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Message: [QUOTE="Consigliere, post: 5738996, member: 559"] Agree completely. Ever since negotiations to transition Orange United to a different group fell apart there has been no channel for grass roots NIL donations. Seems like the strategy with the launch of revenue sharing was to funnel that level of donor to the internal funds managed by CAF - Athletics Opportunity, Athletics Competitive Excellence and individual Coaches’ Funds - and rely on whales and corporate partners to fund true NIL. Somewhat understandable as the $20.5MM in direct payments to athletes was likely unbudgeted in long range plans and cereal challenge for a department that struggles to break even and doesn’t have the benefit of relying on state tax payers to foot the bill. Left a gap in supporting any sport other than football and the two basketball programs immediately and in the escalating arms race of hoops caused those programs to fall behind. [/QUOTE]