[here4WBB]

I thought WBB does have a collective, or is it just MBB.

Stanford does have a collective.  The first formation was Cardinal One, which paid $50k to each of men's basketball players at the beginning of the 2022-23 season.  I'm surprised that this has not had more discussion, since it surely contributed to hard feelings for players and their parents.  Imagine Lauren Betts entering Stanford just as the NIL opens up, and she/ her family feel that she is not recognized with playing time, support with the NIL and confronted with the inequity of the men's basketball team receiving this payout.  Source:
 https://www.on3.com/nil/news/lifetime-ca...-approach/

The new collective, Cardinal Forever, has the intention to work with the women's basketball team this season.  The article also notes that the University has been reluctant to deal with the collectives after being sued on Title IX grounds in 2020; I was not aware of this.  Any way, Stanford has been off to a slow start with supporting athletes on how to best make use of NIL.  The issues around the 2020 suit and Stanford cutting varsity sports may have created dissent in the larger sports program that is trickling down to the athletes.  

The new NCAA NIL rules are unfolding in the context of media attention to singular high earners- and those individuals are making good money.  The website on3.com has a fair amount of public data (more detailed behind subscription).  On3 has a weighted formula for a players NIL value.  Cameron Brink is the only Stanford WBB player in the top 41 Div 1 women.  She is ranked at #13 with a valuation of $188.  The top two valued players are LSU Livvy Dunne and Angel Reese, valued at $3.4m and $1.6m, respectively.  Of the top 41 players shown on the public page, 30 players are valued at $200k or less.   I'm guessing with her Adidas endorsement and other deals Haley was at $100k or so at graduation.  Fran Belibi had some low visibility links on her instagram and it doesn't look like NIL was a high priority for her.   But given the explosion of sensational earnings and coaches that are riding the wave to capture commercial income for their players, how can we blame new players and their families for having entirely new expectations?  

source:  https://www.on3.com/nil/rankings/player/womens-nil-100/

The $50k payments to the men's basketball players and nothing to the women rankles me, particularly as this unfolded AFTER Stanford was challenged on Title IX grounds.  The. point has been made that Title IX does not apply to the private alumni funds, but was no consideration made to the morale of the women players, their national ranking and loyalty to Stanford?  We will never hear Tara's opinion about this and how it went down, but what a blow.

[here4WBB]

I thought WBB does have a collective, or is it just MBB.

Stanford does have a collective.  The first formation was Cardinal One, which paid $50k to each of men's basketball players at the beginning of the 2022-23 season.  I'm surprised that this has not had more discussion, since it surely contributed to hard feelings for players and their parents.  Imagine Lauren Betts entering Stanford just as the NIL opens up, and she/ her family feel that she is not recognized with playing time, support with the NIL and confronted with the inequity of the men's basketball team receiving this payout.  Source:
 https://www.on3.com/nil/news/lifetime-ca...-approach/

The new collective, Cardinal Forever, has the intention to work with the women's basketball team this season.  The article also notes that the University has been reluctant to deal with the collectives after being sued on Title IX grounds in 2020; I was not aware of this.  Any way, Stanford has been off to a slow start with supporting athletes on how to best make use of NIL.  The issues around the 2020 suit and Stanford cutting varsity sports may have created dissent in the larger sports program that is trickling down to the athletes.  

The new NCAA NIL rules are unfolding in the context of media attention to singular high earners- and those individuals are making good money.  The website on3.com has a fair amount of public data (more detailed behind subscription).  On3 has a weighted formula for a players NIL value.  Cameron Brink is the only Stanford WBB player in the top 41 Div 1 women.  She is ranked at #13 with a valuation of $188.  The top two valued players are LSU Livvy Dunne and Angel Reese, valued at $3.4m and $1.6m, respectively.  Of the top 41 players shown on the public page, 30 players are valued at $200k or less.   I'm guessing with her Adidas endorsement and other deals Haley was at $100k or so at graduation.  Fran Belibi had some low visibility links on her instagram and it doesn't look like NIL was a high priority for her.   But given the explosion of sensational earnings and coaches that are riding the wave to capture commercial income for their players, how can we blame new players and their families for having entirely new expectations?  

source:  https://www.on3.com/nil/rankings/player/womens-nil-100/

The $50k payments to the men's basketball players and nothing to the women rankles me, particularly as this unfolded AFTER Stanford was challenged on Title IX grounds.  The. point has been made that Title IX does not apply to the private alumni funds, but was no consideration made to the morale of the women players, their national ranking and loyalty to Stanford?  We will never hear Tara's opinion about this and how it went down, but what a blow.