Re: Stanich
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:55 pm
>>>>>>> My understanding is that NIL funding can take various forms——-and does not even have to to specifically involve a coach.
A booster could contact a potential recruit, separate from the coach, and offer money, a car, etc if that recruit goes to the booster’s preferred school.
By the same token, an athlete can make a separate deal with booster to sell an autographed photo, give a speech at an event, etc.
Schools have turned to collectives to try to combine fund rising and control the process. The recent giving day process where contributors could select the sport was a form of a collective.
I reference LVWC because it’s technically separate from the school but works with the coaching staff and already raises and spends significant funds helping Lehigh wrestling. The Supreme Court NIL ruling opened the door for LVWC to support Lehigh wrestlers——which was verboten under the old NCAA rules.
My position is straightforward——-the rules of the game have changed———use some of the funding that attracts elite work out partners to also attract more elite, AA caliber wrestlers.
A booster could contact a potential recruit, separate from the coach, and offer money, a car, etc if that recruit goes to the booster’s preferred school.
By the same token, an athlete can make a separate deal with booster to sell an autographed photo, give a speech at an event, etc.
Schools have turned to collectives to try to combine fund rising and control the process. The recent giving day process where contributors could select the sport was a form of a collective.
I reference LVWC because it’s technically separate from the school but works with the coaching staff and already raises and spends significant funds helping Lehigh wrestling. The Supreme Court NIL ruling opened the door for LVWC to support Lehigh wrestlers——which was verboten under the old NCAA rules.
My position is straightforward——-the rules of the game have changed———use some of the funding that attracts elite work out partners to also attract more elite, AA caliber wrestlers.