NIL Deep Dive

[Mazhude]

Here’s an inside look at UConn’s name, image and likeness infrastructure, and how it’s key to recruiting, compensating and educating top athletes

Courtesy of the Hartford Business Journal:

"you likely don’t know the names of the people who help UConn student athletes navigate the nuances of NIL. Names like Jason Butikofer or David Noble. Or, those who help raise NIL money for the athletes, such as John Malfettone or Marc D’Amelio.

In the NIL era, which is only three years old, what they and others do to support the school’s athletes is becoming as important as the work done by the coaches, particularly in helping UConn recruit top athletes to remain competitive on the field, court or ice rink.


Hartford Business Journal dove into the morass of NIL to understand how UConn competes on this new financial playing field, including a look at how much money is involved — the short answer is, no one will say — as well as where it comes from and where it goes..."

 

[GoUconn7961]

Is there a cap on NIL money? Sorry if it's a dumb question.

 

[DCUconnfan]

Is there a cap on NIL money? Sorry if it's a dumb question.

Not in the current format, nor will there be based on the “private” current format.

However, schools themselves may now also pay players, and there is a cap on how much the school can profit share on that part.

 

[Drumguy]

Here’s an inside look at UConn’s name, image and likeness infrastructure, and how it’s key to recruiting, compensating and educating top athletes

Courtesy of the Hartford Business Journal:

"you likely don’t know the names of the people who help UConn student athletes navigate the nuances of NIL. Names like Jason Butikofer or David Noble. Or, those who help raise NIL money for the athletes, such as John Malfettone or Marc D’Amelio.

In the NIL era, which is only three years old, what they and others do to support the school’s athletes is becoming as important as the work done by the coaches, particularly in helping UConn recruit top athletes to remain competitive on the field, court or ice rink.


Hartford Business Journal dove into the morass of NIL to understand how UConn competes on this new financial playing field, including a look at how much money is involved — the short answer is, no one will say — as well as where it comes from and where it goes..."

Thanks for posting this, very interesting!

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

Assisted access here <<

 

[uconndogs]

“It’s starting to look like rather than using NIL money to retain athletes and give them some spending money, it will be used to recruit athletes,” said Brown, the labor attorney.

Schools being allowed to pay athletes could put smaller colleges in conferences that don’t demand the largest TV contracts — like UConn, which plays in the Big East, a non-Power 5 conference — at a competitive disadvantage.

Really.......?

Honest to god I find the denial in all this fasinating. I am more and more convinced that major college athletics is heading for some very bad outcomes.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Yay us:

 

[LStudfellow]

Here’s an inside look at UConn’s name, image and likeness infrastructure, and how it’s key to recruiting, compensating and educating top athletes

Courtesy of the Hartford Business Journal:

"you likely don’t know the names of the people who help UConn student athletes navigate the nuances of NIL. Names like Jason Butikofer or David Noble. Or, those who help raise NIL money for the athletes, such as John Malfettone or Marc D’Amelio.

In the NIL era, which is only three years old, what they and others do to support the school’s athletes is becoming as important as the work done by the coaches, particularly in helping UConn recruit top athletes to remain competitive on the field, court or ice rink.


Hartford Business Journal dove into the morass of NIL to understand how UConn competes on this new financial playing field, including a look at how much money is involved — the short answer is, no one will say — as well as where it comes from and where it goes..."

The truth is becoming more and more clear: IF (big if) and until we ever get into a power conference, NIL and the way these men "play" the system behind the scenes is far and away the most important thing that will keep us competitive, particularly in college basketball and to a lesser extent football. This may become true of several other sports as well (baseball, ice hockey and soccer).

We are very, very lucky that Marc D'Amelio and a few others decided to get so forcefully involved in this process when they did.

One other key point: unlike the piss-poor job our administration (including AD's right up and beyond the President and Board of Trustees) did in playing the conference realignment game of musical chairs (it was an abject failure), this behind the scenes group of men dictating our NIL policies, procedures and fund raising have done a highly, highly effective job of not only getting us out at the front of the pack, but continuing to push forward to keep us ultra-competitive.

Look no further than the new contract Dan Hurley just signed and the significant raises all of his assistants received. No way does this happen without the work and significant fund raising behind the scenes of these NIL men. NO WAY. It is going to be really, really interesting to see how this all plays out going forward.