Football NIL Event This Sunday

Is John the same guy that was head bball coach at Mcneese?

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Originally Posted by Cajun fan1

Is John the same guy that was head bball coach at Mcneese?

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Yep

Event went well last night, we have created a foundation to work from during this portal season. The game is changing. Players are being recruited while in our programs. I have had conversations with players and families. There are agents behind the scenes working. We have great young men and great leadership. The collective is a great way to enhance the experience. We are in the infancy stages. But we are so much further ahead today than we were two months ago!!

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Originally Posted by kreweallons

Event went well last night, we have created a foundation to work from during this portal season. The game is changing. Players are being recruited while in our programs. I have had conversations with players and families. There are agents behind the scenes working. We have great young men and great leadership. The collective is a great way to enhance the experience. We are in the infancy stages. But we are so much further ahead today than we were two months ago!!

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Have you and the players reported the folks recruiting players while they are still in the Cajuns program?

There's really not much to report. It all goes through 3rd parties. NIL agents are a thing. I don't necessarily mean direct communication with players. There are film systems that create watch lists of players. Sorted by ranking, stats, classification, as soon as one of these guys enters portal there are alerts created. You can sort by home state, what schools recruited them out of high school, etc. You can recruit from a laptop. It's the new day unfortunately.

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Originally Posted by kreweallons

There's really not much to report. It all goes through 3rd parties. NIL agents are a thing. I don't necessarily mean direct communication with players. There are film systems that create watch lists of players. Sorted by ranking, stats, classification, as soon as one of these guys enters portal there are alerts created. You can sort by home state, what schools recruited them out of high school, etc. You can recruit from a laptop. It's the new day unfortunately.

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John no offense but I agree with Redtails. The RCAF could use a go getter like yourself. I appreciate your effort, but it is a long road to go down trying yearly to out pay folks for athletes when chances are they are going to leave anyway. The P5's will continue to cherry pick UL and other smaller schools.

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Originally Posted by kreweallons

There's really not much to report. It all goes through 3rd parties. NIL agents are a thing. I don't necessarily mean direct communication with players. There are film systems that create watch lists of players. Sorted by ranking, stats, classification, as soon as one of these guys enters portal there are alerts created. You can sort by home state, what schools recruited them out of high school, etc. You can recruit from a laptop. It's the new day unfortunately.

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How many tables did you sell for Sunday John?

We sold 10 tables of the 20 available, we also got a good sized contribution besides the tables. In 2 months, between basketball and football giving we have raised more than $150k signing 30+ student athletes that will be "brand ambassadors" with us. Just getting started.

Perhaps another football event held in conjunction with the spring game should be considered

Mike, I like how you think. Already in the works along with another spring event.

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Originally Posted by kreweallons

Mike, I like how you think. Already in the works along with another spring event.

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Just an idea, maybe a barbeque or crawfish boil in a tailgating (after the scrimmage) type environment with an affordable price, like $100 a head, might attract some interest. This would especially be true of there was a baseball game that night. Could be a full day of activities for Cajun fans, and the price would be something that would be inclusive to the lower end fans. As a retiree, I am really glad people supported the recent event, I could not justify $500 or $2000 a table for the banquet, but I could swing a ticket for an event like this.

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Originally Posted by Crawfish

Just an idea, maybe a barbeque or crawfish boil in a tailgating (after the scrimmage) type environment with an affordable price, like $100 a head, might attract some interest. This would especially be true of there was a baseball game that night. Could be a full day of activities for Cajun fans, and the price would be something that would be inclusive to the lower end fans. As a retiree, I am really glad people supported the recent event, I could not justify $500 or $2000 a table for the banquet, but I could swing a ticket for an event like this.

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Great idea!