Saw this clip on the local news. Sportscaster Randy McIvoy interviewing Cotton Holdings Roy Bell at the Houston BBQ Cookoff and in pops Connor Weigman for a short interview. Connor says that Cotton Holdings is part of his UH NIL.
If you have ever been to Cotton Holdings tent at the BBQ Cookoff, “Cotton Q Club”, it is totally over the top.
Sounds excited to play for UH and Fritz!!!
AWESOME!!!
This interview is also on YouTube.
The mystery has been solved.
This is just one example of the NIL potential for a city the size of Houston. If Houston starts winning, more companies will want to jump on the UH bandwagon. This is exactly what some schools in the B12 feared would happen.
Awesome now let’s produce.
Being in the Cotton Holding tent looks like a real NIL deal. People can stop by and meet a D1 QB for UH. Win Win
All of the key leadership went to Sam Houston State which meant they crossed paths with the dad or coach somewhere or live near each other as cotton is near bridgelands -
Nice jacket….
Bearkats funding UH NIL… Love it!
With a cowboy hat on, he sounds different from other interviews I have seen him in.
Cool deal for CW. My son is named Cotton, used to get a kick out of seeing their sign.
Reporter: “What’s your message to Coog Nation?”
CW1: “We’re comin’, we’re comin’ to win the Big 12”
…well damn
I really like that, that is their focus and mindset.
My Step-Dad knows Pete through the Houston Big Game Fishing Club, nice dude, hopefully they are able to rope in a few more of the big time Houstonians to support UH athletics the way they support the Rodeo, Astros, Texans and Rockets.
More proof of the strength of our Bucket #2 NIL potential.
The bucket that often goes unreported AND that guy giving the donation was a Sam Houston Bearkat.
Sorry for the doubters but the University of Houston has the potential to be a top 10% NIL school.
Our basketball side already is!
Bucket #1 is NOT sustainable…unless you continuous donations from private donors
Bucket #2 comes from a totally different source and we have more sources AVAILABLE than almost anyone
I don’t need a hat to sound different.
~Brian Kelly
To be fair though, this example seems to debunk your theory about a wealth transfer to lower income athletes.
Weigman played for Bridgeland, Cy-Fair’s newest and fanciest high school and if you have seen the Bridgeland development from which most of its students are drawn, he almost certainly did NOT come from a lower income background.
This is a case of someone from a well off background getting money.
As for Bucket 2….it’s one anecdotal and possibly exceptional example.
Not sure it is widespread, though I hope it could be.
Doesn’t necessarily prove your theory unless you can come up with numerous other examples (note; basketball doesn’t count; those are only a few examples per year, not numerous ones). Even UConn and Gonzaga and many non-football schools can come up with the money for 2-3 of those recruits per year.
The vast majority will go to athletes from middle class families, or less.
Obviously, a kid like this comes from a family that can afford to train him to become a Quarterback
How many UH bucket#2 examples do i need to give you?
Most of them go UNREPORTED but we are aware of many like this one, ExxonMobil, Chevron, starr Pizza, the multiple lae firms and car dealerships, etc
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