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People need to realize, there's wayyy more financial wise, than Ruiz. As much as an asset that Ruiz, and the Soffer family have been (Incredibly Generous) The Late Leonard Miller (and Wife Sue) have put all of them to waste in regards to Financial Generosity. Leonard donated $100,000,000 in I think 2004 (Largest donation in UM History). And His son Stuart (Stu Miller) has also contributed his share. Ask @Brooklyndee about Leonard & Stu.
 
SWFLHurricane said:
People need to realize, there's wayyy more financial wise, than Ruiz. As much as an asset that Ruiz, and the Soffer family have been (Incredibly Generous) The Late Leonard Miller (and Wife Sue) have put all of them to waste in regards to Financial Generosity. Leonard donated $100,000,000 in I think 2004 (Largest donation in UM History). And His son Stuart (Stu Miller) has also contributed his share. Ask @Brooklyndee about Leonard & Stu.
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Wouldn't that be separate from NIL?
 
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Ashley Schaeffer said:
It was obvious she was going to step in the moment her name went on the practice facility.
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That's why I get annoyed with the people who say bringing Richt back was a miss for us. Without that first initial move I strongly doubt we're here right now. That move is what woke up the community. One thing I won't take from shalalalalala. She, along with Stu & Paul (God rest the dead)put ALOT of the figures in place that are around now. But Carrol got all the donors on the same page.
 
SWFLHurricane said:
People need to realize, there's wayyy more financial wise, than Ruiz. As much as an asset that Ruiz, and the Soffer family have been (Incredibly Generous) The Late Leonard Miller (and Wife Sue) have put all of them to waste in regards to Financial Generosity. Leonard donated $100,000,000 in I think 2004 (Largest donation in UM History). And His son Stuart (Stu Miller) has also contributed his share. Ask @Brooklyndee about Leonard & Stu.
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Here is why people need to step up and realize how important @SWFLHurricane 's point is.

It's not just about "did someone make a contribution to NIL". It's about HOW MUCH they have given, and how much they COULD give, because sometimes money is given in less public ways.

Let me be more direct.

Thousands of posts and infinite heartbreak, tears, and bloodshed has been involved with the discussion of our apparel contract. And about how much (or little) is paid to Miami, and how we need every last cent. But IN RELATIVE TERMS, the amount that we make from adidas is not as much as what we bring in from our donors and our TV contract.

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Now, don't get me wrong, this is NOT an attack on adidas. This is just a reflection that when we think that the future of our program is based on the money we raise from our apparel contract, NOTHING COULD BE FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

We've had ONE alumnus gift that has exceeded the entire sum total of a 12-year apparel contract. And the very fact that an alum CAN stroke a check that big should help us to understand that the REAL MONEY (publicized or secretly donated) from our alums CRUSHES all the infighting we've had over "adidas vs. Nike".

In the end...we should pick an apparel company that we like, and who works with us, rather than to fight over whether we make an extra million per year. Alumni and booster donations DWARF our apparel contract income.

What @SWFLHurricane says about the alum/booster contributions is true. The more money they give, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS EARMARKED FOR, allows our entire Athletic Department to run properly.

So let's not divide this up between "NIL" and "non-NIL". Alums are taking care of the players (and for that matter, they always have, even in much smaller amounts decades ago).

Let's build a solid overall athletic program (including NIL) that shows these kids how to build generational wealth starting at age 18. We may not be the absolute #1 top-paying NIL program, but if we are competitive and have a great school and great facilities and great coaches (and we start to win more games), everything is going to sort itself out.

And while I'd like for our next apparel contract to pay top dollar, my eye is on the big picture and the long-haul.
 
JayCane20 said:
Ruiz is just more quiet now, since the NCAA came snooping around and ****ed him off regarding the Cavinders recruitment. He's also going after the NCAA in court so he's avoid any additional conflict and being a snake in the grass there. Money is there. Mas, Soffer, Ruiz, Lambert, etc. Definitely over $10M total NIL in football.

I think what you're seeing is more to do with this staff taking it more slow in regards to wanting to see what these kids are doing in their senior year. A lot of our takes are guys that took a jump from junior year to what they showed in spring practice.

Miami has been burned taking young guys that don't finish developing and were highly touted juniors only to plateau and not be that good as a senior and into college. They're definitely not committing NIL resources until they're sure about what they're going to get. The 3 stars committing are a base to the class and solid players that don't demand a lot in NIL. Once teams start getting commitments and NIL starts to dry up, the rest falls into place. Teams like Tennessee, Auburn, South Carolina, etc. and their NIL entities are taking the opposite approach... get in the big guys we can now and then find fillers with whatever is left. We'll see which strategy wins out.

We should pull a **** of a class because we're one of the few high profile recruiting/NIL teams that aren't pulling a big name QB (that I know of) where a lot of NIL commitment ends up. More to allocate elsewhere.
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I personally prefer Miami's approach. Very impressed with the program's leadership and donor operation at the moment.
 
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