Goodbread Article: NIL Donations More Important Than Arena Pledges Right Now

[4Q Basket Case]

Interesting article from Chase Goodbread of the Tuscaloosa News:

With a Final Four wind at its back, Alabama basketball needs NIL help more than an arena | Goodbread (msn.com)

Note: This is NOT the troll / clickbait king of al.com, Joseph Goodman.

You might agree. You might not. I'm a bit undecided. Still, the punchline at the end makes an interesting argument: "Winning now begets arena donations. Arena donations don't beget winning now."

 

[Isaiah 63:1]

Makes sense to me. And I think CNO has as much as said that NIL funding is more important than a new arena…

 

[rjtide]

I've been hesitant to donate to Yea Alabama. Mainly b/c of what the author of the article has written: that theres very little transparency in NIL deals and how much these student athletes are being paid. But I will say the Yea Alabama collective *states* on their website (and their admin team emailed me to confirm) that 100% of donations go directly to the student athlete. This is the new world of college athletics. Lets see what new twists and turns occur in the next 3-5 year timeframe with all of this

 

[TexasBama]

I saw in another thread that Bediako didn’t get any NIL money, which may or may not have contributed to his decision to go pro last year. I don’t think we should be in the position where a player would have to make that kind of decision.

the number I’ve seen for a new arena is in the 300 million range. If you consider NIL as an investment, it’s surely a better payout than a new building.

 

[TideEngineer08]

Facilities do not matter as much in this new world.

We wasted millions on the last upgrade to Bryant-Denny.

 

[rolltide_21]

It is my understanding one of the primary reasons Oats stayed was the pledges to NIL. He's building something here even though he did have some measure of interest in the UK job. For the future, this is the right investment if you're going to compete.

 

[dayhiker]

I saw in another thread that Bediako didn’t get any NIL money, which may or may not have contributed to his decision to go pro last year. I don’t think we should be in the position where a player would have to make that kind of decision.

the number I’ve seen for a new arena is in the 300 million range. If you consider NIL as an investment, it’s surely a better payout than a new building.

I read somewhere that the reason we played Purdue in Toronto was so that both Edey and Bediako could financially benefit. It was scheduled way before Bediako left.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

As originally intended, NIL was supposed to have no connection to the school. That was a farce from Day 1 (see aTm's 2021-22 recruiting class). Since then, the NCAA has dropped all pretense. They've halted all investigations into violation of NIL rules and said that they won't open any new ones.

IOW, there are no rules and won't be any.

Which brings me around to a suggestion for the Yea Alabama collective: Since the collective doesn't have to be separate from the school anymore, award Tide Pride points for donations.

Right now, it's just a gift, and it isn't even tax deductible. With just a little quid pro quo (that doesn't cost the Athletic Department a dime), I think you'd see donations to Yea Alabama increase substantially.

 

[B1GTide]

As originally intended, NIL was supposed to have no connection to the school. That was a farce from Day 1 (see aTm's 2021-22 recruiting class). Since then, the NCAA has dropped all pretense. They've halted all investigations into violation of NIL rules and said that they won't open any new ones.

IOW, there are no rules and won't be any.

Which brings me around to a suggestion for the Yea Alabama collective: Since the collective doesn't have to be separate from the school anymore, award Tide Pride points for donations.

Right now, it's just a gift, and it isn't even tax deductible. With just a little quid pro quo (that doesn't cost the Athletic Department a dime), I think you'd see donations to Yea Alabama increase substantially.

What just happened with Proctor is an example of why I will not donate to NILs. He took money from their collective, then left without playing a down for them.

 

[GP for Bama]

I believe the NCAA (or somebody) could have a rule mandating that all NIL contracts and payments to athletes must be made public. This would include all from "collectives" and businesses and individuals. Also the terms of the contracts.
This would at least expose what the athlete is "supposed" to do for the NIL deal.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

I believe the NCAA (or somebody) could have a rule mandating that all NIL contracts and payments to athletes must be made public. This would include all from "collectives" and businesses and individuals. Also the terms of the contracts.
This would at least expose what the athlete is "supposed" to do for the NIL deal.

I agree with your intent, but I don’t think it will ever happen.

The NCAA has capitulated, acknowledging that it doesn’t have legal standing to exert one iota of control over NIL. IOW, it’s no longer an NCAA issue. It’s an issue for the courts, and you have a 9-0 decision from SCOTUS (O’Bannon) to contend with.

If a state-funded school has a legal connection to the pay-for-play contract, you might be able to force public disclosure in the states that have sunshine laws regarding state contracts. But if it’s a private school, I’m not sure such laws would apply.

Even if it is a publicly-funded school in a state that has sunshine laws on state contracts, it would take about 2 seconds for the affected legislature to pass an exemption.

I’d love transparency too. I don’t see it happening.