Pretty common phenomenon in Southern "sports." He sounds like a person Tom Wolfe might have modelled "Charlie" Croker on...Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:53 amEver heard the name Bobby Lowder?Red4Life wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:12 pm Stating the obvious - NIL has forever changed the fabric of college athletics - followed closely by Transfer portal and the seemingly endless college eligibility brought on by COVID.
That being said - many top football and hoops men’s players have been paid “quietly” below the radar for decades. It’s just now acceptable at most all schools. The ripple impact of this will be felt for quite some time - kids are hoping from program to program like tech software sales guys - seeking the best financial offer - but overlooking or certainly minimizing the educational opportunities that accompany a 1. degree and 2. From a well known established college / university.
As for the “Dartmouth men’s hoops” unionization efforts . I’d urge the school leadership to simply disband the program rather than empower and enable this step. Dartmouth hoops likely costs the school a million - 1.5 million to operate. Chances are several on the squad had little chance of gaining admission to Dartmouth without their hoops skills - and most if not all were not exactly on the radars of any major D 1 program recruit lists. Not sure the exact records but Dartmouth hoops hasn't exactly been lighting up the W column !
As for established ACC / SEC etc donors - schools are now urging donors to dig deep to fund NIL collectives to pay kids ….who can in turn leave at the end of the year is portal to the next school.
At many schools (Ivys) Non Revenue sports teams have individual team fund raising goals to help support the ongoing operations of the teams - adding specialized equipment or improved meals / travel / etc.
NIL funds all come from outside donors - nothing short of amazing that people will dedicate their charitable giving to fund the bank accounts of 19-23 year olds who may or may not pan out athletically or even stay at the schools.
To quote Alec Guinness at end of Brodge on the River Kwai “Madness - madness!”
Sermon over - back to the Big Red - Yale game in conditions best suited for the Ididerode
https://money.cnn.com/2009/10/09/news/c ... er.fortune[/b]/index.htm
Your case would’ve been stronger if you had tied the analogy to the benefit of time and seasoning with a unit rather than tying it back to name prestige of a degree. Also to work with and through things not “flight” and create ones in reality which social media has accomplished just fine on it own. Work through something, can’t know one’s reliance level w/o stressors.
Given "A Man in Full" was published in 1998, this sort of outcome wasn't hard to predict.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_in_Full