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Subject: Stay Outta This Game

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Date Posted: 13:34:18 01/07/25 Tue
In reply to: M3 's message, "The NIL and Stanford" on 12:27:43 01/07/25 Tue

Stanford, like Harvard and Princeton, is in a tough spot, because those three schools try to win at everything. If Stanford gets into The NIL Game is a serious way, the dollar signs are going to get big in a hurry.

In every sport, Stanford will be up against the most maniacal fan/alumni base in that sport. In football, Stanford will be up against the IPTAY Association at Clemson. In basketball, the boosters at Carolina and Duke. In water polo, the deep-pocketed alumni at USC, UCLA and Pepperdine.

At some point, this will affect Stanford's general fundraising from alumni. If I'm a Cardinal fan and I've just written a big check so that our guys in helmets and pads can be competitive against Florida State and SMU, I'm not writing another big one to fund the physics department.

I don't think this is a winnable game, nor do I think that a serious institution of higher learning should want to win it.

The NIL Game is one in which you will always be competing against the least common denominator in a given sport. In life, choose spheres of competition where you are competing against THE BEST (which is realistic for your level of skill and resources), not the least.

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[> [> Subject: Re: Stay Outta This Game
Author: Boston Lion [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 16:27:46 01/07/25 Tue Agree [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Only takes $14 M
Author: sparman [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 09:11:03 01/17/25 Fri And that's for a second tier (by serious college football standards) QB. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/report-quinn-ewers-turned-down-8-million-offer-to-transfer [ Post a Reply to This Message ]