mrspenney No. 1 Share Posted May 10, 2023 (edited) Also it would be interesting to know how much is being spent for next years basketball team. For that matter it would be interesting to know how much NIL monies are being spent for all the Oregon athletic teams. Edited May 10, 2023 by Smith72 capitalize titles 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywarduck Moderator No. 2 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Interesting topic, and how is it being distributed? I imagine the big guys are getting more, but are all the athletes getting to learn about spending money while at college. I know I learned how to survive, financially, in college. Once I graduated and began to make real money I learned how to spend and save. Not coming from lots of money I didn't head off on spring break, have a car, or really much extra spending money. Summers were spent working, and I worked while in college. I think it is good these athletes are getting some money. I wonder if there is much guidance about how to spend, save and just counsel on what to do with money? Also players with money, some more than others sets up another dynamic within a team of players. Some programs like Texas A&M seem to have blown it by giving a bunch of money to potential, freshman, while the rest were expected to carry the team. How much is spent on NIL, is the tip of the iceberg as to how teams and programs are affected. The effect might be easy to see in the parking lot, with some new cars, but lots of money for college students opens a whole new dynamic. I guess the question of NIL money and the new world of college athletics will be something to study over time. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woundedknees No. 3 Share Posted May 11, 2023 I remember a time when athletes at smaller colleges had to work for room and board. My brother attended Willamette University in Salem, and worked at the Oregon State Hospital (At that time, a residential mental health facility, and site of the state nurses training program), even living in an on site dormitory for WU athletes (I believe the name was Griffith Hall?). He did ground maintenance, punched patient meal tickets, some janitorial work, even showed movies in certain wards for the patients. I knew Oregon football players who worked as manual labor for companies like Wildish Sand and Gravel. My, how the worm has turned! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
