One great thing about the MWC bonus $!

[Rebel_Luv]

i believe starting next year they can direct $ towards the players. So that extra 1.5-1.8 million a year extra can go to help keeping players or improving the team. I dont know how much UNLV can afford to do this ,but the P4 teams are 4 sure doing it. They have more money to play with.

 

[LVRebel2000]

i believe starting next year they can direct $ towards the players. So that extra 1.5-1.8 million a year extra can go to help keeping players or improving the team. I dont know how much UNLV can afford to do this ,but the P4 teams are 4 sure doing it. They have more money to play with.

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Yeah, Harper mentioned that in one of his interviews recently as well. Hopefully there are better rules in place for that transition though, as opposed to how NIL is currently handled. But agreed about hopefully using that money to bring in key players in all sports

 

[Rebel1986]

Yeah, Harper mentioned that in one of his interviews recently as well. Hopefully there are better rules in place for that transition though, as opposed to how NIL is currently handled. But agreed about hopefully using that money to bring in key players in all sports

The problem is if a sport doesn't cover its cost, then that becomes an issue. All but basketball and football lose money, and to ask schools are boosters to come up with NIL money for athletes in sports like softball, swimming, tennis, etc. is crazy.

 

[dcut03]

Yeah, in general we should NOT be excited that schools can pay players directly.
For an athletic budget running on tight margins that has historically been mostly in the red, that is not good. It was better when we couldn't, and rely on outside money (which at the very least Las Vegas has a lot of potential there) for these kinds of things.

Perfect work we can have the school afford good contracts for the coaches, and boosters can fund NIL.