re: Is the Bama NIL collective in bad shape?

I def understand. It’s a brave new world of college athletics. I will say on the fundraising point…on things like campaigns and whatnot it is very grassroots it’s like voting where if every person feels like “but my little effort won’t make a difference” all that little bit adds up. I mean you see politically even Trump Jr is on Twitter begging the MAGA folks for $5.


We don’t have one single big fish like fatass Yellafella or a T Boone, so where we excel is in the numbers of people who call themselves Alabama fans.

And I’m by no means wealthy but I’m blessed enough to be doing better than what I came from. And I think back to if it was 1999 and I could’ve bought Shaun Alexander or Fernando Bryant dinner legally as a thanks for being bad asses, I definitely would’ve. So it’s kind of cool that we can now. Outside of my family and very close friends I’ve definitely gotten more joy out of Alabama football and basketball than any other thing I regularly pay attention to so I see it as a cool way I can be a part of keeping that success going.