NIL/ Glenns Sporting Goods and NIL

[Catsfan123456]

I remember months ago it was announced that Marshall had partnered with a business that worked on behalf of the University to secure NIL deals for their athletes. Has anyone seen any NIL deals for Marshall athletes? I read about them every day at other institutions and it appears to me Marshall is behind on the times.
How about a business like Glenns Sporting Goods? Glenns has a deal in place with the University to sell Marshall products. Glenns makes a profit off the sale of these products. Marshall receives a profit when Glenns sells Marshall gear. I would think the student athlete should figure into the equation as well and make some money. I thought that was what NIL was about.

 

[muthed]

Not only Glenn's. When any business sells items with the Marshall logo on it, the university benefits. I believe you have to be licensed to sell MU items.

 

[herdfan06]

Southern Xposure

 

[The Real SamC]

NIL is about paying the players. It is a subterfuge. There is no one who is paying a player for NIL that actually expects to turn an actual profit on the matter. That is not the point. They just want to beat the other team.

 

[RhinoD]

NIL is about paying the players. It is a subterfuge. There is no one who is paying a player for NIL that actually expects to turn an actual profit on the matter. That is not the point. They just want to beat the other team.

Bingo... You want to compete with the big boys, you have Nike, Exxon, Coca Cola, etc pumping money into your NIL... Glenn's and the other business above a re great local Herd supporters, we as fans should support their businesses, etc. But they aren't running an NIL collaborative that is going to amount to anything.

 

[Catsfan123456]

Not only Glenn's. When any business sells items with the Marshall logo on it, the university benefits. I believe you have to be licensed to sell MU items.

The original point of NIL was for student athletes to get a piece of the financial pie so to speak instead of it all going to the university's and businesses such as Glenns. Athletes should benefit financially off their name, image, and likeness. This will only become more and more important in time. Marshall is already years behind on NIL when compared to other schools. If not rectified they will struggle mightily to be relevant in the Sun Belt.

 

[RhinoD]

The original point of NIL was for student athletes to get a piece of the financial pie so to speak instead of it all going to the university's and businesses such as Glenns. Athletes should benefit financially off their name, image, and likeness. This will only become more and more important in time. Marshall is already years behind on NIL when compared to other schools. If not rectified they will struggle mightily to be relevant in the Sun Belt.

Its all about making the correct comparisons... We are years behind schools like Ohio State, Texas, Georgia, etc. But lets be honest, we weren't competing with those teams prior to NIL and we won't be/arent now.

Our NIL situation is comparable to our peers (in that we dont have much)... As long as we are keeping up with App, Western Kentucky, ECU, Georgia Southern, ODU, etc. thats what matters in the long run.

IMO, this whole NIL thing is going to run its course over the next 5-10 years anyway.

Option A) ESPN gets what it wants and the top 40-48 teams break off to form a minor league NFL and create a new division where the pay is comparable among the members, and leave the small schools in what would then be glorified FCS.

Option B) Big money boosters who give millions in NIL to teams that never win shit, realize they are being scammed and stop giving to pay 19-21 year olds, thus the whole system fails (looking at you Nebraska, Texas AM, Virginia, Wisconsin, etc).

Option C) Congress intervenes, gives the NCAA some of its nuts back, and creates a system that slots how much "student athletes" are allowed to be paid thus bringing in a defacto salary cap that the schools have to abide by.

 

[greengeezer]

I have wondered if NIL is required in other areas of university life. If a talented actor in the Theater Dept draws audiences to plays, is that person entitled to a cut of the box office? What about a talented music major, or the guy who writes sports stories for “The Parthenon?” Hell, the student in the MARCO suite is worth a few hundred.

 

[Catsfan123456]

I have wondered if NIL is required in other areas of university life. If a talented actor in the Theater Dept draws audiences to plays, is that person entitled to a cut of the box office? What about a talented music major, or the guy who writes sports stories for “The Parthenon?” Hell, the student in the MARCO suite is worth a few hundred.

The other areas you mentioned aren't making the University millions of dollars as well as many local businesses profiting off of the athletes as well. Not even remotely the same thing.

 

[greengeezer]

The other areas you mentioned aren't making the University millions of dollars as well as many local businesses profiting off of the athletes as well. Not even remotely the same thing.

Without the college or university name behind them, none of them would make a dime.