USF NIL Deals?

[CousinRicky]

1 hour ago, smazza said:

usf needs to dedicate resources to this issue

with all the businesses in tampa area i cant imagine they wouldnt want to be involved in big time athletics

Those 2 things don't belong in the same post.  

[BulledOver]

16 hours ago, jg233 said:

We have zero high profile athletes or teams at the school.  There isn't going to be a whole lot to publicize right at this point.

Start winning and garnering some national attention and then, the athletes will get some interest. 

[BDYZR]

1 hour ago, CousinRicky said:

Those 2 things don't belong in the same post.  

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[CousinRicky]

25 minutes ago, BDYZR said:

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It was only semi-serious.  You can't argue that there is any USF sport outside of maybe women's soccer and men's golf that are big time at this moment.  There is some exposure but most of it is on ESPN + now.

[BDYZR]

6 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

It was only semi-serious.  You can't argue that there is any USF sport outside of maybe women's soccer and men's golf that are big time at this moment.  There is some exposure but most of it is on ESPN + now.

I know. I didn't realize we had that many in just football. Didn't even look at other sports. Honestly, I am surprised.

[NewEnglandBull]

1 hour ago, CousinRicky said:

It was only semi-serious.  You can't argue that there is any USF sport outside of maybe women's soccer and men's golf that are big time at this moment.  There is some exposure but most of it is on ESPN + now.

Unfortunately, there is nothing "big time" about any of those sports. They get some casual interests (I do enjoy women's soccer) but that is about it...very few people will get upset if they lose a big game or not. 

[CousinRicky]

2 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Unfortunately, there is nothing "big time" about any of those sports. They get some casual interests (I do enjoy women's soccer) but that is about it...very few people will get upset if they lose a big game or not. 

Guess I meant "successful".  Understand your point.

[JTrue]

2 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Unfortunately, there is nothing "big time" about any of those sports. They get some casual interests (I do enjoy women's soccer) but that is about it...very few people will get upset if they lose a big game or not. 

So the debate is should a business invest in a player who is wildly unsuccessful in a "big time" sport or someone who is successful at a less popular sport? 

 

[NewEnglandBull]

4 minutes ago, JTrue said:

So the debate is should a business invest in a player who is wildly unsuccessful in a "big time" sport or someone who is successful at a less popular sport? 

 

Or business invest in a sport that reaches the most eyeballs…and football, regardless of the record, does that at USF. Now, if they are still not investing because they want to compare those eyeballs to a P5 program then that is a different story. 

[JTrue]

3 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Or business invest in a sport that reaches the most eyeballs…and football, regardless of the record, does that at USF. Now, if they are still not investing because they want to compare those eyeballs to a P5 program then that is a different story. 

If you're doing an NIL and pick football at USF, you've decided long beforehand on football for no reason other than your bias towards it being the only big-time sport. If you're looking for return on investment, I can give you a hundred better ways to advertise your company than our football team. And if I were a local business owner with $5000 to burn and want to direct into USF athletics, I'd absolutely put it towards winning/successful programs and do my advertising somewhere else. And I'd lean hard into my association with winning and supporting college athletics and plaster it in all of my locations.