What percentage of our enrollment is ag?
Probably less than 15%. Why is this an excuse? Ag has been on a roll for 15 years.
What about the other 85%?
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong on the percentage in the ag college
Xavier Townsend decommits
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Probably less than 15%. Why is this an excuse? Ag has been on a roll for 15 years.
What about the other 85%?
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong on the percentage in the ag college
With respect to Xavier Townsend if he does choose UCF it will likely not be due to NIL deals.
That being said ISU does have a lot of graduates that likely loved their ISU experience. But ask how many of them recalled athletics being at all a part of it? The ISU athletics department was allowed to rot for decades. There is not nostalgia and no single wealthy person willing to simply Phil Knight the issue. This is a consequence of letting your program desiccate and also being second fiddle in a low population state.
That being said ISU does have a lot of graduates that likely loved their ISU experience. But ask how many of them recalled athletics being at all a part of it? The ISU athletics department was allowed to rot for decades. There is not nostalgia and no single wealthy person willing to simply Phil Knight the issue. This is a consequence of letting your program desiccate and also being second fiddle in a low population state.
Most P5 schools are doing something like this:
Illinois Launches INFLUENCE to Prepare Athletes for NIL Changes - University of Illinois Athletics
Illinois tabs Opendorse Ready™ to provide student-athletes with technology, educational resources in preparation for NLI.
Iowa Announces NIL Program: FLIGHT
Won’t link others, but again most have done this.
I believe this is ISU’s version:
Yep it isn't a new thing and goes a long way with recruiting. Having all players get 10K per year is a good starting point to be competitive but you can really appeal to athletes egos when you have a dept like that. I have said it before but we switched a couple 4 star commits from programs that don't have these things in place so it is starting to make a difference.Most P5 schools are doing something like this:
Illinois Launches INFLUENCE to Prepare Athletes for NIL Changes - University of Illinois Athletics
Illinois tabs Opendorse Ready™ to provide student-athletes with technology, educational resources in preparation for NLI.fightingillini.com
Iowa Announces NIL Program: FLIGHT
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Won’t link others, but again most have done this.
I believe this is ISU’s version:
Gordo’s past lingers out there as not very sound. Sat quiet for 7 years before coming back and posting that CMC is basically garbage. Interesting.
Yeah CMC is probably the second person called for the OSU opening (fickell might be first) if the bears are stupid enough to hire day.
Almost agree with you 100%, BUT, even though I also agree athletes deserve some compensation, I do believe this should have been rolled out with a set of well thought out rules to prevent simple bidding wars where their is extraordinary benefit to those with rich donor bases. Maybe I am bias because I know which side of the dense ISU resides.
I agree with your crazy theory and will expand upon it to say that the bigger near term risk is that our conference just added 3 schools that we are more likely to compete for athletes with in 3 of our top recruiting states (FL, OH, and TX) to replace 2 schools that we rarely competed for the same athletes. To me, that is the worst part of all the realignment. I get that we needed to add schools from a TV point of view, but I would have preferred those 3 schools stayed in slightly less attractive conferences from a straight recruiting standpoint.
Ag profits (farmers, Deere, fertilizer companies,etc) for 15 years.......give or take 3-4 years on the past 15 have been very good.
While I know this news sucks a silver lining is that you still have the best recruiting class in the new big 12. Regardless of if the playoff expansion goes to 8 or 12 autobids for the power 5 are practically guaranteed which is a very navigable path for ISU to make the playoffs even in the NIL era.
Also, the Foundation is not part of the university. TMK, they have different tax Id numbers.
Wtf is happening around here, every time I get on the football forum lately someone’s recommitting
According to many, it’s because Matt Campbell won’t say he’s super happy at Iowa State and will never ever ever ever ever ever ever leave.
29 states now have laws allowing college athletes to earn NIL income. These laws generally all contain language that prevents enforcing any kind of limit on how much can be earned. Some of the laws have "limited to commensurate market value" clauses.
The Cali law is linked below. It basically says no school can restrict NIL income, and no governing organization with authority over college athletics can restrict participation of an athlete earning NIL income, or a school that allows its athletes to earn NIL income. The other state laws are similar.
California NIL Law for NCAA - Spry
Explore the California NIL Law for NCAA student athletes including tax implications and FAQs from the industry leading compliance platform, Spry
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As such, any set of rules to govern NIL put forth by the NCAA that limited the amount of money earned would likely violate those state rules. The law basically ensures that "bidding wars" are going to happen.
In the present situation, the Supreme Court made a ruling, not directly about NIL, but hinting that NIL would/should be allowed. This triggered states to make NIL laws, and the NCAA to allow NIL, but the NCAA was rendered unable to regulate NIL because of laws in a majority of the states.
Had the NCAA gone first, and put forth a system for regulating NIL, I don't think it would have mattered, and we end up in the same place. The states would essentially pass the same laws they have now, to give the schools in their states an advantage. That is pretty much right in Sec 5 of the California law. Also, apparently, NIL is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety...
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I didn't mean to hit a nerve with you on the Foundation.
All I know is that each year I send money to the Foundation for the NCC contribution, then I have to send a separate check to the Foundation for the Gridiron Club, just as I was instructed to do.
As for the Foundation being part of the University, you are technically correct it is a separate Foundation organization, established under the IRS laws and rules that serves only one entity, Iowa State University. Since its only function is helping Iowa State University it would be hard to argue it is not part of Iowa State. Using the Foundation, or any fund in the Foundation, as a conduit for passing NIL payments to players will never happen unless the NCAA, or another successor organization, specifically allows
the practice.
Some want “big donors” to solve everything; it will take all of us donating to the degree we can. Too many fans are on the sidelines and many of them have strong opinions and lots of complaints.
