LB12MEEN said:
I think Tech blew their chance to winning it all again. We shall see if there is a pitcher like Cadady again that leaves their school after being one of the best her first two years in school. Just don't think that scenario is going to happen that often.
I was also surprised by how their coach seemed to just melt after the error by the SS.
twk said:Farmer1906 said:Bondag said:
We don't have any donors with that much money with that little business sense.
There is no ROI for a million dollar pitcher. You may win a championship, but you don't get a return.
Until the 12th man gifts points for donations illegally you won't get Buzbee, Beaver or Don Adams to start writing checks. The Tech guy seems to like the publicity and apparently has F me money where he doesn't miss it.
How are you defining ROI? He's not literally going to make his money back, but he's going to help his program reach a level they would never have dreamed of. His joy from that might be a favorable return in his eyes.
I don't know if ROI is the right term, but there are serval factors at play.
First, NIL money needs to be tax deductible in order for it to make any sense financially, and it's really hard to justify a $1 million NIL deal with a softball pitcher as a legitimate business advertising or sponsorship expense. Now, if you don't care about that, fine, but it does matter to most business people, and effectively makes your NIL money go farther when you can claim it as an expense.
Second, NIL money is not allowed to get you priority points credit (or whatever they call it at other schools), so you don't jump to the front of the donor line, for whatever that is worth to you, for writing a big NIL check.
Third, some people just prefer to write big checks for bricks and mortar; things that will last and might carry their name for years to come, rather than something completely ephemeral like a one year NIL deal, which may or may not lead to some hardware in the trophy case (and, in any event, which will not carry your name on it).
Timberwolf said:
Maybe donors will get on board after watching Texas win championships?
Farmer1906 said:Bondag said:
We don't have any donors with that much money with that little business sense.
There is no ROI for a million dollar pitcher. You may win a championship, but you don't get a return.
Until the 12th man gifts points for donations illegally you won't get Buzbee, Beaver or Don Adams to start writing checks. The Tech guy seems to like the publicity and apparently has F me money where he doesn't miss it.
How are you defining ROI? He's not literally going to make his money back, but he's going to help his program reach a level they would never have dreamed of. His joy from that might be a favorable return in his eyes.
