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Geno giving his most detailed thoughts on NIL. Hint, it is not all roses. Azzi and Paige are handling it great but what about the others?
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“What about the 8, 7, 6, 5 kids on your team that got absolutely zero?” he said. “You could make sure there is somebody at your school, some booster that just gives every kid $1,000 a week and say it’s NIL. But I don’t think that’s happening anywhere.”
Auriemma rolled his eyes, making sure it was known he was being sarcastic.
“So what about those kids who get nothing that sit in their room going, ‘Nobody wants me, I’m worthless.’ How’s that working on their welfare?” Auriemma said. “So I don’t think anybody quite understood where all this was going to end up. So all those geniuses out there that were talking about how great this is? Yeah, great. Who deals with the fallout of the kids who are suffering because, one, they’ve got too much and don’t know how to handle it; two, they’ve got nothing and they feel worse?
“All those people who suggested this is a great idea and then to have almost no control over it, who deals with that fallout? The coaching staff. So maybe all these people that suggested this is a great idea are all going to start forming businesses where they can council student-athletes who are getting too much and don’t know how to handle it or got nothing and don’t know how to handle it. But other than that, I think it’s a great idea.”
UConn’s Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd have sponsorship deals. Geno Auriemma has thoughts.
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“What about the 8, 7, 6, 5 kids on your team that got absolutely zero?” he said. “You could make sure there is somebody at your school, some booster that just gives every kid $1,000 a week and say it’s NIL. But I don’t think that’s happening anywhere.”
Auriemma rolled his eyes, making sure it was known he was being sarcastic.
“So what about those kids who get nothing that sit in their room going, ‘Nobody wants me, I’m worthless.’ How’s that working on their welfare?” Auriemma said. “So I don’t think anybody quite understood where all this was going to end up. So all those geniuses out there that were talking about how great this is? Yeah, great. Who deals with the fallout of the kids who are suffering because, one, they’ve got too much and don’t know how to handle it; two, they’ve got nothing and they feel worse?
“All those people who suggested this is a great idea and then to have almost no control over it, who deals with that fallout? The coaching staff. So maybe all these people that suggested this is a great idea are all going to start forming businesses where they can council student-athletes who are getting too much and don’t know how to handle it or got nothing and don’t know how to handle it. But other than that, I think it’s a great idea.”
