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BBFGExecDir said:
Hello friends!

This is Jared Thomas, the Executive Director for Bleeding Blue for Good. I want to make one thing very clear:

We love and respect the Boneyard and we love and respect Tom. We are in no way trying to compete against Tom.

What we DO need to do is come together as a fanbase in the wild landscape of collegiate athletics that currently exists. We created Bleeding Blue for Good and we've raised well into the seven figures--money that has been used entirely to continue putting the best possible product on the basketball courts (Men's and Women's) while supporting numerous deserving Connecticut charities. In the near future you will see that money used to put the best possible product on the football field.

Love it, hate it, ambivalent to it, this is what college athletics currently is. And if we want to hunt down Championship numbers 6, 7, 8 (MBB) and 12, 13, 14 (WBB), it's literally going to take every single one of us. If we want to return our football program to where it belongs, it's literally going to take every single one of us.

SO -- Ignore the forum. We're not trying to disrupt the status quo. We ARE trying to raise as much money to support the NIL effort as we possibly can. Whether you use the forums or not, our behind-the-scenes coverage of your favorite teams that will be posted daily/weekly as articles and videos will be coverage that you're interested in. In our role as the NIL Collective, we at BBFG have phenomenal relationships with the coaches and players for FB, WBB, and MBB. We intend to use those relationships to provide that coverage to Huskies around the country.

And regarding the Twitter folks -- we need to get the word out to every last UConn fan in the country that this model is a critical imperative for us to maintain our current level of success. We are incredibly grateful to all of them that have helped us promote Storrs Central leading up to launch on the 18th. Even if you aren't fond of some of them, what you need to understand is that if we hit our subscription goals for this site/app, we will be able to add $40,000-$50,000 per month to the NIL effort.

What that means is that the discussions here on the Boneyard can CONTINUE to be about WINNING teams.

I'm not hard to find if you have questions.

Go Huskies!
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Can you break down roughly where each % of our donations goes?
 
BBFGExecDir said:
Hello friends!

This is Jared Thomas, the Executive Director for Bleeding Blue for Good. I want to make one thing very clear:

We love and respect the Boneyard and we love and respect Tom. We are in no way trying to compete against Tom.

What we DO need to do is come together as a fanbase in the wild landscape of collegiate athletics that currently exists. We created Bleeding Blue for Good and we've raised well into the seven figures--money that has been used entirely to continue putting the best possible product on the basketball courts (Men's and Women's) while supporting numerous deserving Connecticut charities. In the near future you will see that money used to put the best possible product on the football field.

Love it, hate it, ambivalent to it, this is what college athletics currently is. And if we want to hunt down Championship numbers 6, 7, 8 (MBB) and 12, 13, 14 (WBB), it's literally going to take every single one of us. If we want to return our football program to where it belongs, it's literally going to take every single one of us.

SO -- Ignore the forum. We're not trying to disrupt the status quo. We ARE trying to raise as much money to support the NIL effort as we possibly can. Whether you use the forums or not, our behind-the-scenes coverage of your favorite teams that will be posted daily/weekly as articles and videos will be coverage that you're interested in. In our role as the NIL Collective, we at BBFG have phenomenal relationships with the coaches and players for FB, WBB, and MBB. We intend to use those relationships to provide that coverage to Huskies around the country.

And regarding the Twitter folks -- we need to get the word out to every last UConn fan in the country that this model is a critical imperative for us to maintain our current level of success. We are incredibly grateful to all of them that have helped us promote Storrs Central leading up to launch on the 18th. Even if you aren't fond of some of them, what you need to understand is that if we hit our subscription goals for this site/app, we will be able to add $40,000-$50,000 per month to the NIL effort.

What that means is that the discussions here on the Boneyard can CONTINUE to be about WINNING teams.

I'm not hard to find if you have questions.

Go Huskies!
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You should have a politics message board like I see on texags. The Boneyard's was very active.
 
I’m also a little skeptical recruiting info will be any more readily available than it has been since Dan took over. Where are these new found insights coming from?
 
I don’t think many people on there will be utilizing the forum since most of the users will likely be from Twitter (at least initially). Their value proposition seems to be video content and better program access. Regardless, I think everyone should be contributing to NIL which is what this is, and this just gives you something in return rather than a straight donation. Buy player merch, donate, or whatever. Every dollar matters.
Huskyforlife said:
I’m also a little skeptical recruiting info will be any more readily available than it has been since Dan took over. Where are these new found insights coming from?
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I would imagine this is more football related since the PAWSARF guy is going to be doing content for them.
 
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At the end of the day there will be a lot of bleed over information. any news on one site is quickly disseminated onto the other site. If you are here for the information and not the opinions it will make no difference to which site you are more devoted.
 
BBFGExecDir said:
Then please consider making a $9.99/month donation at bleedingblueforgood.org/donate. Accomplishes the same thing I'm asking fans to do with Storrs Central and you don't ever have to engage with Mr. Hot Balls.
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Is that the storrs central monthly subscription price?
 
Matt1010 said:
Definitely want to know where this $10/month is going. Is it all being contributed directly to NIL or are we paying for admin costs/bloggers/etc. with a portion going to NIL?
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This is the key question. I can find all of the UConn content I care to read. So if more of my $120/year goes to NIL by buying 3 more t-shirts or spending in another way, that's the choice I'm making.
 
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As someone who has a close contact who was part of setting up a collective the answer to the tweet above is concerning. This is going to just be a scheme similar to donating to a charity where pennies on the dollar go to the actual cause. Haven’t looked much into d’amelios but that may be my option moving forward.
 
Jaydumo20 said:
The twitter model doesn't appeal to me either. Apparently there are other worlds of UConn fandom beyond the yard. I'll take 4 paragraph, drunk, impulsive, BY posts over blurbs every day of the week.
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Buddy are you missing out
 
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Honestly kind of confused about the animosity from people here. Is Storrs Central really that much of a threat to The Boneyard? They’re trying to do something that’s going to help our teams, and no one’s taking away this website. I don’t get it.
 
krinklecut said:
Honestly kind of confused about the animosity from people here. Is Storrs Central really that much of a threat to The Boneyard? They’re trying to do something that’s going to help our teams, and no one’s taking away this website. I don’t get it.
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I just don't get what their intent is if they're paying staff. It's ok to pay writers and staff for upkeep but how much of your $10 goes to overhead and how much goes to NIL? If it's close to breaking even then why would you sign up there instead of just staying here? This is one of the most active sports forums left on the internet and it's free. It seems silly to convince people to pay to move "for NIL" and not tell them how much of that money actually goes to NIL
 
Matt1010 said:
Not exactly the transparency that I was hoping for. Hopefully more information is provided because I really like some of the guys involved in the project but could do without these salesmanship type of answers.

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If that's how they're going to answer, they aren't getting my money. That's just cheesy salesmanship.

It isn't hard to say X% goes to NIL. Or at least "we're working to maximize that and will have specifics soon."
 
krinklecut said:
Honestly kind of confused about the animosity from people here. Is Storrs Central really that much of a threat to The Boneyard? They’re trying to do something that’s going to help our teams, and no one’s taking away this website. I don’t get it.
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I think it is related to a general view of the twitter crowd. But if they are putting out great content and better access to the program, I think many would happily support the initiative. If the idea is more a chat with HB and that ilk, good luck.
 
87Xfer said:
This is the key question. I can find all of the UConn content I care to read. So if more of my $120/year goes to NIL by buying 3 more t-shirts or spending in another way, that's the choice I'm making.
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Just FYI - if you spend $120 on NIL t-shirts the athletes are probably getting about $6-$10 of that money.
 
husky429 said:
If that's how they're going to answer, they aren't getting my money. That's just cheesy salesmanship.

It isn't hard to say X% goes to NIL. Or at least "we're working to maximize that and will have specifics soon."
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It's very easy to do a monthly transparency report. Even reddit moderators do that on custom tools they use like archival clip bots owned by their mod team.
 
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Penfield said:
Just FYI - if you spend $120 on NIL t-shirts the athletes are probably getting about $6-$10 of that money.
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Very honestly, thank you. (But I'm still buying t-shirts) Since you're in the know can you point us to any credible source of info on what % of our spend goes to atheletes via which channels?
 
BBFGExecDir said:
Then please consider making a $9.99/month donation at bleedingblueforgood.org/donate. Accomplishes the same thing I'm asking fans to do with Storrs Central and you don't ever have to engage with Mr. Hot Balls.
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Spaces is the shiznit. Love it.
 
JMick said:
It's very easy to do a monthly transparency report. Even reddit moderators do that on custom tools they use like archival clip bots owned by their mod team.
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links?
 
Penfield said:
Just FYI - if you spend $120 on NIL t-shirts the athletes are probably getting about $6-$10 of that money.
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Which is $6-$10 more dollars than a website that doesn't break even. I would imagine they have the numbers on how many active users they need to be "profitable." There's no reason not to share that number. If anything it would encourage signups.
 
JMick said:
You couldn't pay me to be part of a board full of our Twitter fans
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UConn Twitter is awesome. Met so many awesome people from there. In person too. People hide their identities too much here. UConn Twitter will meet up with you and hang. That being said, I really enjoy both Twitter and the yard.
 
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