– A group of passionate Fairfield University alumni have launched Red Sea Rising; official collective and Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) entity to support Fairfield student-athletes...
Post by thetripleteam on Apr 2, 2024 7:27:06 GMT -5
Glad to see this happening, albeit, late to the game. Better late than never though. I was with a friend who went to Georgetown over the weekend and was told a transfer lacrosse player was paid $50k to come to the school. We have deep pockets at the school, time for the big guns to step up.
As a long time fan I just don’t see myself participating in a FF NIL collective for FF athletes at this time. Perhaps that will change for me , but paying players to play for your school on top of providing a full scholarship just does not sit right with me at this time. My financial support of athletics will continue as it has for years via the “Friends” program administered by the Athletic department.
As a long time fan I just don’t see myself participating in a FF NIL collective for FF athletes at this time. Perhaps that will change for me , but paying players to play for your school on top of providing a full scholarship just does not sit right with me at this time. My financial support of athletics will continue as it has for years via the “Friends” program administered by the Athletic department.
Agree in principle. But unfortunately, until the rules change, we'll be at a disadvantage without it.
Odds of the rules changing, 1% (because it tough to say "never"). Once you start giving out money, it's very difficult to take it back.
NCAA is now professional sports.
That said, I don't anticipate diverting my contributions to specific players vs. directly to the Athletic Department or Friends programs.
Although, I am tempted to purchase an "Emina" sweat shirt. 😂 athletesthread.com
Post by reindeerfan on Apr 2, 2024 11:14:30 GMT -5
Our pockets are not as deep as other programs, they are just maybe deeper than some MAAC schools. We are not going to compete with Georgetown for players, or with St. John's. St. John's has one donor Mike Repole, the founder of Vitamin Water, who will give more to their NIL efforts this year than all of our donors combined. I imagine what we are going to be able to do is give some small payments measured in thousands to some athletes as more or less a retention bonus. It will be interesting to see how much we can raise, but I don't see it being competitive with what larger schools can raise.
The game has forever changed for the worse, and I do hope congress takes some action to allow the NCAA to limit / regulate transfers as the court have ruled the NCAA cannot really do much in this regard without a change in the law. Further I hope the NCAA on its on, puts a hold on transfers until the NCAA tourney is over and limits the window to 30 days as these actions seem to be within their authority.
In light of all the talk about NIL and its impact on the college game, I found the proviso below very interesting:
". . . such compensation: may not be considered "pay for play," must be in exchange for services provided by the student-athlete, and may not be a recruiting inducement for a student-athlete to enroll or continue to attend Fairfield University"
It's pretty obvious that NIL compensation is being used as a recruiting inducement by all the big schools to attract either incoming freshmen or transfers. While it may not be considered "play for pay", and must be in exchange for services, I doubt if most of the recipients of generous NIL packages are providing services proportional to the amount they are paid. So Red Sea Rising will follow these rules and Fairfield will lose players to all the other schools who are ignoring them. These schools will continue to exploit the process and make a mockery of its original intent.
In light of all the talk about NIL and its impact on the college game, I found the proviso below very interesting:
". . . such compensation: may not be considered "pay for play," must be in exchange for services provided by the student-athlete, and may not be a recruiting inducement for a student-athlete to enroll or continue to attend Fairfield University"
It's pretty obvious that NIL compensation is being used as a recruiting inducement by all the big schools to attract either incoming freshmen or transfers. While it may not be considered "play for pay", and must be in exchange for services, I doubt if most of the recipients of generous NIL packages are providing services proportional to the amount they are paid. So Red Sea Rising will follow these rules and Fairfield will lose players to all the other schools who are ignoring them. These schools will continue to exploit the process and make a mockery of its original intent.
The Big schools will all follow the rules and Pitino didn't give players family's money through sneakers companies when he was at Louisville...:
Of course we all know how this goes. The big schools never got sanctioned by the NCAA but little schools do something wrong and the NCAA makes an example of them.....
^^^I don’t expect us to compete with the big NIL$$ schools like Memphis and Arkansas. We do need to keep pace with and hopefully even surpass teams like Siena and Iona when it comes to NIL offerings. I have read that Villanova spent $2million on NIL for their men’s basketball team this past season and they didn’t even make the NCAAs. Raising the money is one part of the equation, but proper roster construction and good coaching also are a part of having success. Not sure if it will happen this summer but at some point some reining in of NIL is bound to occur. Alabama, one of the big NIL$$ schools I would assume, made the Final Four and gave UConn the closest game it had in the tournament. Several of Alabama’s starters are portaling. I can’t imagine the current NIL situation being sustainable.
Post by alsostagparty on Apr 19, 2024 14:45:25 GMT -5
How can the disparity between the high majors’ and mid majors’ NIL amounts be fair? It’s like major league and minor league baseball teams being combined into one league.
Fairfield doesn't need to keep pace, it needs to try and exceed all the schools in the MAAC... and not just by a small %.
Think of the approach CTD has had with the women's team. It isn't... oh let's see if we can be consistently over .500 in the MAAC. It's let's focus on being a top 25 program and winning some NCAA games. NIL Collective needs comparable goals.
Using the NIL wisely is certainly part of the equation (as you note with Villanova and surely other schools) - but you can't use wisely what you don't have.
Last Edit: Apr 19, 2024 14:51:31 GMT -5 by typhaon
Fairfield doesn't need to keep pace, it needs to try and exceed all the schools in the MAAC... and not just by a small %.
Think of the approach CTD has had with the women's team. It isn't... oh let's see if we can be consistently over .500 in the MAAC. It's let's focus on being a top 25 program and winning some NCAA games. NIL Collective needs comparable goals.
Using the NIL wisely is certainly part of the equation (as you note with Villanova and surely other schools) - but you can't use wisely what you don't have.
Step up and take a leadership position and make a big fat $$$ payment to the Red Sea collective or sponsor a NIL $$$ opportunity to keep FF ahead of other MAAC schools as you suggest.
