NIL Economics For UConn

[king conn]

Losing Bill Murray as a Super Donor will spell the end for Danny.

OK I'll bite. How much was Bill donating to the cause?

 

[Marat]

In case anyone missed earlier Robert Skinner donated $15 million. He was that crazy fan in Maui some years back going nuts when Kemba was doing his thing, right ?

(CT Article)

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Robert & Stefanie Skinner ’93 Make Transformational $15 Million Commitment to the University of Connecticut - University of Connecticut Athletics

STORRS, Conn. — The University of Connecticut and the UConn Foundation today announced a landmark philanthropic commitment of $15 million from Robert and Ste...

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[businesslawyer]

but we have a disadvantage that we are going to undoubtedly spend to keep the women's team at the top of the world as well. The number of schools spending like we do on the women's team is probably countable on one hand.

We’re not spending as much on women’s hoops as Michigan will on football. Absolutely no way. Compare the two schools and, out of the capped NCAA amount, we will have more to spend on football

The fear is that St. John’s spends almost all of its cap on mens hoops and that, before donor support, is where the fear could be. But I doubt most of the Big East Catholics can afford to spend the full amount of the cap out of the church school’s budgets.

 

[noelle]

The real question is profit. Did Dybantsa produce ROI? In this case the return might be measured in wins. But unless teams are getting value for their investment the market will weaken.

he was a major boost to their brand and exposure. if he hits in the nba they'll get further value. program boosters want that. it's relatively cheap all things considered if you really care about the future of the program.

 

[uh-no]

We’re not spending as much on women’s hoops as Michigan will on football. Absolutely no way. Compare the two schools and, out of the capped NCAA amount, we will have more to spend on football

The fear is that St. John’s spends almost all of its cap on mens hoops and that, before donor support, is where the fear could be. But I doubt most of the Big East Catholics can afford to spend the full amount of the cap out of the church school’s budgets.

sure, but also schools like michigan are spending way more than 20 million anyway including collectives.

But I agree with the overall point.