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"Phil Knight spares no NIL deal in thirst for oregon national title"

Posted on 12/4/24 at 10:42 pm
Posted by CascadeReigns
Oregon
Member since Aug 2016
97 posts
Posted on 12/4/24 at 10:42 pm
Interesting Article about Oregons collective and how Phil is bankrolling the whole thing.

Nike Cofounders involvement in Oregons recruiting operation
Posted by TROLA
BATON ROUGE
Member since Apr 2004
14423 posts
Posted on 12/4/24 at 10:54 pm to
More stories the better so this whole thing can blow up.
Posted by imAMAZING
Member since Sep 2008
6317 posts
Posted on 12/4/24 at 11:00 pm to
Off topic but imagine if the Waltons liked college football or Arkansas, man they would be a powerhouse in the NIL era. Their combined net worth is 228 billion dollars. Crazy
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
39023 posts
Posted on 12/4/24 at 11:01 pm to
This was known a few years ago, when Knight began to face his mortality.

What's funny is he started out as a soft donor, then went big and now he's throwing the kitchen sink at it.
Posted by Bags of Milk
The Sunny Beaches of Canada
Member since Feb 2013
3380 posts
Posted on 12/4/24 at 11:30 pm to
At this point, why not? It’s currently legal. This is the world we live in, adapt or die.

You can’t tell me if any other team could do it their fans wouldn’t be on board because there are multiple teams trying to do the same thing.
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
26515 posts
Posted on 12/4/24 at 11:42 pm to
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imagine if the Waltons liked college football or Arkansas, man they would be a powerhouse in the NIL era. Their combined net worth is 228 billion dollars. Crazy



What's crazier, is that the amount of potential booster $$ in Arkansas is off the charts, but the AD can't fundraise for shite and actively campaigned against NIL for years and cut off good nose despite his face. There's no reason they shouldn't be the Oregon of the South.
Posted by Gaggle
Member since Oct 2021
7286 posts
Posted on 12/5/24 at 12:05 am to
This would really be Oregon’s best chance ever with a BCS or 4-team playoff but the 12 team kind of makes it a March Madness style crapshoot
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
104406 posts
Posted on 12/5/24 at 12:58 am to
If I'm the AD of a school not named Oregon I have to strongly reconsider any brand affiliation we may have with Nike. There are other shoe companies not directly working against our interests.
Posted by 3PieceSpicy
Metairie
Member since Jan 2021
7799 posts
Posted on 12/5/24 at 1:01 am to
Feel like it would be tough to be proud of a Ship that was only won bc they had a crazy donor buying their talent.

College sports are getting to be a bit too much like the MLB.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
39023 posts
Posted on 12/5/24 at 1:08 am to
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This would really be Oregon’s best chance ever with a BCS or 4-team playoff but the 12 team kind of makes it a March Madness style crapshoot


I agree with this. Doubt Oregon wins it all....especially if they have a rematch with Ohio State. We all know how rematches go.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
39023 posts
Posted on 12/5/24 at 1:18 am to
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Feel like it would be tough to be proud of a Ship that was only won bc they had a crazy donor buying their talent.


So Bama in football and UCLA in basketball have zero Championships? The world hasn't changed, it's just out in the open.
This post was edited on 12/5/24 at 1:19 am
Posted by Corso
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2020
11789 posts
Posted on 12/5/24 at 1:29 am to
But I thought it was simply because Dan Lanning is a young Nick Saban
Posted by SuperOcean
Member since Jun 2022
4585 posts
Posted on 12/5/24 at 3:25 am to
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But I thought it was simply because Dan Lanning is a young Nick Saban


Saban would never call a time out and have his players come over to watch opposing fans leave

Posted by BilJ
Member since Sep 2003
162130 posts
Posted on 12/5/24 at 5:04 am to
It has very much changed, anyone who thinks the money is the same as it was in the mystery bag man days is kidding themselves
Posted by jfan244888
Soda City, SC
Member since Jul 2021
1049 posts
Posted on 12/5/24 at 5:23 am to
And go to who? Aren't the people who started Under Armor Maryland grads?

And no one wants to go to a school sponsored by Rebook and New Balance is primarily for old men despite their marketing.

Nike is the premiere with Adidas a very distant second.. Just gotta win on the field.
Posted by SeeeeK
some where
Member since Sep 2012
30680 posts
Posted on 12/5/24 at 6:14 am to
i mean why not, he's got children working 14 hours on shitty $200 shoes.

Posted by Norway
Member since Aug 2024
995 posts
Posted on 12/5/24 at 6:20 am to
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i mean why not, he's got children working 14 hours on shitty $200 shoes.


No shite.

Nike business model is paying Michael Jordan a Billion Dollars to hawk shoes manufactured by child slave labor.
Disgusting.
Special place in hell for Phil.
Posted by TT9
Seychelles
Member since Sep 2008
90636 posts
Posted on 12/5/24 at 6:24 am to
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So Bama in football and UCLA in basketball have zero Championships
what crazy doner did Bama have old man?

We all know about Woodens bag man. Bobby Knight told us all about him.
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
76373 posts
Posted on 12/5/24 at 6:30 am to
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More stories the better so this whole thing can blow up.


Not sure what people can do, especially against Nike (an actual company that benefits from this)
Posted by alajones
Huntsvegas
Member since Oct 2005
35756 posts
Posted on 12/5/24 at 6:37 am to
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More stories the better so this whole thing can blow up.
How can it blow up? Isn’t it allowed because of a court ruling? What would be the process for reining it in?
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