I don't know why people think Colorado can't come up with money if they want to start playing ball in the NIL world.

Their endowment is $2.13 billion. That's a huge endowment! They obviously have no problem raising money.

In comparison, our endowment is $698 million
Ole Miss' endowment $775 million
The University of Alabama's endowment is $1.09billion (HALF of Colorado's)
The University of Georgia's endowment is $1.82 billion (still less than Colorado's)

Granted, a university's endowment is different than athletic funds raised. But having one in excess of $2 billion shows that they can raise money when needed, from a very wealthy alumni base. It's a new day and a new ballgame in college sports. Schools with access to funds are going to excel if they so choose.

Colorado has double Alabama's endowment. DOUBLE! If they want to start raising money for sports, they have the base from which to draw. Now that they have a highly motivated head coach who can recruit athletes and motivate the fan base, they're going to be a force to be reckoned with sooner, rather than later.

Texas has floundered for more than a decade. I think that's about to change. They just need a coach that can recruit and motivate the fan base like Deon. The University of Texas' endowment is $42.3 BILLION! It hasn't helped them to this point, but we are only two years in to the NIL world. I believe when Texas gets into the SEC and has a couple of years of buying players they will be giving Georgia a run for their money.

Of course, it hasn't helped A&M (measly $18 billion endowment), but give it time, and get a different coach and we'll see.



Quote Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog View Post
I am intrigued where Colorado is finding this NIL money to pay for these players.

I'm guessing this is all barstool related, that is how Prime got Travis Hunter, and now they landed the number 1 corner that was supposed to go to Miami, now going to Colorado?

I really am interested in how this all works, because Colorado's alumni base is not just putting together 10 million dollars to go get players, hell the AD admitted they didn't have it in their budget to pay Prime.