NIL Things - All Sports

[swilsonsp4]

It appears that an executive order has been issued that merges Title 9 and NIL. It requires female athletes to be paid the same amount as male athletes. This is something to keep an eye on.

It wasn't an executive order, but guidance from the US Department of Education. That may not survive the incoming administration next week.

[bearcatbret]

It appears that an executive order has been issued that merges Title 9 and NIL. It requires female athletes to be paid the same amount as male athletes. This is something to keep an eye on.

[red_n_black_attack]

That's an odd comment by Miami U. (Oxford) coach Chuck Martin. He stated that he soent 90% of the past two weeks evaluating portal talent instead of readying his team for their bowl game.
Sorry, just more evidence football needs to have one portal window in the Spring. NIL is great for the players but timing of the portal window has to change.

[London 'Cat]

The Ohio legislature has passed a measure included in the “Christmas tree bill” that allows Ohio universities to pay athletes directly. The bill also makes NIL agreements immune to public records requests. That last part probably won’t fly but Dewine will probably sign it anyway.

I’d expect the Cincy Reigns collective to get absorbed by the University Athletic Dept. as soon as this gets signed.

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/...s/76959088007/

That provision definitely will not fly. But, it will take some legal action to nullify it, and Columbus media is too afraid of aO$U to challenge that portion. It will have to come from outside Columbus media, and by the time that gets resolved, it'll be two years in.

[Lobot]

The Ohio legislature has passed a measure included in the “Christmas tree bill” that allows Ohio universities to pay athletes directly. The bill also makes NIL agreements immune to public records requests. That last part probably won’t fly but Dewine will probably sign it anyway.

I’d expect the Cincy Reigns collective to get absorbed by the University Athletic Dept. as soon as this gets signed.

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/...s/76959088007/

[red_n_black_attack]

If we can get 40,000 alums/fans to commit to donating $20/month to Cincy Reigns that would total 9.6 million per year for players, on top of what we get from big donors and the NIL arrangements with companies/sponsors. There is no reason that UC cannot be a bigger player in NIL. We have a vary large alumni base, plus the resources of a decent size city that many blue blood schools don't have.

Please donate today, every bit adds up to allow coaches to be more successful in recruiting.

[Lobot]

A zavier support who owns his own marketing business, has proposed for him to do all the rebranding for free if that school changes it's name to musketeers.

The school has actually done that as of yesterday and posted to social media and made a big deal about it even though they were in the wrong from the get go. They are keeping the red and black color scheme and now it's weird.

Good thing they taught UC a lesson though. I'm pretty sure if the school district administration had any clue about why you can't just rip off someone's else's trademark, this wouldn't have happened in the first place.

[bearcatbret]

A zavier support who owns his own marketing business, has proposed for him to do all the rebranding for free if that school changes it's name to musketeers.

[Lobot]

Ok, thanks for the clarification - can't UC intervene and grant a dispensation or something. I don't know what's it's like Ohio, but middle and high school athletics are strapped for cash - can't even find enough folks to officiate games. These are not 'for profit' entities so you would think CLC would back off if UC asked them to...this is just really bad PR.

I'm pretty sure at least the Athletic Dept is aware of the mess by now since it made the rounds a week or so ago. Worst case scenario is CLC doesn't budge and we get a DAAP graphic design student to make them a new logo?

[JohnFrancis]

Ok, thanks for the clarification - can't UC intervene and grant a dispensation or something. I don't know what's it's like Ohio, but middle and high school athletics are strapped for cash - can't even find enough folks to officiate games. These are not 'for profit' entities so you would think CLC would back off if UC asked them to...this is just really bad PR.

[Lobot]

Probably need to start a new thread on this 'cease and desist' order against a middle school in TN regarding the use of the name 'bearcats.' This is absolutely PETTY on UC's part. The University risks alienating future hs players, parents and coaches as TN is fast becoming a recruiting hotbed due to population growth. There are other colleges and high schools already called Bearcats btw. Remember Danny McCoin came from that area.

UC should be FLATTERED that a middle school in TN wants to be called Bearcats. UC should send a pallet of swag/gear down there. Spread name recognition now and it might pay off later. Geez. This legal action is so beneath UC - PROMOTE the University down there, don't threaten a middle school for cryin' out loud - work with them.
John
UC grad
TN resident

This came up a while back on Twitter. It's not UC directly doing this. It's the College Licensing Company, which represents the University (and many other schools) for trademarks and copyrights. The name Bearcats is not in dispute here. Never was. Heck I can name 3 of them in a 30 minutes of me in Texas. There's even a high school team in Alabama (Cullman) that was named that because one of their admins was a UC grad way back when. No one's suing anyone over the name Bearcats.

The Kentucky Sports Radio account and Xavier fans are blasting this story everywhere on social media trying to make UC look bad. CLC is just doing it's job. This has happened MANY times in the past with high schools ,etc. The real issue here its the school is using the trademarked C-Paw logo without permission. CLC would likely not care at all had the school licensed it but they choose not to or were oblivious to the fact they needed to and went on social media with incorrect information, crying foul about the whole thing. UC is not at fault here.

[JohnFrancis]

Probably need to start a new thread on this 'cease and desist' order against a middle school in TN regarding the use of the name 'bearcats.' This is absolutely PETTY on UC's part. The University risks alienating future hs players, parents and coaches as TN is fast becoming a recruiting hotbed due to population growth. There are other colleges and high schools already called Bearcats btw. Remember Danny McCoin came from that area.

UC should be FLATTERED that a middle school in TN wants to be called Bearcats. UC should send a pallet of swag/gear down there. Spread name recognition now and it might pay off later. Geez. This legal action is so beneath UC - PROMOTE the University down there, don't threaten a middle school for cryin' out loud - work with them.
John
UC grad
TN resident

[Lobot]

This has the potential to cripple Olympic sports. Perhaps some lower-level D1 athletics departments who are strong (or looking to grow) in that area will deemphasize football in order to pump up their wrestling, swimming, lacrosse, etc. But where would that money come from, given that those sports generally operate in the red now?

I think potential is wrong. It WILL decimate Olympic sports and that sucks to be honest. I've read a huge amount of articles forecasting this. The one that stuck out was from Matt Brown at Extra Points . I'll have to go back and find the link.

[swilsonsp4]

tO$U announced a budget of $20.5M for NIL across all sports. Every student athlete will be on scholarships with some programs being eliminated to reduce the number of athletes to be paid. Likely more to follow from other programs.

This has the potential to cripple Olympic sports. Perhaps some lower-level D1 athletics departments who are strong (or looking to grow) in that area will deemphasize football in order to pump up their wrestling, swimming, lacrosse, etc. But where would that money come from, given that those sports generally operate in the red now?

[Lobot]

Not UC, but for those who missed it, #1 QB prospect Bryce Underwood, who was committed to LSU, flipped over the weekend to Michigan for a ridiculous sum of NIL cash reported to be in the low eight figure range. The NIL contract was entirely funded by Oracle's Larry Ellison. Ellison is worth 200B and is not a Michigan grad but his current wife is. This is more money per year for Underwood than the NFL rookie contract allows for.

https://frontofficesports.com/larry-...yce-underwood/