We are NOT a top NIL school.
For football, which requires a 105 man roster, certainly more than one.
Not as long as THIS is true.
The Flat Hat collected data on hometown median household income and high school type for all College athletes, according to public information and rosters. The analysis concluded that College athletes, on average, come from more socioeconomically privileged backgrounds as compared to the average non-athlete student at the College.
The average hometown median household income for all College athletes is $96,981.89. The median is $86,420. The College does not collect household income data for individual students, nor for individual athletes. That said, this figure is significantly higher than the nationwide median household income of $68,703.
Only 6.5% of athletes receive Pell Grants, compared to 12.14% of the overall undergraduate student body.
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We will never be in that list. Look at those schools and then look at us every Fall Saturday.
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For the millionth timeā¦we are mediocre in bucket #1 but in bucket #2, we are KING but that bucket will never show up because its not part of a Collective.
Itās a different type of NIL deal.
Some are via moneyā¦some are other deals that entice the athlete to sign here
I.e. a car dealership offering a āfreeā leased car to the player and select family members for # of years.
Itās not all about money, per se, its about the value offered to make them a Houston Cougar.
The Chevron deal is another perfect example.
Those type of deals wont show up in the bucket #1 collectives which is via straight donations.
People are underestimating how creative you can be with NIL and schools taking the "pass the hat around " approach, like Texas Tech, may have a focused good year, or few, but it is NOT sustainable long term.
Our way is sustainableā¦we can entice them to play here, via both buckets!
The end results are visible in THE STANDINGS not some NIL reporting artcle.
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Show me how bucket #2 is an actual ābigā thing.
Not seeing it.
ONEā¦ANECDOTALā¦EXAMPLEā¦DOESNāTā¦PROVEā¦THAT.
Ive been pointing out the MULTIPLE deals that we know about but most of them arent made public.
I still donāt know all of the details behind this deal but this video gave us some information, we didnt know.
NIL isnāt just about $$$, its about value offered to make the player a Houston Cougar.
There ARE NO RULES on what that value can be
Youāre donating to the person for NIL and that could be due to a backroom deal so thereās tie to the school
now if that company comes on board as a corporate sponsor then weāre talking
You are over estimating corporate NIL. The NILs can only sustain from large fan collection. Corporates that are publicly traded will not support NIL like you are describing. They might give smaller appearance amounts but will be nowhere close to millions which is expected for top players
I agree with that until you start seeing UH athletes in corporate TV commercials the deals are token at best, true NIL is about brand and advertising. The big deals the teams have done were with Mattress Mack and The Daspit Law Firm and they both ran commercials. Ideally we can tap in to some of the large private companies in Houston, companies that sponsor the Rodeo and other sports teams.