Agree — I don’t have any illusions about competing with top $ schools like UT, A&M, LSU, Georgia, etc. — they will bid for and take the best players. But within our level, (ACC, B12), pay up or become a farm team for the schools that do. (And yes, I contributed.)
NIL like Star Pizza, etc = huge advantage UH.
Players help sell Pizza & it has a value.
Legit business opportunity & its Htown.
Already rolling w Uh Men’s Hoop.
NIL like handing over $ = huge disadvantage UH.
Plenty of UH supporters w $ but
most still wake up early.
Lots of UH fortunes from Pap Pap working 12 hours days.
Handouts ? C’mon now.
That’s a fair approach, imo. It’s obviously your money, and the needs funded by CP don’t go away just because players are getting compensated unless universities decide to start charging athletes for rent, meals, etc. to be paid out of their salaries.
Yeah, as someone that also attended an SEC school, those folks have gotten too big and I’m over it. The appeal of college football for me was always the relationship shared between the team, the school, and its fans, and in the NIL era it feels like that’s gotten lost in the sport’s commodification.
We need NIL money to field a FBS team. Kids do play for love of the game, but why would they not play for love of the game and money too? If you give to Cougar Pride and don’t want to give to NIL, I get it. But NIL still matters.
Even here, we’ve been riding for free. If you want a better product in every other aspect of life, you pay (or pay more) for it. Why is this different?
I will not just give money away to players (ie. 18 year kids who have done nothing) when there will be a $20 million payroll for them. (even if there wasn’t the payroll, I would not just give them money).
When I have a business that would benefit from having a player make an appearance or be in an advertisement, then I would be happy to hire a UH player to promote the company. I don’t right now so I have no need to hire a player. - That is the intent of NIL, not just feed massive egos (both players and rich boosters).
I will stop watching college ball before it happens (as will many many others). Then what will the players have - a dying business model.
UH fires Dana and still has to pay him over $4M/ year. They hire Willie and pay him $4.5M/year. No telling how much we are still paying for assistant coaches that are not here. All of that got us 4 wins this season.
Sounds to me like UH has $$ to burn. My peanuts are not going to make a dent in that mess. I will start donating again when I see some fiscal responsibility from the athletics dep.
Just so I don’t sound like a cheapskate, I am already paying $450/month in NIL for a competitive college dancer. Along with her tuition, dorm, meal plan she refuses to use even one time, suv, and every other expense she can find.
NIL and how its going to run and accountability and who makes the decisions on both sides of deal has not been communicated to fans, this just seems like a cash grab while the details are being cooked.
