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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4365384, member: 9844"] I would like to see it too for a variety of reasons. One if any "team" deserves it, certainly the Uconn women would be near the top of that list. It also could be a recruiting advantage vs. other schools with a new version of "everybody eats"! Actually the impact on recruiting from NIL deals could work as an advantage or a disadvantage for Uconn as I see it. If there are only a few teams that get these kind of lucrative deals, then I think it plays to our advantage, as the team with the biggest national following. If, however, it plays out as Geno predicted where only the stars on each team benefit, then I think it could be a disadvantage for us. The reason I say that, is a high recruit that projects as a contributor at Uconn, but a star at a lesser school might be looking at greater financial rewards going to a school where the attention is on them, if only the stars of teams benefit. If the attention a great team gets winds up with rewards for everyone in the rotation, then it is just the opposite and NIL deals probably helps us in recruiting. From my days in the Chicago area, I can remember two scenarios where a great team benefitted a vast number of players beyond the top stars. The "Super Bowl Shuffle" Chicago Bears were the talk of the nation that year. Of course the stars like Walter Payton got endorsement deals, but at least on a local level it seemed like everyone who was anybody on that team got an endorsement deal in the Chicago area. The field goal kicker was on local commercials etc. and who can forget "The Fridge" who was a good player but on paper not someone you would expect to get big deals. The other point of reference was the Michael Jordan Bulls teams. Outside of the Chicago area you probably just saw the stars, but once again on the local level being a member of that team made you marketable. I remember Bill Wennington had a commercial of some kind, and I remember thinking back then wow it even extends to him. So I don't know how this will play out, and doing a local used car add is not exactly the same as NIL deals, but there are some past examples of more average players on great teams gaining financially from the team success. The Uconn women would seem to be in that category, with the potential for "everyone eats" on NIL deals too at least on a regional basis. Correct me if I am wrong but a major legal question has to do with foreign players. As I understand it they are not "yet" eligible for NIL deals. That is a horrible injustice in my opinion, that I don't see a logical reason for, but does that mean a deal for Uconn players would have to exclude Nika, Dorka, Aaliyah, and Lou? Seems like a problem screaming for a solution to me. [/QUOTE]

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