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re: Is the Bama NIL collective in bad shape?
Posted on 5/3/24 at 3:35 pm to Sandkhan
Posted on 5/3/24 at 3:35 pm to Sandkhan
All fair points to be honest. And maybe I’d feel differently if we hadn’t won a title since 92 (what a freaking year that was!). But if the difference between winning and losing is people like me writing checks, I think we are in trouble.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 3:51 pm to dirtsandwich
It still comes down to coaching I believe. The boosters and NIL coffers can buy the top talent, but if you don’t have the right head coach and staff to get theses players to buy in to winning championships it’s not going to matter.
A&M found that out and the best they could do is 8-4.
A&M found that out and the best they could do is 8-4.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:05 pm to dirtsandwich
I def understand. It’s a brave new world of college athletics. I will say on the fundraising point…on things like campaigns and whatnot it is very grassroots it’s like voting where if every person feels like “but my little effort won’t make a difference” all that little bit adds up. I mean you see politically even Trump Jr is on Twitter begging the MAGA folks for $5.
We don’t have one single big fish like fatass Yellafella or a T Boone, so where we excel is in the numbers of people who call themselves Alabama fans.
And I’m by no means wealthy but I’m blessed enough to be doing better than what I came from. And I think back to if it was 1999 and I could’ve bought Shaun Alexander or Fernando Bryant dinner legally as a thanks for being bad asses, I definitely would’ve. So it’s kind of cool that we can now. Outside of my family and very close friends I’ve definitely gotten more joy out of Alabama football and basketball than any other thing I regularly pay attention to so I see it as a cool way I can be a part of keeping that success going.
We don’t have one single big fish like fatass Yellafella or a T Boone, so where we excel is in the numbers of people who call themselves Alabama fans.
And I’m by no means wealthy but I’m blessed enough to be doing better than what I came from. And I think back to if it was 1999 and I could’ve bought Shaun Alexander or Fernando Bryant dinner legally as a thanks for being bad asses, I definitely would’ve. So it’s kind of cool that we can now. Outside of my family and very close friends I’ve definitely gotten more joy out of Alabama football and basketball than any other thing I regularly pay attention to so I see it as a cool way I can be a part of keeping that success going.
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