I realize the poll is here on the football board but the poll itself didn't specify NIL for football program. It could be for any part of Rutgers athletics, or folks could certainly answer the poll through that lens if it made a difference (in some cases it wouldn't, I'm sure). If the lens for any fan here is presumed as football only (i.e. that's the only or primary Rutgers rooting interest one might have), fair enough, or if it's a philosophical or priorities issue with where NIL contributions or lack thereof stacks up in their own lives, then fair enough as well.
But I don't even know that any or all of the NIL $ being donated is earmarked specifically or not, ahead of time, by donors who could be designating as such. My impression is that the KTR collective could utilize general donation funds for any number of scholarship athletes as NIL opportunities are organized or presented by businesses. Maybe someone donated as a gesture after Saturday's IU win in hoops (or after the IU win in football on homecoming for that matter) which could perhaps end up directed towards a lacrosse player next week or next month once they frame an NIL opportunity for that scholarship athlete (or if already devised but just needed some more unrestricted $$$ to come in the door first before it could be launched).
Anyway, my guess is a NIL poll on the hoops board (or even specific to some of the olympic sports) would be, mostly, similarly polarizing due to differences of opinion and philosophy around NIL, but may not have as much angst as it relates to donating based on the state of the program, coaching, recruiting, competitiveness, W/L, etc. given relative current program success under Pikiell (hoops example). Still, even there, some folks, if they donate at all, may prefer to do so through traditional approaches, whether it be for facilities or for other improvements, rather than through the current NIL options.
