(10-08-2019 07:54 PM)Mav Wrote:  

(10-07-2019 09:55 PM)wrcwolf Wrote:  People really think multi-national companies are going to tell their stockholders that they need to spend thousands of dollars for an everyday 18-year-old prospect to attend the founders college? Good luck with that, Mr. Knight. Haha.

If the local car dealer wants to do it, let him. My guess is after a few years of getting burned by the guys that don't live up to their potential, transfers and flunkies, they will realize the ROR isn't worth the little commerce they get from the ads. I mean, do you all go to businesses today because the coach is a spokesman? No, you don't. [/align]

What makes you think it's going to be shareholders and not corporate reps? You really think this is just going to be individual boosters and used car lot owners, huh? Have you been paying any attention to the AAU or the college basketball scandal? This isn't 1965 anymore.

The problem with boosters paying in the past isn't the actual paying, it was the under-handed nature of it, because it is against NCAA rules. And that's why it also can become criminal, because in an effort to avoid NCAA detection, oftentimes schemes are devised that also break federal laws related to bribery or tax evasion, etc. and that's when the FBI gets involved.

If its all above-board, then those problems fall away. As for corporate involvement, corporations usually appeal to a wide audience so are unlikely to want to focus on particular schools. E.g., Nike isn't going to want to help pay for a recruit to go to Texas, because then that will piss off supporters of USC, Alabama, Notre Dame, etc. So the business sponsorship is more likely to be local.