re: Does Shaq donate for NIL?

OBJ donates....I saw in on the field in 2019!!

I can't imagine many former players would want to donate to individual recruits. They most likely just donate to the university for facilities

Troy Aikman talked about a donation he made for a UCLA player who didn’t play a down and transferred after one season. Said he’d never do it again.

Have no idea if Shaq is involved in nil

He’s given back to lsu but usually keeps it on the down low about what for and amount
He already said he’s willing to donate for new arena in some capacity so we shall see

Yea, I’m not shelling out millions of my money to some unloyal entitled kid that is only at the school for the money and will leave the moment something goes slightly wrong or someone else offers him a few hundred more to play for them. I don’t blame Troy one bit. I’d get burnt out on that real quick.

Former athletes are generally doing pretty well financially….but they aren’t billionaires with top-rated football players commanding several million apiece, most former athletes couldn’t touch that.

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Golden was available too, but Florida grabbed him first. (National Championship in YEAR 3 for the Gators)

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I don't defend Woodward much, but this is said with the benefit of hindsight. At the time, there was a very valid argument that McMahon had the better resume. A resume that included McMahon beating Golden in the NCAA Tournament just a week prior. The problem is Woodward didn't look beyond the resume to see if McMahon was a "fit" at LSU in this new era of CBB. It became clearly pretty quickly that he wasn't .

As for Shaq being a donor, I'm sure he like most guys with a lot of money. If you want them to donate to your program, go out and build a relationship with them. McMahon has never wanted to do that. At best, he's tried to "outsource" it to David Patrick.

Look at Curt Cignetti. Mark Cuban wasn't an Indiana mega-donor before Cignetti arrived. But Cignetti was smart enough to realize he (a) needing NIL funding and (b) Indiana had a very wealthy alum who obviously liked sports and was someone not shy about investing. Cignetti built a relationship with him. The look at Lane Kiffin. He's speaking at BR area business events. He's hanging out with a 22 year old LSU alum whose family is extremely wealthy and is a big sports donor. Kiffin isn't doing that because he likes speaking in ballrooms or hanging out socially with guys 1/2 his age. He's doing it to build the relationships necessary to fund his program. Shaq is not going to give LSU basketball money "just because": But he might if the HC cultivates a relationship with him.