Pollard sounds off on NIL, changing landscape of college athletics in interview on Murphy & Andy

[JStanz51]

Full transcript and the podcast link here.

Pollard sounds off on NIL, changing landscape of college sports and more in interview on Murph & Andy

Iowa State director of athletics Jamie Pollard appeared on Murph & Andy on 106.3 KXnO in Des Moines on Thursday to discuss wide-ranging topics like name, image and likeness, the We Will Collective, Tyrese Hunter's transfer from Iowa State, the changing business of college athletics and much more

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[Bader]

Appreciate you adding the transcription of the interview.

Now I just want to watch who retires in the next few years that has ties to Pollard

 

[KnappShack]

One heck of an interview.

Almost seems a proponent of another division and really calls out that schools were paying players prior to NIL.

He's 100% right if the top 30 breaks off. It would be a hot mess

 

[1UNI2ISU]

One heck of an interview.

Almost seems a proponent of another division and really calls out that schools were paying players prior to NIL.

He's 100% right if the top 30 breaks off. It would be a hot mess

If the Top 30 break off somebody has to go 2-10 ever year and there isn't a single ego in that bunch that can handle that. That's why it's never going to happen.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Thank you thank you for the transcription!

 

[Cloneon]

If the Top 30 break off somebody has to go 2-10 ever year and there isn't a single ego in that bunch that can handle that. That's why it's never going to happen.

I agree with your foresight, but we are a knee jerk society. I think there will be an attempt, but as you say, it'll bring more misery than their egos can handle.

 

[HFCS]

One heck of an interview.

Almost seems a proponent of another division and really calls out that schools were paying players prior to NIL.

He's 100% right if the top 30 breaks off. It would be a hot mess

I couldn't care less about USC...but comparing the Reggie Bush situation and the Cam Newton situation is enough to drive someone crazy and declare the NCAA as either completely stupid or completely corrupt.

The idea that Bush had to return his Heisman trophy and Cam Newton doesn't is just laughably stupid. It was stupid before NIL and now it looks REALLY stupid. Ditto for punishment of USC vs complete non punishment of Auburn.

 

[Yaz]

Oh and **** Texa$$

 

[KnappShack]

Top shelf quote:

"I can tell you this right now, Coach Otzelberger and Coach Campbell have both tell told me, the day that they have to buy a player is the day that they’re going to go coach Division III"

 

[Trice]

If the Top 30 break off somebody has to go 2-10 ever year and there isn't a single ego in that bunch that can handle that. That's why it's never going to happen.

I've made this case for months. It could absolutely still happen though. The next major strategic decision in college athletics made with forethought and long-term consequences in mind will be the first. None of those top 30 thinks they will be the one to go 2-10.

 

[Acylum]

If the Top 30 break off somebody has to go 2-10 ever year

Not necessarily and honestly probably not all that likely. But agree with the overall gist of your post.

 

[Trice]

Top shelf quote:

"I can tell you this right now, Coach Otzelberger and Coach Campbell have both tell told me, the day that they have to buy a player is the day that they’re going to go coach Division III"

Great quote for an interview, but nobody's taking a 90%+ pay cut in the prime of their careers for the love of the game.

 

[cyfan504]

Full transcript and the podcast link here.

Pollard sounds off on NIL, changing landscape of college sports and more in interview on Murph & Andy

Iowa State director of athletics Jamie Pollard appeared on Murph & Andy on 106.3 KXnO in Des Moines on Thursday to discuss wide-ranging topics like name, image and likeness, the We Will Collective, Tyrese Hunter's transfer from Iowa State, the changing business of college athletics and much more

cyclonefanatic.com

I'm sure I am super duper biased because Jamie Pollard is the AD of my Cyclones, but I don't see anyone out there who would be a better fit to take over Emmert's job. After listening to him again today, he has a great mind for college athletics.

 

[CloniesForLife]

Really good interview. Having Jamie, Matt, TJ and Bill leading our AD and teams has me feeling fairly confident we will navigate through this.

 

[Big_Sill]

I've made this case for months. It could absolutely still happen though. The next major strategic decision in college athletics made with forethought and long-term consequences in mind will be the first. None of those top 30 thinks they will be the one to go 2-10.

I've got to disagree with this one, it would function just like the NFL, and all 30 teams would be happy. Each team would have periods of success, followed by periods of rebuilding, (there would eventually be a salary cap and collective bargaining) . Also keep in mind that a little over .500 would make the playoffs. They would all be happy.

 

[alenz95]

While it would suck to see ISU get relegated to a lower division wouldn't this be so fun to watch in a morbid sort of way? The new tier breaks off and all the teams pat themselves on the back for how amazing they are and tell themselves how they have finally been recognized as the blue blood they are.

Eventually the bottom half of the breakaway teams will start to realize they can't actually keep up financially with the very top dogs. Meanwhile their fans and donors would spend years sinking millions of dollars into a losing product. The even better part will be that once you're in the breakaway the only realistic way to keep competing will be to keep dumping more and more money into your losing product.

At some point everyone will start to realize the reason we have salary caps in pro sports id to benefit like 90% of the teams so that the top 10% cant just control everything.

 

[Marcelason78]

That's a lot of "you know".

 

[jsb]

Great quote for an interview, but nobody's taking a 90%+ pay cut in the prime of their careers for the love of the game.

Yeah, that's sort of ********, but I appreciate Jamie saying it. It's hard to see Campbell being super comfortable paying players big money. But he's sniffed around the big jobs.

 

[isucy86]

Jamie's comments about Tyrese are what I found most interesting and confirmed what I think many suspected. Rich people don't just hand out $500k or $1M without expecting something in return.

Jamie mentioned that Tyrese has signed with an Agency or Agent who has guaranteed money to Tyrese. That money will make Tyrese whole vs. a possible 2-way NBA/G-League agreement. Jamie's reference to Fernando Tatis signing with an agent at 16, the agent now has rights to a share of Tatis' $375M future earnings.

IMO a few ways to bring sanity to the current NIL craziness are:

• Require athletes declare to the universities any NIL deals they have- cash or property received. NCAA Schools would be required to send this info to the IRS.
• Require collectives to publish who it's contributors are. Maybe any contribution over $100.
• Standardize the NIL Agreements. Prohibit any future payments from the athlete to the agency or collective.

I am sure there would be other regulations that could help bring this back to NIL vs. buying recruits.

 

[isucy86]

Great quote for an interview, but nobody's taking a 90%+ pay cut in the prime of their careers for the love of the game.

Jamie also mentioned that Campbell mentioned if college football remains unregulated, he would prefer to be an NFL coach where there are salary caps, etc.