Not a wave of the present and future.Wave of the present and future.
Good for us.
We didn't go to SD for the bison burgers.
If we only have $2M in NIL we are going to have a tough time keeping or attracting players in this environment. If you wanted to keep Judah or get an impact portal player that would be approx $500k. If your next five (Maliq, Freeman, Bell, JJ, Cope) averaged $200k each the you only have $500k combined for players 7-13 (Chance, Choppa, Cuffe, McLeod, Patterson, Carey).I will say, that $1M in NIL just to participate would probably increase our NIL budget by an extra 50%, assuming we have $2M in NIL
Would that have still happened if JB was the head coach this year?There are issues here...such as schools being awarded and directly dishing out NIL money.
Plus it's Jeff Zucker's bid to get involved in sports.
This seems contingent on their getting tv/streaming deal to make money on the tourney.
Is it big enough to engage major media sponsors?
All that said, it's nice the Orange are still considered major players.
3 teams from the ACC. Probably only take 1. Hmmmm, Duke could add to its coffers, you know the one it needs to resupply because it's so "poor"! My guess is that SU is a distant 3rd in that race.Reading the article, it isnt a lock we will be in. It says there are 8 teams this year and the story names 10 teams they're talking to.
Just adding context, not saying they wont be in, but the OP is more definitive that seems warranted right now
They’re not going to spend $10M just on NIL to not have the top brands lol. It’s a business, not a charity case.Leave the Dukes, Kansas's and the other few out of it. Have the next tier of teams and quality mid majors represented to spread out the cash and possibly give their recruiting a boost.
I understand that but include 1 or 2 not 4 or 5. They wouldn't be suffering at all. That team list was actually not bad, just no Duke for me please.They’re not going to spend $10M just on NIL to not have the top brands lol. It’s a business, not a charity case.
3 teams from the ACC. Probably only take 1. Hmmmm, Duke could add to its coffers, you know the one it needs to resupply because it's so "poor"! My guess is that SU is a distant 3rd in that race.
I think you are right. However, next year Iowa St and Colorado play in an early season tournament. A factor here is Colorado will be 1st yr members of big12.I believe one of the rules for early season tournaments is that there can only be one team from each conference. I could be wrong, but I don't remember seeing 2 teams from the same conference in one.
Wow you mean even if a game isn't in MSG, there might be some benefit and worth playing?For the record, our game vs Oregon was essentially the same idea.
Believe it is an unwritten rule in effort to avoid teams from the same conference playing a non-conference game and also to generate more out of the ordinary matchupsI believe one of the rules for early season tournaments is that there can only be one team from each conference. I could be wrong, but I don't remember seeing 2 teams from the same conference in one.
Throw all the usuallys and past schedule out the window. If we can participate in the NIL Tourney, we will. You don’t turn down that cash and recruiting chip in this day and age.I believe we will still play 11 OOC games next season.
Some are already spoken for.
We will play Georgetown at the JMA Dome.
We will play an SEC team in the ACC-SEC Challenge on the road.
We will play two games in Brooklyn in the Legends Classic on November 21st and November 22nd.
It sounds like it is being planned for Thanksgiving weekend, so our commitment to the Legends Classic does not present a date conflict (assuming they do play on Thanksgiving weekend).
With an 8 team field, I am assuming the format will be like the Maui Classic, where each team is guaranteed 3 games.
If we were to also commit to the NIL tournament, it would mean we have committed to play 7 of our 11 OOC games, and only one of them is at home. Our home games are lucrative; we make a lot of money playing there. Even if we played the remaining 4 games all at home, it would mean we only play 5 of our 11 OOC games at home in 2024-25, which is really low.
We only played 6 home OOC games in 2023-24 but it was an unusual schedule in that we played Georgetown on the road and had that one off game with Oregon in South Dakota, along with 3 games in the Maui Classic.
We usually play 1 game OOC on the road. Either Georgetown or the challenge game, which tends to bounce from home to away year after year. And then we usually play a 2 game tournament in NYC, like we are doing again in 2024-25. So we usually have 3 OOC games away from home and 8 at home.
Bottom line, I think it is unlikely we are playing in this NIL thing in November 2024. If they expand it to 16 teams and plan to have everyone play 4 games (that is asking a ton for programs that have strong home attendance), it is probably a long shot we commit to it in November of 2025.
Let's see what happens.