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[Fargo Husker]

Chubba followed 2 new people on insta today. The digital media guy for Nebraska (perhaps for an edit?) and a hot blonde coed from UNL.

He only follows 300 people and hasnt followed anyone new for the last couple weeks. He isn’t following anybody from Oklahoma… the instagram tea leaves usually don’t lie

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I’m a huge believer in social media tea leaves.

 

[vailhusker]

I’m a huge believer in social media tea leaves.

It looks like he followed Applewhite on Twitter last, but it looks like he followed Lebby and their DC Bates before that? Your better at seeing who followed who and when than I am though.

 

[Fargo Husker]

It looks like he followed Applewhite on Twitter last, but it looks like he followed Lebby and their DC Bates before that? Your better at seeing who followed who and when than I am though.

He followed the OU coaches first then Applewhite. More than likely just followed each after his visit to their respective school so really not too much to glean from it, IMO.

 

[Tsakoi]

Seems to me that the decision needs to be imminent, right?

Semester starts Tuesday and I would imagine that transfers want to get started with winter conditioning along with their new teammates.

And if what OP says is true and that this all hinged on a possible NIL package then what can I say? How much money can a planned back up QB who is in competition with the rest of the room require? Like we have to roll a chest full of gold bars out for that? If that is the expectation then college football has simply turned into European soccer where the biggest bank wins. Do we have any Nebraska alumni who also happen to be Saudi oil money rich?

 

[MtnHusker]

Heard he was ours, then things changed this evening....$$$$
When you have that moron Lambrecht running the only viable NIL deals you're in trouble.
I dont think it's officially over just heard he's a very strong lean to OU. Hope I'm wrong.

I know of a couple Boosters who wanted to give NIL money, until they got so frustrated in dealing with Gerrod that they put their checkbooks away. Said they didn't trust him and it was anything but professional the way it was run or presented. One even went as far as to say he felt like the coaches/Gerrod were trying to direct who got the money. Think Adrian Martinez lining his pockets while some of our star D Players basically getting table scraps. Felt they were pushing their favorites.

 

[Black5hirt]

I know of a couple Boosters who wanted to give NIL money, until they got so frustrated in dealing with Gerrod that they put their checkbooks away. Said they didn't trust him and it was anything but professional the way it was run or presented. One even went as far as to say he felt like the coaches/Gerrod were trying to direct who got the money. Think Adrian Martinez lining his pockets while some of our star D Players basically getting table scraps. Felt they were pushing their favorites.

Shocking

 

[jw3]

I know of a couple Boosters who wanted to give NIL money, until they got so frustrated in dealing with Gerrod that they put their checkbooks away. Said they didn't trust him and it was anything but professional the way it was run or presented. One even went as far as to say he felt like the coaches/Gerrod were trying to direct who got the money. Think Adrian Martinez lining his pockets while some of our star D Players basically getting table scraps. Felt they were pushing their favorites.

definitely sounds like something coach scote would do

 

[Tsakoi]

Remember when Nebraska made a big announcement about how they were going to be at the forefront of NIL?

I mean there was a whole PowerPoint presentation that even used buzzwords like "strategic marketing" and "focused branding".

I knew it was a load of bullshit the moment I saw it.

Then Lambrect got involved and it surely got worse. Turd needs to get a hold of this thing, man.

 

[LoudHogRider]

I know of a couple Boosters who wanted to give NIL money, until they got so frustrated in dealing with Gerrod that they put their checkbooks away. Said they didn't trust him and it was anything but professional the way it was run or presented. One even went as far as to say he felt like the coaches/Gerrod were trying to direct who got the money. Think Adrian Martinez lining his pockets while some of our star D Players basically getting table scraps. Felt they were pushing their favorites.

If that's the wagon we've hitched our horses to, we're fooked.

 

[MtnHusker]

Remember when Nebraska made a big announcement about how they were going to be at the forefront of NIL?

I mean there was a whole PowerPoint presentation that even used buzzwords like "strategic marketing" and "focused branding".

I knew it was a load of bullshit the moment I saw it.

Then Lambrect got involved and it surely got worse. Turd needs to get a hold of this thing, man.

Someone with better knowledge of how it's run needs to start their own NIL Company. Hire some of the graduating players who would know players on the team. Hard to come between a coach and his best friend Gerrod when you are wanting to start for said coach. We need to do what is best for the Program not friends & Boosters. Hearing rumblings, and not sure if they are true or not, that Adrian made around $160,000 while some of our defensive stars barely made anything. Whether that was NIL Advertisers choice or directed by the people in charge at ABM/UNL I have no idea. I do realize he was basically the most recognizable face of the program last season. From a business stand point I can see the benefit of funneling the money to a player like Martinez so that he makes mad coin. Then you could tell recruits/transfers that you could use him as an example of the coin one can make at Nebraska.

I still think it feels like there is a conflict of interest. Not so much as someone left our Athletic Department to start a NIL business but that he was childhood friends of the coach and brought here to help run the football program. Now the coach who decides who starts has a lifelong friend with a company that makes money off of athletes that is getting their business.

 

[kenyanfeline]

Someone with better knowledge of how it's run needs to start their own NIL Company. Hire some of the graduating players who would know players on the team. Hard to come between a coach and his best friend Gerrod when you are wanting to start for said coach. We need to do what is best for the Program not friends & Boosters. Hearing rumblings, and not sure if they are true or not, that Adrian made around $160,000 while some of our defensive stars barely made anything. Whether that was NIL Advertisers choice or directed by the people in charge at ABM/UNL I have no idea. I do realize he was basically the most recognizable face of the program last season. From a business stand point I can see the benefit of funneling the money to a player like Martinez so that he makes mad coin. Then you could tell recruits/transfers that you could use him as an example of the coin one can make at Nebraska.

I still think it feels like there is a conflict of interest. Not so much as someone left our Athletic Department to start a NIL business but that he was childhood friends of the coach and brought here to help run the football program. Now the coach who decides who starts has a lifelong friend with a company that makes money off of athletes that is getting their business.

The concept of running NIL “in house” without actually being run “in house” is brilliant and is what most of the big boys are doing.

ABM is essentially a middleman between the players and the businesses.

It’s beneficial because players don’t have to reach out to Runza, Honda of Lincoln, Honest Abe’s, and 17 other local businesses hoping one of them responds and says “yeah, put out 3 tweets about our company and we’ll pay you $10,000.”

Instead, the player reaches out to ABM who has established business relationships with all of these local businesses and donors, and ABM does the rest (likely for a small commission).

The idea, like I said, is brilliant. But like in any business, a middleman is either going to make things run better, or make things run worse. If I have a good vet tech, it makes my job 3x easier. If I have a shitty vet tech, I have to do their job and my job, while cleaning up their messes, and it makes my job 3x harder.

It doesn’t look great for our middleman.

 

[Juro]

The concept of running NIL “in house” without actually being run “in house” is brilliant and is what most of the big boys are doing.

ABM is essentially a middleman between the players and the businesses.

It’s beneficial because players don’t have to reach out to Runza, Honda of Lincoln, Honest Abe’s, and 17 other local businesses hoping one of them responds and says “yeah, put out 3 tweets about our company and we’ll pay you $10,000.”

Instead, the player reaches out to ABM who has established business relationships with all of these local businesses and donors, and ABM does the rest (likely for a small commission).

The idea, like I said, is brilliant. But like in any business, a middleman is either going to make things run better, or make things run worse. If I have a good vet tech, it makes my job 3x easier. If I have a shitty vet tech, I have to do their job and my job, while cleaning up their messes, and it makes my job 3x harder.

It doesn’t look great for our middleman.

I love this. Now, can we introduce a better middleman in the process?

 

[Daddy]

I love this. Now, can we introduce a better middleman in the process?

This is where I'm at. It's a great idea but the guy clearly fucking sucks at this.

 

[...TrueColors...]

Someone with better knowledge of how it's run needs to start their own NIL Company. Hire some of the graduating players who would know players on the team. Hard to come between a coach and his best friend Gerrod when you are wanting to start for said coach. We need to do what is best for the Program not friends & Boosters. Hearing rumblings, and not sure if they are true or not, that Adrian made around $160,000 while some of our defensive stars barely made anything. Whether that was NIL Advertisers choice or directed by the people in charge at ABM/UNL I have no idea. I do realize he was basically the most recognizable face of the program last season. From a business stand point I can see the benefit of funneling the money to a player like Martinez so that he makes mad coin. Then you could tell recruits/transfers that you could use him as an example of the coin one can make at Nebraska.

I still think it feels like there is a conflict of interest. Not so much as someone left our Athletic Department to start a NIL business but that he was childhood friends of the coach and brought here to help run the football program. Now the coach who decides who starts has a lifelong friend with a company that makes money off of athletes that is getting their business.

I have heard Adrian made 160-200k as well. But I also heard that guys like JoJo and CTB “killed it” as well. I don’t have figures on JoJo or CTB. But I have heard what you heard on the money Adrian made.

 

[vailhusker]

Dart started posting pictures and videos of his Oklahoma visit on Twitter and Instagram. Him and Trigg finished their visit to Ol' Miss earlier today. Obviously if he picks OU that would help NU chances with Purdy.

 

[ChocaEgg]

Purdy N?

 

[Goskers07]

Crisis averted. Fuck OU.

 

[jw3]

krup you crazy old farmer stay out of the whiskey cabinet

 

[Bootleg11]

Nothing against Krup, he just reported what he had heard.

But it is funny to look back at all the bitching about NIL stuff and then the kid ends up being a Husker. Does that mean the NIL stuff is in order?

 

[ChocaEgg]

Nothing against Krup, he just reported what he had heard.

But it is funny to look back at all the bitching about NIL stuff and then the kid ends up being a Husker. Does that mean the NIL stuff is in order?