VCU hosts town hall to navigate 'wild west' of NIL opportunities for athletes
VCU administrators, coaches, student-athletes and stakeholders convened Monday night in a virtual town hall in conjunction with the HAVOC Unlimited Collective regarding the ever-changing landscape of Name, Image and Likeness.
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Not surprising that the Rams have mustered and organized resources into what appears to be an impressive and attractive NLI program.
Zach Joachim of the Times-Dispatch provides the details in his story introducing the HAVOC Unlimited Collective. It appears the Collective has pulled together resources from the University, AD, athletes, stakeholders (fans) etc. They have publicly stated goals they hope to achieve. You can achieve a lot when you have a proactive group of leaders willing to tackle a major challenge like winning Championships in the NIL world. The Rams have this leadership.
Obviously the group behind HUC hopes to give the coaches at VCU another tool with which to bolster their recruiting and rosters.
I've read a lot of vague, general things about a UR NIL program, but if it was anything like what Joachim describes at VCU, I've missed it. It looks like UR has fallen behind again, I wonder how our coaches feel trying to win Championships without the tools they battle against. Who could blame them for raising Cain? I wonder if anyone has?
Some days it tough to be a Spiders fan.