Mitch on Countdown to tipoff 6pm
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The more I hear about this, the more concerned I get. We should be making it easier for top guys to make NIL deals. Why make it more difficult? It sounds like the perfect formula to get a roster full of role players (sounds familiar).
But ultimately if your agent or attorney, the people you pay to represent you, tell you to go elsewhere or demand above market value, it has the same impact.
Just turned the sound off. Just as I suspected, Vitale and Charles rambling about everything but the game. And, having to look at them. Just painful. Like seething fire to my testicles.
Yeah, but most any ad a player would do (unless he’s already very well-known and recognizable—which our guys are not) the player would NEED to wear UK gear/
The real problem is Mitch trying to protect the Central Banks and Kentucky Farm Bureau types. If a player endorses UK corporate partners, they can wear the logo, if not they can't.
Change needs to happen immediately, it's absolute restraint of free trade for the NIL student athletes.
Change this rule or you will lose every top recruit.
Every single one.
And I don't blame Stokes or Collins one bit.
Change needs to happen immediately, it's absolute restraint of free trade for the NIL student athletes.
Change this rule or you will lose every top recruit.
Every single one.
And I don't blame Stokes or Collins one bit.
This is why Mitch has always been against NIL.
If boosters and corporations can give money directly to the athletes, logically that’s less than they can or will give to the university and athletic department.
So if you want to have the best basketball or football team, what’s going to produce the best result?
Giving money to get the best players or giving the money to Mitch.
I have no interest in hearing anything Mitch has to say unless he announces he is stepping down.
You reverse engineer this thing to achieve the best outcome.
What does it take to attract the top recruits. That's the end game.
Not catering to corporate partners or pretending to play by a set of rules that doesn't exist for other schools.
It's that simple.
What does it take to attract the top recruits. That's the end game.
Not catering to corporate partners or pretending to play by a set of rules that doesn't exist for other schools.
It's that simple.
It sounds like maybe the JMI offering may work well enough for the 2nd tier and lesser earning prospects from other sports but isn't flexible enough and caps the upside earning potential for the big $ elite prospects? Something is preventing us from landing almost any of the big fish.
Are you telling me when Kam Williams drops his latest diss track in a Clark’s Pump and Shop commercial with a feat. from Mountain Mamba that he can’t wear the UK logo?
Thanks Mitch
Thanks Mitch
That’s such BS. I would have never believed it but the last 5+ my opinion of UK overall has gone down a large amount. A large portion of the school needs to be gutted and new blood brought in.
Honestly I’m not sure you can completely blame him. Honest truth. But he’s got to get results either way.
It needs to be taken to the extreme. A list of every single UK partner needs to be made and those businesses need to be boycotted. Start doing business with those places direct competition. Until JMI/UK changes how it does NIL, every single UK partner needs to feel the hurt in their bottom line. If they cut ties with UK over it then even better.
Wearing a logo costs more at any level and any medium. If you notice, even pro athletes rarely appear in their actual uniform in endorsement. Its rare because its cost prohibitive.
The real issue is every nil agreement must be reviewed to ensure it doesn't run opposed to ANY interest of either the university OR its partners. That basically rules out everything. Its beyond stupid and i posted about this from the beginning.
For example, if new balance wants to offer our player a big shoe deal, it won't get approved because jmi and uk have a deal with nike. It severely limits options.
That's why it's a bad deal. Elite guys think they'll have national opportunity. They're not giving this up nor should they.
It's clear the purpose of this deal is about making the university $ and not about putting our major sports in the best position to offer the best NIL situation to potential recruits.
Really? Penalize the businesses that support UK? Drive them away like we did with the ridiculous alcohol advertising ban. UL benefited from that decision.