N.I.L. Money

[cawacko]

This is for your Archives. Remember your claim that private schools couldn't compete because of money? Leaving aside 'SC (because we're awful), look at the U (Miami is playing the N.I.L. game to win) and look at SMU (they basically said we won't take any money for a decade to join the ACC and not only are they ranked 13th in the country they have a robust NIL program that is only just getting started.)

It's a combination of what will the schools allow and how much do boosters want to get involved but for those who want to play, being a private school isn't holding you back.

 

[WinterBorn]

This is for your Archives. Remember your claim that private schools couldn't compete because of money? Leaving aside 'SC (because we're awful), look at the U (Miami is playing the N.I.L. game to win) and look at SMU (they basically said we won't take any money for a decade to join the ACC and not only are they ranked 13th in the country they have a robust NIL program that is only just getting started.)

It's a combination of what will the schools allow and how much do boosters want to get involved but for those who want to play, being a private school isn't holding you back.

Well said.

 

[cawacko]

Well said.

Since this is a political board, here's one for you WB.

Tommy Trojan is our famous mascot and we have a big statue of him on campus. Back in the 1920's I believe, during rivalry week, some UCLA students either got a helicopter or something and dumped a bunch of blue paint on Tommy Trojan. (I mean, F UCLA but credit where credit is due). Since then we've often covered up the statue during UCLA week and we have a group, the Trojan Knights, that stay up round the clock guarding him.

Well because of the pro-Palestine protests on campus last spring they made rules against sleeping/being on campus at night and some new Head of Student Life hire from this year threatened to suspend and expel the Trojan Knights if they stayed with Tommy Trojan all night. As you might expect, that sent a number of alumni into an uproar and since certain accommodations have been made to allow them to be there (but not sleep).

Part of my love of college football are the traditions and pageantry. Many of those are already leaving us and when hearing this it set a lot of people off.

 

[WinterBorn]

Since this is a political board, here's one for you WB.

Tommy Trojan is our famous mascot and we have a big statue of him on campus. Back in the 1920's I believe, during rivalry week, some UCLA students either got a helicopter or something and dumped a bunch of blue paint on Tommy Trojan. (I mean, F UCLA but credit where credit is due). Since then we've often covered up the statue during UCLA week and we have a group, the Trojan Knights, that stay up round the clock guarding him.

Well because of the pro-Palestine protests on campus last spring they made rules against sleeping/being on campus at night and some new Head of Student Life hire from this year threatened to suspend and expel the Trojan Knights if they stayed with Tommy Trojan all night. As you might expect, that sent a number of alumni into an uproar and since certain accommodations have been made to allow them to be there (but not sleep).

Part of my love of college football are the traditions and pageantry. Many of those are already leaving us and when hearing this it set a lot of people off.

That is just fucked up.