99% of incoming freshman with talent will want an NIL deal year one. If they can’t get it here… they will go else where.
The “We Will” Collective
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99% of incoming freshman with talent will want an NIL deal year one. If they can’t get it here… they will go else where.
But in todays world, Junior Monte and senior Georges, and even Jameel, would have absolutely commanded big money on the transfer market.
Looks like We Will is off to a positive start and I think the Board has some great Cyclones. Comments mention future merchandise and events to help raise funds. Will be interesting to follow.
I think a lot of us aren’t crazy about the direction of NIL in general but want our Cyclones to keep up until rules are implemented.
We need more donors. I consider members here to be serious fans. A sizable percentage of fans that frequent here don’t donate. Can you imagine how low it is among general alumni and casual fans? There is no doubt that a small group of donors is carrying the water for the larger fan base. Again, we will still have the lowest donations in the B12, when the new non P5 teams join. Think about that…
Because the excuses they give make them feel better about themselves.
We also have one of, if not the shittiest sports records in all of the Big 8/12.
The quote below was taken from the football parking thread.
If I remember correctly, Kansas State and Iowa were around $18 million.
All Pollard had to do to get an additional $5 million was to challenge the fan base and they stepped up to the challenge. I expect the NIL to do the same. You won't get the money if you don't ask, that is for sure.
If I remember correctly, Kansas State and Iowa were around $18 million.
All Pollard had to do to get an additional $5 million was to challenge the fan base and they stepped up to the challenge. I expect the NIL to do the same. You won't get the money if you don't ask, that is for sure.
I can almost guarantee you that beating Iowa in football once or twice a decade would help.
Did it help donations when Mac beat Iowa 5 years in a row?
I'll agree with all but fuel, that's been screwed for a while preUkraini war. IMO
Wow 310 donations? That’s not impressive at all. But I understand why it’s that low.
1998 attendance was roughly 219000 for 6 home games. 36,500/game
2002 attendance was roughly 303000 for 7 home games. 43,500/game
Iowa game was at kinnick both years
Attendance climbed 7000/game. Donations surely climbed too.
That time frame also coincided with the elite 8 run and men's and women's big 12 titles which would have pushed donations for seating there.
The successes over the time also overlapped with Gene Smith heading to Ohio state in 2000
Also include 2000/2001 were pretty good football teams with bowl games, and 1999 was very much a 'they're *this* close' type of season.
Getting Iowa certainly got the attention, but Iowa was even worse than ISU during that stretch and I'd guess consistent winning overall made a huge difference too.
ISU's football attendance has been astronomical the last several years and we're looking at it being almost a decade since ISU has beaten Iowa.
I think ISU football needed to become a 'thing' the last few seasons like late 90s/early 2000s KSU or something to maybe have a chance here and it didn't happen.
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