Fine Mess NIL Collective: How You Can Help

[OburgOrange]

Matching $44 for a new donor who sent payment but chose not to announce it in this thread. Thanks!!

Bees + an additional $88 so far.

Keep this up and you’ll have to sell your yacht

 

[721Comstock]

Keep this up and you’ll have to sell your yacht

Well, maybe the small one.

 

[rrlbees]

Well, maybe the small one.

Sold that to Runner.

 

[Chris02M]

Sold that to Runner.

did you cut the anchor secretly after he tried to yacht?

 

[Consigliere]

Running total $9794 pledged. $9594 banked. $12 more and the contingent donations kick in to get us to $10k!

 

[rrlbees]

Running total $9794 pledged. $9594 banked. $12 more and the contingent donations kick in to get us to $10k!

If my math is correct, I think they already kick in.

 

[Consigliere]

If my math is correct, I think they already kick in.

Going by the banked, not the pledged. And one of the three pledges already remitted.

 

[Consigliere]

Going by the banked, not the pledged. And one of the three pledges already remitted.

So $12 gets us to $9606 which triggers another $144 from SUskibum bring us to $9750 triggering the last $250 from Cuseregular .

Take it easy. I’m pre-law.

 

[rrlbees]

So $12 gets us to $9606 which triggers another $144 from SUskibum bring us to $9750 triggering the last $250 from Cuseregular .

Take it easy. I’m pre-law.

I’m in for another $12 just to make Cuseregular break his bank.

 

[rrlbees]

Going by the banked, not the pledged. And one of the three pledges already remitted.

Got it

 

[Consigliere]

Ok, the $12 is in. Running total is $9806 pledged; $9606 banked. SUskibum , you’re up!

 

[Cuseregular]

I’m in for another $12 just to make Cuseregular break his bank.

Ok, the $12 is in. Running total is $9806 pledged; $9606 banked. SUskibum , you’re up!

holy moly...

 

[SUskibum]

Done

 

[Cuseregular]

Done

And done on my end. Congrats to all, this is a big friggin deal. Good job folks.

 

[Consigliere]

We did it, folks! $10,200 pledged and $10,000 banked! Big news coming in the next couple of days.

 

[weedsportwarriors]

We have to get a $44 at the end of where we are at when the meeting starts so I will bump to whatever we need when I get there.

This is so awesome!!!

 

[Roger N]

We did it, folks! $10,200 pledged and $10,000 banked! Big news coming in the next couple of days.

How come the endorsement on my check was made by some travel agent?

 

[sutomcat]

It is time for another update on the NIL…..

The NIL executive committee met this week to decide on the player we are going to sponsor for the coming season. It was a hard decision. Many players responded and a number were terrific candidates.

We used the following criteria to choose a player….

We wanted to choose a player who was somewhat under the radar (and might not get any other significant NIL opportunities).

One of SU AD John Wildhack’s objectives is to find NIL opportunities for promising underclassmen in hopes of retaining them in the age of the transfer portal. We strongly agreed with John on this and agreed that the player we picked needed to have at least 2 years of eligibility remaining.

And we wanted to pick a player with good character who has been active in the local community.

After much discussion, we ended up choosing red shirt frosh OL Enrique Cruz. We have been in contact with him, he is very excited and are in final negotiations to rebrand the name of the tailgate to the SYRACRUZ tailgate.

When reviewing the players who had applied for consideration for the NIL money, many on the committee felt strongly that we needed to find a way to include another player in this process. He was just too good of a candidate to ignore completely.

That player is Chris ‘Rhino’ Elmore. Chris has only one year of eligibility left, so technically he does not meet our criteria. But we so loved his leadership, his loyalty and his response to the NIL op that we felt we had to also award him some of the money raised.

This would not have been possible without the extreme generosity of everyone who participated in this fund raising effort. Great thanks to everyone who contributed to this effort. This truly was a grass roots response to a really screwed up situation with college athletics and I think it is great that we have an example of how NIL is actually supposed to work. Hopefully other groups of fans of Syracuse sports teams (and other schools throughout the country) will take notice and make similar efforts to reward other deserving student athletes. And note if you want to help, if is not too late. We are still looking to raise more money to have more athletes over the coming year.

I will end this post with Enrique’s initial response asking to be considered. It says a lot about him and this is response is largely why he was selected.

Congratulations Enrique!

Hello Mr XXXXX, I have been a student at Syracuse for one year. So far, my giving back to the Syracuse Community hasn’t been much yet.

But in that year, I have helped Syracuse by hosting students from other schools. It has been a great experience giving back and being able to host students from different backgrounds. I am Hispanic and enjoy giving back and being of service to others.

My past experiences have been when I go back home during my breaks from school. I have volunteered in my community back home.

One that has been in my memory was helping disable children from a Middle School close to my home.

Together with other students we organized a football game for the children that made the children feel so special and valuable. Being involved and seeing the smile on their faces was very rewarding.

I also, have joined the community in raising funds for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.

Helping others that are suffering from Cancer is very gratifying, knowing that I am part of the solution. I will be honored if picked to be able to be of service and giving back to the community.

Thank you for your consideration.

 

[rrlbees]

Congrats to Enrique and Rhino and thanks to everyone who contributed!

 

[Chris02M]

It is time for another update on the NIL…..

The NIL executive committee met this week to decide on the player we are going to sponsor for the coming season. It was a hard decision. Many players responded and a number were terrific candidates.

We used the following criteria to choose a player….

We wanted to choose a player who was somewhat under the radar (and might not get any other significant NIL opportunities).

One of SU AD John Wildhack’s objectives is to find NIL opportunities for promising underclassmen in hopes of retaining them in the age of the transfer portal. We strongly agreed with John on this and agreed that the player we picked needed to have at least 2 years of eligibility remaining.

And we wanted to pick a player with good character who has been active in the local community.

After much discussion, we ended up choosing red shirt frosh OL Enrique Cruz. We have been in contact with him, he is very excited and are in final negotiations to rebrand the name of the tailgate to the SYRACRUZ tailgate.

When reviewing the players who had applied for consideration for the NIL money, many on the committee felt strongly that we needed to find a way to include another player in this process. He was just too good of a candidate to ignore completely.

That player is Chris ‘Rhino’ Elmore. Chris has only one year of eligibility left, so technically he does not meet our criteria. But we so loved his leadership, his loyalty and his response to the NIL op that we felt we had to also award him some of the money raised.

This would not have been possible without the extreme generosity of everyone who participated in this fund raising effort. Great thanks to everyone who contributed to this effort. This truly was a grass roots response to a really screwed up situation with college athletics and I think it is great that we have an example of how NIL is actually supposed to work. Hopefully other groups of fans of Syracuse sports teams (and other schools throughout the country) will take notice and make similar efforts to reward other deserving student athletes.

I will end this post with Enrique’s initial response asking to be considered. It says a lot about him and this is response is largely why he was selected.

Congratulations Enrique!

Hello Mr XXXXX, I have been a student at Syracuse for one year. So far, my giving back to the Syracuse Community hasn’t been much yet.

But in that year, I have helped Syracuse by hosting students from other schools. It has been a great experience giving back and being able to host students from different backgrounds. I am Hispanic and enjoy giving back and being of service to others.

My past experiences have been when I go back home during my breaks from school. I have volunteered in my community back home.

One that has been in my memory was helping disable children from a Middle School close to my home.

Together with other students we organized a football game for the children that made the children feel so special and valuable. Being involved and seeing the smile on their faces was very rewarding.

I also, have joined the community in raising funds for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.

Helping others that are suffering from Cancer is very gratifying, knowing that I am part of the solution. I will be honored if picked to be able to be of service and giving back to the community.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sounds like a wonderful young man and well on his way to making us and the university proud

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Seems like an outstanding choice. Thank you for the hard work of the committee and the generosity of those who contributed. This makes me even more excited for the upcoming season. LGO!

 

[Roger N]

It is time for another update on the NIL…..

The NIL executive committee met this week to decide on the player we are going to sponsor for the coming season. It was a hard decision. Many players responded and a number were terrific candidates.

We used the following criteria to choose a player….

We wanted to choose a player who was somewhat under the radar (and might not get any other significant NIL opportunities).

One of SU AD John Wildhack’s objectives is to find NIL opportunities for promising underclassmen in hopes of retaining them in the age of the transfer portal. We strongly agreed with John on this and agreed that the player we picked needed to have at least 2 years of eligibility remaining.

And we wanted to pick a player with good character who has been active in the local community.

After much discussion, we ended up choosing red shirt frosh OL Enrique Cruz. We have been in contact with him, he is very excited and are in final negotiations to rebrand the name of the tailgate to the SYRACRUZ tailgate.

When reviewing the players who had applied for consideration for the NIL money, many on the committee felt strongly that we needed to find a way to include another player in this process. He was just too good of a candidate to ignore completely.

That player is Chris ‘Rhino’ Elmore. Chris has only one year of eligibility left, so technically he does not meet our criteria. But we so loved his leadership, his loyalty and his response to the NIL op that we felt we had to also award him some of the money raised.

This would not have been possible without the extreme generosity of everyone who participated in this fund raising effort. Great thanks to everyone who contributed to this effort. This truly was a grass roots response to a really screwed up situation with college athletics and I think it is great that we have an example of how NIL is actually supposed to work. Hopefully other groups of fans of Syracuse sports teams (and other schools throughout the country) will take notice and make similar efforts to reward other deserving student athletes. And note if you want to help, if is not too late. We are still looking to raise more money to have more athletes over the coming year.

I will end this post with Enrique’s initial response asking to be considered. It says a lot about him and this is response is largely why he was selected.

Congratulations Enrique!

Hello Mr XXXXX, I have been a student at Syracuse for one year. So far, my giving back to the Syracuse Community hasn’t been much yet.

But in that year, I have helped Syracuse by hosting students from other schools. It has been a great experience giving back and being able to host students from different backgrounds. I am Hispanic and enjoy giving back and being of service to others.

My past experiences have been when I go back home during my breaks from school. I have volunteered in my community back home.

One that has been in my memory was helping disable children from a Middle School close to my home.

Together with other students we organized a football game for the children that made the children feel so special and valuable. Being involved and seeing the smile on their faces was very rewarding.

I also, have joined the community in raising funds for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.

Helping others that are suffering from Cancer is very gratifying, knowing that I am part of the solution. I will be honored if picked to be able to be of service and giving back to the community.

Thank you for your consideration.

I remember he and his mother visited on their own to tour the campus. I also remember he committed when there was doubt who the Line coach was going to be. He selected Syracuse to get an education. Hats off to him and the committee for selecting him.

 

[Consigliere]

Both Enrique and Rhino have accepted our proposals. I expect to speak with both later this week to finalize all details.

I have been keeping the SU Athletics Department informed on our project. I sent an update last night and received an email from John Wildhack within minutes:

“Mark this is awesome. Thank you and the Fine Mess tailgate! Andrew we need to get this story on our media platforms, syracuse.com and every local news station. This is a great story. “

 

[OburgOrange]

Wha

How come the endorsement on my check was made by some travel agent?

Where can you go for 10$ ?

 

[kcsu]

Great job and thank you to the gang that organized this.