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Message: [QUOTE="Ricker, post: 4376021, member: 1245"] Notably absent is the objective to develop NIL opportunities at UConn sufficient to compete with other universities who will direct major dollars to athletes like Miami did this spring. This seems like more a compliance position to protect conflicts with UConn's own sponsors, and just a resource position for kids to get direction. If facilities were part of the 'arms' race to get top players, I would think UConn's leader on NIL would be all about making connections with businesses and groups to keep our recruits here once we have them. Seeing players with lucrative deals would infer to potential recruits that they could expect the same. I kept reading the article expecting the next paragraph to tout some targeted result from this position. Leave it to a university to hire a person from academia to lead NIL without apparent money or business connections, nor specific experience, nor local connections. Doesn't sound like there is somebody else answering that description. [/QUOTE]