Unless you are in SEC or BIG 10 trying to keep up with the jones in NIL is a fools errand. It's throwing good money after bad and at end of day you will have little to show for it. Give money to TCU for Scholarships, Buildings, and Programs. You will see kids go to TCU who could not have afforded to do so otherwise, see students using great academic facilities and participate in cutting edge programs. Or you can give money to NIL and watch a 18-21 year old piss it away on chains, shoes, weed and booze then transfer to a SEC/BIG10 school when they get really good.
This fella linked below believes not funding NIL will be a detriment to universities.
As I have repeatedly stated—basketball should have always been a priority and thē vehicle tor TCU’s national exposure. There are only 15 on a roster for basketball and that should be the first priority for winning a national championship and TCU’s front porch and visibility. TCU can easily compete in NIL on a roster of 15. TCU can win a championship in buckets and be in The Big Dance and those office brackets every goldarn year. Duke and Gonzaga’s visibility is because of basketball. No reason for upperclassman to leave for sunnier horizons in hoops when TCU can be at the top of the food chain. Look at Baylor and Houston, and Pitt, when they had our Coach Dixon.
And, now TCU is in a premier basketball conference—take advantage of that! Basketball recruits want to play in the Big XII.
I like football, but all the personnel, management and maintenance of a competitive P5 football program on a college campus, and especially at a relatively small university, is maybe becoming ridiculous. And TCU ain’t winning a national championship in football.
Today’s guest columnist is lawyer and University of Michigan regent Jordan B. Acker. NIL is here to stay. Sounds obvious, right? Well, to some it’s not, and there’s one group of important voi…
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