Boy, what a load of shit this is.
Alabama fans,
Over the past few years, there have been drastic changes in college athletics. We have been careful during this transitional period to protect our position at the top of college athletics while being mindful to listen, engage and learn from our generous supporters, proud alumni and unrivaled fans to make sure that we protect our great traditions here at Alabama. But there’s a time for talk and a time for action. Now is a time for action.
Although we have been competitive from an NIL standpoint, our competition has us in their sights and are actively trying to surge ahead with NIL. You have heard examples of other teams using promises of million-dollar paydays to lure away our players or convince them not to come to Alabama. It is time for the Bama Nation to fight back.
Under the new model of college athletics, which is the result of an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA, a university can succeed if their fans purchase authentic NIL from student-athletes. The good news is when @yea_ala was created last year, the focus was on providing our fans with a legitimate product rather than booster inducements. @yea_ala delivers exclusive content and access you cannot get anywhere else. We also have a plan to grow @yea_ala’s offerings with more videos, features and news in 2025.
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At Alabama, we’ve not measured ourselves against our competition. We are the standard, and that measurement is against the mirror and against a rich and proud history, but it’s impossible to ignore what is taking place in college athletics. Hungry fan bases are acting decisively to give their respective programs competitive advantages. We must respond. We are
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Will Ryan Williams be the first 17 year old to take a salary cut because he went to Alabama?
If Alabama is the “standard”, then we need to win the National Championship at Georgia to become the new one, because this is just absurd. All those years of facilities upgrades and endless amounts of cash poured into recruiting, and now they’re broke? Gimme a break…just say what you need to say:
Now that Nick’s gone, the Gumps have lost faith and aren’t ponying up for Kalen.
Round the bowl,
And down the hole.
Roll Tide Roll.
I just took a good Auburn and flushed the Bama.
During the time satan spent on the bammer sidelines was the standard, that higher standard now rests in the Classic City at the feet of UGA football and CKS, the bammer standard now is 3 losses and a cloud of dust to a bowl game of Mickeys choosing….GO DAWGS!!
I think Nicky wanted $20mil in a contract to stay and that was going to hurt NIL donations. Everything has been headed downhill from there. Good! Note that Satan probably still got his $20m between tv, ads and his advisor role.
JP, this would have been perfect for a Shot-Chaser post showing how much money Bama will be getting next year from TV contracts. Cry me a river, all of you schools. Trim the fat in your athletic departments and administrations before asking for money from the average fan, who can actually go broke going to games for $300 a pop.
If we are in a moneypile contest, we are all going to lose to the Texas schools. Go check out the article on The Athletic this week on what SMU, a private school with 7,000 undergrads, has done. Their “billionaire boosters” raised $200M for athletics and joined the ACC knowing they would not share in TV revenue for 9 years. To me it is a gross example of misplaced priorities, but they are in the playoffs and are going to compete at the top of the ACC for a long time. So, getting your average upper/mddle class fans to chip in a few hundred or thousand bucks here and there is not going to do much in this new environment. Oregon is even a worse example.
https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/nike-holiday-discounts-elliott-hill-strategy-f18f7494?st=CUUxFa&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Guess Nike needs to raise a bit more cash to pay for NIL???
You’re absolutely correct Georgia is not equipped to win a money pile race. Hopefully there is a salary cap in the near future. There is no limit nor ever will be on stupid and that certainly applies to billionaire alums buying players.
Just think– for less than the price of a cup of coffee, you too can help buy an 18 year old a brand new lambo.
The Barners are giving the Bammers crap about this while simultaneously announcing they are going to have to raise ticket prices to fund their desperation-fueled NIL program. Good times in the yellowhammer state.
“But IPTAY”