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re: Is the Bama NIL collective in bad shape?
Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:03 am to Sandkhan
Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:03 am to Sandkhan
I give to the collective monthly, but I completely understand why others don’t.
I chose to give because I get a lot of joy and entertainment out of Alabama sports. Going to games and cheering on the athletes is something my family enjoys and does together, which is nice. And I believe that our athletic program can change kids lives for the better.
That being said, asking your average fan to fund the collective while also increasing tide pride and ticket prices and nickel and diming folks at the concession stand is not a sustainable model, and when the AD is worth hundreds of millions, I can see why a lot of people are turned off by that.
Collective bargaining needs to get here so we can move on from this current NIL era.
I chose to give because I get a lot of joy and entertainment out of Alabama sports. Going to games and cheering on the athletes is something my family enjoys and does together, which is nice. And I believe that our athletic program can change kids lives for the better.
That being said, asking your average fan to fund the collective while also increasing tide pride and ticket prices and nickel and diming folks at the concession stand is not a sustainable model, and when the AD is worth hundreds of millions, I can see why a lot of people are turned off by that.
Collective bargaining needs to get here so we can move on from this current NIL era.
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Posted on 5/4/24 at 4:19 pm to gumpinmizzou
The problem is NIL isn’t going away when revenue sharing starts. It won’t be as prominent or as important maybe, but NIL will continue on.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:13 pm to bigpapamac
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We also are not Georgia Tech. Come on.
Tech is my 2nd favorite, because my dad went there. And nope, were nowhere near being Tech. We've been getting the Saban discount, and are learning how thing have started working.
I think we're seeing a but of a bubble, since it's new wild West territory. Once they start running things through the schools instead of these bullshite collectives, you'll start to see things level out. But right now, there's a bunch of desperate, hungry boosters seeing an opportunity to hit levels they've never reached.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 12:05 pm to Allthatfades
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There’s no way in hell I would ever waste $18 a month so some entitled college kid could come play football or basketball at Alabama.
Same. I'm already paying for my son's degree. No wait am I paying for some kid to make more money than I do, get a scholarship that he doesn't give a shite about, so he can play sports and finish his degree online (if he or she is Even doing it). These folks are also being gifted houses to stay in... Meanwhile, I'm also paying $800 a month for son to live there. Hard pass.
This is not what NIL was supposed to be.
This post was edited on 5/8/24 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 5/8/24 at 6:02 pm to bigpapamac
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The problem is NIL isn’t going away when revenue sharing starts. It won’t be as prominent or as important maybe, but NIL will continue on.
Unfortunately this until substantial changes are made.In the current political environment, any lawsuit to increases monetary flow or remove restrictions on “college” athlete's will succeed no matter what the implications.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 2:58 pm to Amarillo Tide
Revenue sharing, Saban’s plan and recommendation, will be here in a couple of years, and that will ease reliance on collectives. Of course boosters will still boost, as in the “keep it down home Cuz” days at Auburn, but the revenue sharing plan brings requirements for players- just like professional contracts.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 3:40 pm to AbSnopes
Question for those that do donate - Do you also donate to your high school? I am getting older and have the ability to donate a little bit. I love Bama sports but I do not feel compelled to donate but I do feel compelled to donate to my High School. Any one else feel this way?
Posted on 5/10/24 at 3:42 pm to newtonjg
I think the thing with high school athletics donation and volunteerism is that many of those kids literally have no support and athletics is a way to get that kid engaged in school and become a man.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 3:50 pm to newtonjg
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Question for those that do donate - Do you also donate to your high school? I am getting older and have the ability to donate a little bit. I love Bama sports but I do not feel compelled to donate but I do feel compelled to donate to my High School. Any one else feel this way?
I’ll answer this for me: I donate to the Yea collective. I don’t donate to my highschool. And I guess for me that’s because I always grew up a fan of Alabama but I no longer live in my hometown and didn’t grow up a big fan of our local athletics team. I was an Alabama kid that moved to northeast Mississippi and just went to school there and played sports, but there was t and still isn’t a lot of local pride. the board of education there has never really leaned into that type of thing.
It’s weird. When I go back home I support local businesses but never really think about the high school and I haven’t gone back for a single home game since the last one I played in.
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