[CardinalSagehen]

#1 top recruit priority.. “How can I make money before I can make tons of money.” That seems like a lifetime decision not a revered 40 year decision.

If I were one of the top 150 football players in the country, and I was expected to work 40+ hours/week on football, and I didn't come from a weathly family, then I would consider the amount of money I'd make from NIL during college.  Wouldn't anyone in those circumstances?  If Stanford is asking people not to consider NIL income (which I doubt Stanford would do), then isn't that sort of like a potential employer saying, "Don't consider the salary or bonus.  Make your job choice entirely based on what you'll learn while you're here making slave wages."

Agree.  Your point is spot-on.  Sitting here in the Silicon Valley, I thought you were going to say, "Don't worry about the salary or bonus, we're giving you these stock options that are already in the money and will be worth a ton after your 4-year vesting schedule and after we go public!"  

Watch the video below.  All 36 walk-ons at BYU are getting their tuition paid via an NIL deal with a local business.  (I don't think that's the same as a full ride with room & board etc., but it's pretty darn good.)  This is like those videos when Coach Shaw picks one or two walkers like Brycen Tremayne or Thunder Keck and surprises them with a scholarship... times 36. 

[tweet]https://twitter.com/BYUfootball/status/1425853761713434625?s=20[/tweet]

[CardinalSagehen]

#1 top recruit priority.. “How can I make money before I can make tons of money.” That seems like a lifetime decision not a revered 40 year decision.

If I were one of the top 150 football players in the country, and I was expected to work 40+ hours/week on football, and I didn't come from a weathly family, then I would consider the amount of money I'd make from NIL during college.  Wouldn't anyone in those circumstances?  If Stanford is asking people not to consider NIL income (which I doubt Stanford would do), then isn't that sort of like a potential employer saying, "Don't consider the salary or bonus.  Make your job choice entirely based on what you'll learn while you're here making slave wages."

Agree.  Your point is spot-on.  Sitting here in the Silicon Valley, I thought you were going to say, "Don't worry about the salary or bonus, we're giving you these stock options that are already in the money and will be worth a ton after your 4-year vesting schedule and after we go public!"  

Watch the video below.  All 36 walk-ons at BYU are getting their tuition paid via an NIL deal with a local business.  (I don't think that's the same as a full ride with room & board etc., but it's pretty darn good.)  This is like those videos when Coach Shaw picks one or two walkers like Brycen Tremayne or Thunder Keck and surprises them with a scholarship... times 36. 

[tweet]https://twitter.com/BYUfootball/status/1425853761713434625?s=20[/tweet]