Pollard sounds off on NIL, changing landscape of college athletics in interview on Murphy & Andy
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I think the lower half members of the SEC and B10 would support this, just happy to be protected and well paid.
We are last in the league in donations and will be in the new B12 too. We are behind most P5 programs and certainly those that could be considered our peers. This isn’t about big donors. This is about ISU having a relatively small number of donors compared to other, even smaller, schools. We need more fans to donate and we need more donors to give more.
No but the people shelling out money are not owners with a good return on their money.
You’re confused here. I don’t even know where to start…
Do schools have more money coming in than ISU? Of course, but we still can play those teams for B12 Championship Titles, in the NCAA Basketball Tournament, or even the CFP.
If those schools leave - they will be considered top tier and our donations/ticket prices should reflect that we are no longer in that group.
If you believe any different that’s on you. It is great that you have a distorted view of the real world though.
There is a lot unknowns here. Does this Super League extend beyond FB? Are many of the basketball blue bloods left behind (UNC, KU, Duke, Kentucky, etc.)? What about non revenue sports? What if the ND AD is correct and it will be a semi-pro league that licenses the names of 30(?) schools? Is that even college athletics anymore? Will anyone outside of those fans bases care anymore, once they aren’t connected to the broader world of college athletics?
To your points above, we do have less money coming in. We can play the OUs for B12 titles, but how often does it really happen? Will we miss the likes of Alabama and Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament? Maybe, but is basketball included in this change? If they are, will we still retain many MBB blue bloods? The CFP has been reserved for a select few teams. What if there was a CFP that was more attainable? What if this led to a restoration of lost rivalries?
Those types of teams are leaving the B12 now. Some (30?) may leave other conferences to start this new league. We are behind our peer institutions already. How much should our donations/costs fall? We will be last in the new B12 in donations. If this change occurs, maybe the market will correct back to our level and we are at the state we would need to be in the future.
I think this fan base needs more information before we start talking about donating and paying less. We are already are in the current state.
I don’t know, that’s why I’m asking. Since your point was be good at football, get more donations.
We have won a bunch of football games the last 5 years, including a bcs bowl. So we’ve been good at football
So how has that impacted ad donations in that timeframe?
So all we have to do is find a Russian billionaire who wants to rehabilitate his image. No problem.
We can even put his superyacht on Lake Panorama!
Because there will still be levels of donations that will separate schools
We aren’t in their neighborhood now. Add all the take their ball and go home people, and that gulf grows even further.
From surveys, other schools have the same amount of non donors to NIL as us. It’s the big ones that separates us.
I know it’s the new topic of conversation, so it supersedes everything
But nil is just a fraction of the reasons we will lose our place in our current peer group
Despite the adjustments happening at a glacial pace even the market for tickets and the required donations is a free market. The AD wants to maximize revenue with a careful eye to not pissing off the fan base too much. So if ISU moves down a level the market will decide what is the appropriate rate by buying tickets or not buying tickets; by donating or not donating. It will adjust to another equilibrium. It isn't for Jamie to decide in a vacuum, he needs to listen to the market and adjust accordingly.
