šŸˆ The NIL, collectives, and 'Yea Alabama:' I have an opinion.

TerryP

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(I'm using Yea Alabama because it's the latest, probably more well known, version of Alabama's NIL Collective.)

I'm going to use a Tier system of sorts with this being Tier One: the lowest priced plan to support UA.

Call it $100 a year. After all, that's what your premium recruiting sites are charging annually, on average.

I don't care about merchandise. I want information. And, if they used the 'Yea Alabama' site as it could be done they'd have subscriptions hands over fists.

Consider:

Weekly interviews with the staff from DeBoer down through guys like Ballou, Jeff Allen, Mike Ward...all the way through to ground screw and those preparing the stadiums for Game days.

Do you remember when Saban's staff had weekly highlights of last week's games posted on Monday's? I liked those. And and I'd love to see the same with the other teams: a recap of a mid-week baseball game as example. I'd pay for that.

Solid, in-depth interviews with players.

Daily highlights from practices.

And, intermixed with all of this? Some solid writing from guys we already know around campus. I'm not a huge fan of Suttles: but he does a good job.

Compare and contrast: Recruiting sites which mainly cover what might happen or a UA site that is telling you what is happening?

To me, it seems like a BIG opportunity; just ignored. After all, they are already doing such...just poorly.
 
I personally feel Yea Alabama is nowhere near what it was when it started. I don't get many offers for events like I used to, no gifts, opportunities for game worn gear or practices, nothing. I am in the All-American Package, and rarely get anything communication wise.
 
I personally feel Yea Alabama is nowhere near what it was when it started. I don't get many offers for events like I used to, no gifts, opportunities for game worn gear or practices, nothing. I am in the All-American Package, and rarely get anything communication wise.
So ...

Story goes that in a staff meeting Greg said he was prepared for the new ruling we just saw passed on NIL collectives. It was relayed as "in my position I'm paid to know these things ahead of time."

Okay. I'll take him at his word there ...

... IF ...

someone can explain to me why they were winding down "Yea Alabama?"
 
So ...

Story goes that in a staff meeting Greg said he was prepared for the new ruling we just saw passed on NIL collectives. It was relayed as "in my position I'm paid to know these things ahead of time."

Okay. I'll take him at his word there ...

... IF ...

someone can explain to me why they were winding down "Yea Alabama?"
Several college sports collectives are shutting down or changing their operations due to new NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) regulations and the House vs. NCAA settlement. The main reason is that a new college sports agency, the College Sports Commission, is rejecting deals between athletes and collectives that lack a "valid business purpose". This means deals solely focused on paying athletes, like those offered by many collectives, are being deemed ineligible.
 
So ...

Story goes that in a staff meeting Greg said he was prepared for the new ruling we just saw passed on NIL collectives. It was relayed as "in my position I'm paid to know these things ahead of time."

Okay. I'll take him at his word there ...

... IF ...

someone can explain to me why they were winding down "Yea Alabama?"

I did not know they were. I do know on their website I could not find one phone number or email address to contact them.
 
Several college sports collectives are shutting down or changing their operations due to new NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) regulations and the House vs. NCAA settlement. The main reason is that a new college sports agency, the College Sports Commission, is rejecting deals between athletes and collectives that lack a "valid business purpose". This means deals solely focused on paying athletes, like those offered by many collectives, are being deemed ineligible.
Last sentence…..good bye boogs
 
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