Knight, is on the Nike BOD. Also a former rapper known as "Chilly Tee."
Wow, looked up that kid's wikipedia. He must be hated by everyone at every company Phil Knight has anything to do with.
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