Spacs were a tremendous fad. Thats what free money brings
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There are no stupid spacs, only stupid investors.
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If you spac it they will come?
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I donāt doubt any of this but just the fact that these terms are now associated with college sports is pretty sad. Also Iām glad I do basketball and not football, which has gotta be 10x worse.
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Well, we know we arenāt one of those 15, hope we are in the āand countingā
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Most schools are operating in that rangeā¦ really? If UVA was operating in that range I feel like they wouldnāt have an issue recruiting elite players.
So whatās the real story with UVAs NIL? I feel like itās being held back or Somethings amiss
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I am a little skeptical only because it comes from the On3 founder, whose siteās value proposition appears to come from putting numbers and predictions on everything regardless of whether it has any shred of accuracy.
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You are exactly right. Shannon figured the online sports game very early
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Maybe of interest, Shawn Moore sent me a note on LinkedIn stating he was going to be in Dallas and wanted to connect regarding, Iām guessing, donations, etc. I posed the NIL question and said Iād welcome a discussion. Iāve been sitting with dry powder on this as I have zero idea how to be effective with any donation. Visit is supposed to be this month and I doubt Iām at the top of anyoneās priority list.
This is the first time in several years Iāve been contacted directly so maybe there is increased focus on how to bring NIL to UVa?
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Hanging out with Shawn will be worth it anyway.
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Agreed. not sure Iāll make the visit list but will let you know if it happens and give my take then.
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Thanks for the heads up. Interesting approach, not sure of effectiveness etc. But glad thereās potential moves/action being taken. Iāve always said thereās money to be had within the UVa community it just needs to be tapped into, and people need to be pointed in a direction or given an opportunity to support. Plenty of people out there wanting to do their part just havenāt been asked or told how they can.
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Mooreās job with the AD is fundraising for the master plan, so Iām guessing thatās what heās reaching out for. Doubt the AD is doing any NIL fundraising directly, that probably has to go through one of the official partners.
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Yeah, IMO NIL money and the ābig fancy buildings and stuffā money are competing
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What is another reason I believe NIL will be reigned in sooner than later.
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if only we build this new $100M facility, we can compete with the best programs in the country.
Or we could just go buy the best team for $5M.
Yeah I imagine fundraising for athletic depts has gotten a little more difficult.
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Maybe it is a useful and necessary corrective to the big infrastructure arms race.
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Agreed. Also hopeful that he can point me in the right direction on NIL. Wonder what happens if I say you only get $X, all of it goes to either the master plan OR NIL, what is the answer? His job says master plan, the kid who didnāt even get pizza money during our heyday on the gridiron might say NIL.
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