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Does anyone on here have any confidence the Athletic Department will be able to craft this in a way that benefits UW sports? The Seattle area has a lot to offer potential athletes as far as NIL. Based on recent trends it’s hard to see Cohen, Lake and Hopkins turning this into a net positive. If it’s just more Built for Life then I can see a crash and burn.

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They need to start selling this for what it is….Kids get in their mind they are gonna be some National brand as a big time college offensive lineman. No, thats not happening. This is Trevor Lawrence. This is Zion Williamson.

Local kids need to be sold that in order for this to work for them monetarily, their value will be in peddling goods locally.

Jayden Wayne should be the first target. He could sell in the South Sound. Ain’t noone in Dublin, Ohio buying shit because that kid is reppin’ it.

If Paolo Banchero starts trying to get me to go get my car wash at the place with the pink elephant. hell no, im going elsewhere.

It’s not more Built for Life.

If Jenn continues to be more like Todd Turner then she will be gone, although they’ll just give her time to go elsewhere to save face.

GiggityGiggityDawg wrote:

They need to start selling this for what it is….Kids get in their mind they are gonna be some National brand as a big time college offensive lineman. No, thats not happening. This is Trevor Lawrence. This is Zion Williamson.

Local kids need to be sold that in order for this to work for them monetarily, their value will be in peddling goods locally.

Jayden Wayne should be the first target. He could sell in the South Sound. Ain’t noone in Dublin, Ohio buying shit because that kid is reppin’ it.

If Paolo Banchero starts trying to get me to go get my car wash at the place with the pink elephant. hell no, im going elsewhere.

1st blush was UW NIL video looked like the PHD version of BFL. If so, the payoff whatever it will be minimal.

Here is what really should concern the have not/non blueblood schools. Picture 2024 Bama signing day event where it’s called the million dollar class. 20 kids have signed and each one has 1 or 2 businesses (car dealership, gyms, pepsi/coke distributers, bottlers, etc) who are going to put the PSA face on the building, and have them do a couple of meet and greets for 50k each. This is of course in addition to the bag men who aren’t going away, as that income is tax free.

As it pertains to the Pac-12, SC when they are right, have LA Boosters that can and would do back flips for the access to the program by putting these kids in movie cameos, voiceovers, Hollywood jobs, etc, and for the Zero’s Nike can set them up in any number of positions backed by Phil Knight, who’s stock going up by even $1.00 makes him 300 million dollars.

I don’t see how this doesn’t play out any other way but the rich get richer.