I think the players could pool together and do something cool on social media for advertising.
Example lets say 50 players pool together and agree to promote something on social media. The business pays x amount and as a return, all the players have to post it to instagram, facebook, twitter, tik tok, etc and split the cost... Lets say the business spends 5 grand on an advertising campaign and 50 players participate. That's $100 per player. Not much but if you do it 25-50 times that's 2500 to 5 grand. And there is value to an advertiser because 50 players have quite the social media reach
Of course the bigger named players are less likely to do it. Cam Miller, Hunter Luepke, Phoenix Sproles and Tamarick Williams are going to command more money than your backup punter, so they may not participate.
I don't mind stuff like this because they players are offering a service
The Gophers are doing something where fans can join for $200 and get exclusive access. Not sure what 'exclusive access means" but it could be autographs or meet and greets.
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In Ohio State's case they're trying to argue they deserve 501(c)3 status because they're using donated money to "promote and expand awareness for charities". Stole this from @MattBrownEP's twitter (great follow btw if you're interested in the business side of college athletics and realignment):
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It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.
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I remember posting a thread in 2012 or 13 wondering at what point should the BIson consider switching punt returners temporarily after Christian Dudzik had 4-5 muff punts in 2 weeks. the doods a 1st ballot Bison HOFer and You would have thought I had personally called for the murder of him and his dog for asking such an unspeakable question
1. The FCS was the Best option for NDSU for a very long time.
2. As a general rule- the FCS sucks at football and has proven that is not committed to football at all.
3. It's time to go FBS
All it would take is some aging multi millionaire wanting to see his FCS school win a title and spend like 2 million dollars... You dont think our 10 best players would all bolt to Illinois State for 200k each their senior year?