NIL – Is there a way for us to compete?

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- 10/18/2022 at 11:55 AM #175751
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  Torg
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  I only understand NIL on a basic level so please talk to me like a 5 year old on this.
  
  What I am curious to know, how much money would we realistically need to have ready for competitive recruiting classes? Is it possible for us to become competitive in in the future?
- 10/18/2022 at 12:00 PM #175752
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  RedUte14
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  OnlyU and others give great responses to this in some other posts. I would look for those back a few pages.
- 10/18/2022 at 12:02 PM #175753
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  UteThunder
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  To truly compete, we need a Phil Knight type booster who loves Utah football so much they are willing to pay millions of dollars to recruits who choose to play at Utah. Local businesses throwing a few thousand dollars at our current players is nice but that’s not going to cut it when it comes to luring 4 and 5 star recruits.
  - 10/18/2022 at 12:51 PM #175758
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    Torg
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    Gail Miller, if youre lurking on this forum…please return Mark Harlan’s phone call.
    - 10/18/2022 at 2:28 PM #175769
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      Utesbyfive
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      Mark Harlan, nor anyone with the program, can be involved with NIL deals. NIL is all athlete to agent to “business.”
  - 10/18/2022 at 3:17 PM #175770
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    UtahFootballGM
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    i’ll be handling that position soon.
- 10/18/2022 at 12:03 PM #175754
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  DrJazzy
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  No – we just don’t have the wealthy alumni base that other more established programs have. We could outwork some programs like we do on the field – have a more coordinated and collaborative effort to get elite players the money/exposure they need – involve local businesses…but this takes a lot of work and so far we seem to be falling behind.
  
  Every major player has a large fan collective now. AZ was able to completely flip their recruiting with NIL money.
- 10/18/2022 at 12:07 PM #175756
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  OldAsDirtUte
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  If we could match the big donors NIL, then they would raise up the numbers again.
  
  A never-ending spiral.
- 10/18/2022 at 1:23 PM #175764
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  UteBacker
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  No way.
  
  On a positive note- we just got a hell of a lot more return on investment on our NIL payouts than those guys from So Cal just did…
- 10/18/2022 at 1:34 PM #175766
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  UteManX
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  We do have some wealthy alumni, we just need them to care more about football. We have Adobe, Atari, Pixar, that DJ Kaskade, a Piano Guy or something. If TDS can do it with a guy who has a survey website/jazz owner. I do not see why we can’t. I was slightly connected to Basketball until a couple years ago and there was some more talk of some alumni donations/NIL deals, but I am not sure if that resulted in anything or if it will. Fingers Crossed.
- 10/18/2022 at 2:22 PM #175768
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  jamarcus24
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  Well, to give you an idea here is a link to an article that suggests the #3 overall recruit in the 2023 class (according to 247) has an NIL deal potentially worth up to $8 million over the course of his collegiate career. He may actually be making money from this deal already. He is committed to Tennessee.
  
  Nico Iamaleava NIL Deal
  - 10/18/2022 at 4:19 PM #175772
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    utefansince79
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    way things are headed, players with great pro potential may decide to stay in college playng all four years because it will pay more than moving to the NFL
- 10/18/2022 at 9:39 PM #175782
  
  Extra Medium
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  We need an NIL coordinator on staff who can actively engage stewing athletes and companies. We need alumni who don’t want their name on a building but would rather throw a few $m at some athletes. It will be Wild West for a few years but it will eventually blow up and the NIL deals will come back to earth.
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