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CU at the Game Podcast … CU in the Brave New World of NIL: “NIL is only going to enhance our opportunities to become a better program”
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At 12:01 a.m. on July 1st, collegiate athletics changed forever. Without any legislation from Congress, and only the barest of guidelines from the NCAA, the Wild, Wild West of Name, Image and Likeness came into being.
Stuart and Brad take a look at how three schools – Miami, Nebraska, and Oregon – have already jumped on the NIL bandwagon, and how these types of actions will affect national recruiting. We then take a look at what CU athletic director Rick George – a member of the working group which tried in vain to create national guidelines – had to say about CU’s future in competing against other schools who are, shall we say, better prepared to to offer to adapt to this new landscape.
George, who was CU’s recruiting coordinator under Bill McCartney, said: “There’s the backdrop that we live in, the quality of our community, the safety that we have here, the great educational opportunities that we have at CU — there’s a ton to sell that plays into Name, Image and Likeness. I feel really good about what we have in our briefcase.”
Will it be enough … ?
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Podcast Companions …
- CU at the Game Podcast: Season 1/Episode 2: Interview with CU Athletic Director Rick George (March, 2020)
- Neill Woelk: “After Navigating Unprecedented Year, CU’s George Looks To Opportunities Ahead“
- Daily Camera: “Rick George: NIL only part of what CU Buffs can offer to student-athletes“
- Daily Camera: “NIL ventures “a natural progression” according to CU Buffs AD Rick George“
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Previous podcasts … Episodes from Season 1 can be downloaded here … and on to Season 2 …
- Season 2/Episode 1: Transfer Portal/Coaching Dismissals … CU’s start to 2021 anything but boring
- Season 2/Episode 2: CU Recruiting Class of 2021 / Winning the Battle of the Transfer Portal
- Season 2/Episode 3: Musical Chairs: CU’s Coaching Room is Set, as is most of the 2021 Roster
- Season 2/Episode 4: Spring Preview: The Offense
- Season 2/Episode 5: Spring Preview: The Defense and Special Teams
- Season 2/Episode 6: Spring Mid-Terms … Plus, the extension of the RMS and Mailbag Questions
- Season 2/Episode 7: CU Spring Showcase: What We Learned
- Season 2/Episode 8: George Kliavkoff: What CU fans can expect from the new Pac-12 Commissioner
- Season 2/Episode 9: QB Sam Noyer Enters the Transfer Portal; Plus: “20-10” and CU’s “Ice Bowl”
- Season 2/Episode 10: CU and the College Football Playoffs / A Stroll Down Memory Lane: 62-36! … Plus 2016 CU/Oregon
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Below is Episode 11 of Season 2 for the CU at the Game Podcast. You can listen to the podcast simply by clicking on the play button below, or listen it to it here at Buzzsprout, or at Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, IHeartRadio … or wherever you find your podcasts!
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