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Posted: 9/18/2025 3:27 PM
Certain insiders on this board have tantalized us with hints of a big pending announcement related to OHIO football. There were no specifics given, which leaves us all to speculate.

Only speculation that I've heard is a major gift from Frank Solich.

Anybody heard anything else that they a free to post? I'm aware that those who first posted about this are bound by either explicit or implicit confidentiality agreements. However, this is a small town and rumors, sometimes actually based on fact, do tend to circulate. So, what have you heard? Or, is this info really in a padlocked box in Cutler Hall with only a few upper administrator knowing the combination?
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Posted: 9/18/2025 4:34 PM
If those that think they know something think that talking about it might jinx it then maybe those of us that don't know shouldn't speculate either.
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Posted: 9/18/2025 5:02 PM
Why not speculate? Isn't that what makes a fan site fun? If I'm throwing out a wild guess, I'll start with what I thought was a clue shared earlier. I think someone (possibly SBH) mentioned that it would impact both basketball and football. If that's the case, it would eliminate any level of enhancements/additions to Peden or Convo (unless it was enough funding for both). So, I'm going to guess that it's a major influx of cash to support NIL payments over the next 2-3 years.

It's got to be difficult to determine how much of your resources should go to facilities vs. go to athletes in the new landscape. Putting a quality product on the field/court could enhance donations going forward, so funding athletes could pay off on both ends if the money is spent effectively.
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Posted: 9/18/2025 5:53 PM
Kevin Finnegan wrote:expand_more
Why not speculate? Isn't that what makes a fan site fun? If I'm throwing out a wild guess, I'll start with what I thought was a clue shared earlier. I think someone (possibly SBH) mentioned that it would impact both basketball and football. If that's the case, it would eliminate any level of enhancements/additions to Peden or Convo (unless it was enough funding for both). So, I'm going to guess that it's a major influx of cash to support NIL payments over the next 2-3 years.

It's got to be difficult to determine how much of your resources should go to facilities vs. go to athletes in the new landscape. Putting a quality product on the field/court could enhance donations going forward, so funding athletes could pay off on both ends if the money is spent effectively.
I noticed the Caresource watermark at the press conferences. There was an effort for naming rights at The Convo going back before the pandemic. It could be something big from them. Based on what I've heard on here its facilities rather than an NIL gift. NIL deals now have to go through a clearinghouse for anything over $600 and they are tied to specific players, not gifts in kind in general. They are marketing deals. Revenue sharing is different and Coach Smith has talked about increasing revenues to increase the payout to players. A large donation from Caresoft as an example could be counted as revenue and theoretically paid out to the players as revshare but it wouldn't be NIL.

My guess though is the gift would be for facilities as that has to be initiated through private funds where the university elects as much revshare as what it thinks it needs.
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Posted: 9/18/2025 9:53 PM
I thought that one of the in-the-know "sources" specified it was for football only. Rumor was specifically football.
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Posted: 9/19/2025 9:14 AM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
I thought that one of the in-the-know "sources" specified it was for football only. Rumor was specifically football.
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Posted: 9/19/2025 9:53 PM
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Why not speculate? Isn't that what makes a fan site fun? If I'm throwing out a wild guess, I'll start with what I thought was a clue shared earlier. I think someone (possibly SBH) mentioned that it would impact both basketball and football. If that's the case, it would eliminate any level of enhancements/additions to Peden or Convo (unless it was enough funding for both). So, I'm going to guess that it's a major influx of cash to support NIL payments over the next 2-3 years.

It's got to be difficult to determine how much of your resources should go to facilities vs. go to athletes in the new landscape. Putting a quality product on the field/court could enhance donations going forward, so funding athletes could pay off on both ends if the money is spent effectively.
I noticed the Caresource watermark at the press conferences. There was an effort for naming rights at The Convo going back before the pandemic. It could be something big from them. Based on what I've heard on here its facilities rather than an NIL gift. NIL deals now have to go through a clearinghouse for anything over $600 and they are tied to specific players, not gifts in kind in general. They are marketing deals. Revenue sharing is different and Coach Smith has talked about increasing revenues to increase the payout to players. A large donation from Caresoft as an example could be counted as revenue and theoretically paid out to the players as revshare but it wouldn't be NIL.

My guess though is the gift would be for facilities as that has to be initiated through private funds where the university elects as much revshare as what it thinks it needs.
Major NIL’s are coming straight from the schools now as a result of the NCAA settlement players can still have their own side deal. But a major gift can be known out directly from the university. And absolutely in no manner am I saying that that’s what’s happening?
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Posted: 9/19/2025 10:08 PM
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Why not speculate? Isn't that what makes a fan site fun? If I'm throwing out a wild guess, I'll start with what I thought was a clue shared earlier. I think someone (possibly SBH) mentioned that it would impact both basketball and football. If that's the case, it would eliminate any level of enhancements/additions to Peden or Convo (unless it was enough funding for both). So, I'm going to guess that it's a major influx of cash to support NIL payments over the next 2-3 years.

It's got to be difficult to determine how much of your resources should go to facilities vs. go to athletes in the new landscape. Putting a quality product on the field/court could enhance donations going forward, so funding athletes could pay off on both ends if the money is spent effectively.
I noticed the Caresource watermark at the press conferences. There was an effort for naming rights at The Convo going back before the pandemic. It could be something big from them. Based on what I've heard on here its facilities rather than an NIL gift. NIL deals now have to go through a clearinghouse for anything over $600 and they are tied to specific players, not gifts in kind in general. They are marketing deals. Revenue sharing is different and Coach Smith has talked about increasing revenues to increase the payout to players. A large donation from Caresoft as an example could be counted as revenue and theoretically paid out to the players as revshare but it wouldn't be NIL.

My guess though is the gift would be for facilities as that has to be initiated through private funds where the university elects as much revshare as what it thinks it needs.
Major NIL’s are coming straight from the schools now as a result of the NCAA settlement players can still have their own side deal. But a major gift can be known out directly from the university. And absolutely in no manner am I saying that that’s what’s happening?
Universities promote NIL deals and the development of those deals but revenue sharing is something altogether different that can be electively distributed to the players. The revenue sharing cap is 20.5 million but the big revenue schools have big third party NIL collectives to support the players in addition to that which is derived from institutional brand value and marketing value for the highly touted recruits. MAC schools can by any means go up to the 20.5 million level in rev share should the be compelled to do it.
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2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl
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2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field
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Posted: 9/19/2025 10:14 PM
TWT wrote:expand_more
Why not speculate? Isn't that what makes a fan site fun? If I'm throwing out a wild guess, I'll start with what I thought was a clue shared earlier. I think someone (possibly SBH) mentioned that it would impact both basketball and football. If that's the case, it would eliminate any level of enhancements/additions to Peden or Convo (unless it was enough funding for both). So, I'm going to guess that it's a major influx of cash to support NIL payments over the next 2-3 years.

It's got to be difficult to determine how much of your resources should go to facilities vs. go to athletes in the new landscape. Putting a quality product on the field/court could enhance donations going forward, so funding athletes could pay off on both ends if the money is spent effectively.
I noticed the Caresource watermark at the press conferences. There was an effort for naming rights at The Convo going back before the pandemic. It could be something big from them. Based on what I've heard on here its facilities rather than an NIL gift. NIL deals now have to go through a clearinghouse for anything over $600 and they are tied to specific players, not gifts in kind in general. They are marketing deals. Revenue sharing is different and Coach Smith has talked about increasing revenues to increase the payout to players. A large donation from Caresoft as an example could be counted as revenue and theoretically paid out to the players as revshare but it wouldn't be NIL.

My guess though is the gift would be for facilities as that has to be initiated through private funds where the university elects as much revshare as what it thinks it needs.
Major NIL’s are coming straight from the schools now as a result of the NCAA settlement players can still have their own side deal. But a major gift can be known out directly from the university. And absolutely in no manner am I saying that that’s what’s happening?
Universities promote NIL deals and the development of those deals but revenue sharing is something altogether different that can be electively distributed to the players. The revenue sharing cap is 20.5 million but the big revenue schools have big third party NIL collectives to support the players in addition to that which is derived from institutional brand value and marketing value for the highly touted recruits. MAC schools can by any means go up to the 20.5 million level in rev share should the be compelled to do it.
TWIT - if you think OU has revenue sharing dollars, you're crazy. OU doesn't even have enough money to keep the driving range open for its golf teams.
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Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
Why not speculate? Isn't that what makes a fan site fun? If I'm throwing out a wild guess, I'll start with what I thought was a clue shared earlier. I think someone (possibly SBH) mentioned that it would impact both basketball and football. If that's the case, it would eliminate any level of enhancements/additions to Peden or Convo (unless it was enough funding for both). So, I'm going to guess that it's a major influx of cash to support NIL payments over the next 2-3 years.

It's got to be difficult to determine how much of your resources should go to facilities vs. go to athletes in the new landscape. Putting a quality product on the field/court could enhance donations going forward, so funding athletes could pay off on both ends if the money is spent effectively.
I noticed the Caresource watermark at the press conferences. There was an effort for naming rights at The Convo going back before the pandemic. It could be something big from them. Based on what I've heard on here its facilities rather than an NIL gift. NIL deals now have to go through a clearinghouse for anything over $600 and they are tied to specific players, not gifts in kind in general. They are marketing deals. Revenue sharing is different and Coach Smith has talked about increasing revenues to increase the payout to players. A large donation from Caresoft as an example could be counted as revenue and theoretically paid out to the players as revshare but it wouldn't be NIL.

My guess though is the gift would be for facilities as that has to be initiated through private funds where the university elects as much revshare as what it thinks it needs.
Major NIL’s are coming straight from the schools now as a result of the NCAA settlement players can still have their own side deal. But a major gift can be known out directly from the university. And absolutely in no manner am I saying that that’s what’s happening?
Universities promote NIL deals and the development of those deals but revenue sharing is something altogether different that can be electively distributed to the players. The revenue sharing cap is 20.5 million but the big revenue schools have big third party NIL collectives to support the players in addition to that which is derived from institutional brand value and marketing value for the highly touted recruits. MAC schools can by any means go up to the 20.5 million level in rev share should the be compelled to do it.
TWIT - if you think OU has revenue sharing dollars, you're crazy. OU doesn't even have enough money to keep the driving range open for its golf teams.
I would say that I agree and that lack of athletic revenue at face value would limit in theory how much an institution wants to contribute. There are other factors like how much is being spent in the MAC on each sport and what is needed to be competitive. What will the MAC be spending by 2030?
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Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
Why not speculate? Isn't that what makes a fan site fun? If I'm throwing out a wild guess, I'll start with what I thought was a clue shared earlier. I think someone (possibly SBH) mentioned that it would impact both basketball and football. If that's the case, it would eliminate any level of enhancements/additions to Peden or Convo (unless it was enough funding for both). So, I'm going to guess that it's a major influx of cash to support NIL payments over the next 2-3 years.

It's got to be difficult to determine how much of your resources should go to facilities vs. go to athletes in the new landscape. Putting a quality product on the field/court could enhance donations going forward, so funding athletes could pay off on both ends if the money is spent effectively.
I noticed the Caresource watermark at the press conferences. There was an effort for naming rights at The Convo going back before the pandemic. It could be something big from them. Based on what I've heard on here its facilities rather than an NIL gift. NIL deals now have to go through a clearinghouse for anything over $600 and they are tied to specific players, not gifts in kind in general. They are marketing deals. Revenue sharing is different and Coach Smith has talked about increasing revenues to increase the payout to players. A large donation from Caresoft as an example could be counted as revenue and theoretically paid out to the players as revshare but it wouldn't be NIL.

My guess though is the gift would be for facilities as that has to be initiated through private funds where the university elects as much revshare as what it thinks it needs.
Major NIL’s are coming straight from the schools now as a result of the NCAA settlement players can still have their own side deal. But a major gift can be known out directly from the university. And absolutely in no manner am I saying that that’s what’s happening?
Universities promote NIL deals and the development of those deals but revenue sharing is something altogether different that can be electively distributed to the players. The revenue sharing cap is 20.5 million but the big revenue schools have big third party NIL collectives to support the players in addition to that which is derived from institutional brand value and marketing value for the highly touted recruits. MAC schools can by any means go up to the 20.5 million level in rev share should the be compelled to do it.
TWIT - if you think OU has revenue sharing dollars, you're crazy. OU doesn't even have enough money to keep the driving range open for its golf teams.
The driving range isn’t run by athletics. The golf team’s biggest problem currently are the losers at the country club (Keller Blackburn) won’t let the Ohio teams use the driving range even the university is essentially paying ACC for the players to be members. Sad state of affairs at ACC currently.

Anyway, every team in the country has revenue dollars available to share. Between ticket revenue and tv deals, Ohio is bringing in 7 figures. Sure, that’s not enough to cover expenses, but that’s the beauty of revenue sharing, not profit sharing.
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Posted: 10/1/2025 11:30 AM

Will the announcement be made this decade?  

Inquiring minds want to know!  smileywinkcool

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Posted: 10/1/2025 11:59 AM
BobcatBurner wrote:expand_more
Why not speculate? Isn't that what makes a fan site fun? If I'm throwing out a wild guess, I'll start with what I thought was a clue shared earlier. I think someone (possibly SBH) mentioned that it would impact both basketball and football. If that's the case, it would eliminate any level of enhancements/additions to Peden or Convo (unless it was enough funding for both). So, I'm going to guess that it's a major influx of cash to support NIL payments over the next 2-3 years.

It's got to be difficult to determine how much of your resources should go to facilities vs. go to athletes in the new landscape. Putting a quality product on the field/court could enhance donations going forward, so funding athletes could pay off on both ends if the money is spent effectively.
I noticed the Caresource watermark at the press conferences. There was an effort for naming rights at The Convo going back before the pandemic. It could be something big from them. Based on what I've heard on here its facilities rather than an NIL gift. NIL deals now have to go through a clearinghouse for anything over $600 and they are tied to specific players, not gifts in kind in general. They are marketing deals. Revenue sharing is different and Coach Smith has talked about increasing revenues to increase the payout to players. A large donation from Caresoft as an example could be counted as revenue and theoretically paid out to the players as revshare but it wouldn't be NIL.

My guess though is the gift would be for facilities as that has to be initiated through private funds where the university elects as much revshare as what it thinks it needs.
Major NIL’s are coming straight from the schools now as a result of the NCAA settlement players can still have their own side deal. But a major gift can be known out directly from the university. And absolutely in no manner am I saying that that’s what’s happening?
Universities promote NIL deals and the development of those deals but revenue sharing is something altogether different that can be electively distributed to the players. The revenue sharing cap is 20.5 million but the big revenue schools have big third party NIL collectives to support the players in addition to that which is derived from institutional brand value and marketing value for the highly touted recruits. MAC schools can by any means go up to the 20.5 million level in rev share should the be compelled to do it.
TWIT - if you think OU has revenue sharing dollars, you're crazy. OU doesn't even have enough money to keep the driving range open for its golf teams.
The driving range isn’t run by athletics. The golf team’s biggest problem currently are the losers at the country club (Keller Blackburn) won’t let the Ohio teams use the driving range even the university is essentially paying ACC for the players to be members. Sad state of affairs at ACC currently.

Anyway, every team in the country has revenue dollars available to share. Between ticket revenue and tv deals, Ohio is bringing in 7 figures. Sure, that’s not enough to cover expenses, but that’s the beauty of revenue sharing, not profit sharing.
Sounds petty, small-minded, etc. Wonder if our local councilman has a viewpoint.
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Posted: 10/1/2025 12:09 PM
SBH wrote:expand_more
Why not speculate? Isn't that what makes a fan site fun? If I'm throwing out a wild guess, I'll start with what I thought was a clue shared earlier. I think someone (possibly SBH) mentioned that it would impact both basketball and football. If that's the case, it would eliminate any level of enhancements/additions to Peden or Convo (unless it was enough funding for both). So, I'm going to guess that it's a major influx of cash to support NIL payments over the next 2-3 years.

It's got to be difficult to determine how much of your resources should go to facilities vs. go to athletes in the new landscape. Putting a quality product on the field/court could enhance donations going forward, so funding athletes could pay off on both ends if the money is spent effectively.
I noticed the Caresource watermark at the press conferences. There was an effort for naming rights at The Convo going back before the pandemic. It could be something big from them. Based on what I've heard on here its facilities rather than an NIL gift. NIL deals now have to go through a clearinghouse for anything over $600 and they are tied to specific players, not gifts in kind in general. They are marketing deals. Revenue sharing is different and Coach Smith has talked about increasing revenues to increase the payout to players. A large donation from Caresoft as an example could be counted as revenue and theoretically paid out to the players as revshare but it wouldn't be NIL.

My guess though is the gift would be for facilities as that has to be initiated through private funds where the university elects as much revshare as what it thinks it needs.
Major NIL’s are coming straight from the schools now as a result of the NCAA settlement players can still have their own side deal. But a major gift can be known out directly from the university. And absolutely in no manner am I saying that that’s what’s happening?
Universities promote NIL deals and the development of those deals but revenue sharing is something altogether different that can be electively distributed to the players. The revenue sharing cap is 20.5 million but the big revenue schools have big third party NIL collectives to support the players in addition to that which is derived from institutional brand value and marketing value for the highly touted recruits. MAC schools can by any means go up to the 20.5 million level in rev share should the be compelled to do it.
TWIT - if you think OU has revenue sharing dollars, you're crazy. OU doesn't even have enough money to keep the driving range open for its golf teams.
The driving range isn’t run by athletics. The golf team’s biggest problem currently are the losers at the country club (Keller Blackburn) won’t let the Ohio teams use the driving range even the university is essentially paying ACC for the players to be members. Sad state of affairs at ACC currently.

Anyway, every team in the country has revenue dollars available to share. Between ticket revenue and tv deals, Ohio is bringing in 7 figures. Sure, that’s not enough to cover expenses, but that’s the beauty of revenue sharing, not profit sharing.
Sounds petty, small-minded, etc. Wonder if our local councilman has a viewpoint.
Interesting that you bring that up. I just drove by the old driving range not an hour ago and it is completely shut down including the removal of the structure that served as the clubhouse. I'm hoping the city will be able to absorb this into our recreation department and work out an arrangement where the OU golf teams can use the driving range.

If it were me, I'd set up an automated system where golfers could put money into a dispenser, get their bucket of decent balls, and hit away. I'd look into an automated ball retriever machine to gather the balls on a regular basis. I'd sell sign sponsorships to local business for 100, 125, 150 yards, etc. And finally, I'd work out a deal with athletics that would meet their range needs in exchange for the purchase of decent range balls and perhaps a share of the cost of the machines.

As for the country club, I'm not a member so not much to offer on that topic.
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Why not speculate? Isn't that what makes a fan site fun? If I'm throwing out a wild guess, I'll start with what I thought was a clue shared earlier. I think someone (possibly SBH) mentioned that it would impact both basketball and football. If that's the case, it would eliminate any level of enhancements/additions to Peden or Convo (unless it was enough funding for both). So, I'm going to guess that it's a major influx of cash to support NIL payments over the next 2-3 years.

It's got to be difficult to determine how much of your resources should go to facilities vs. go to athletes in the new landscape. Putting a quality product on the field/court could enhance donations going forward, so funding athletes could pay off on both ends if the money is spent effectively.
I noticed the Caresource watermark at the press conferences. There was an effort for naming rights at The Convo going back before the pandemic. It could be something big from them. Based on what I've heard on here its facilities rather than an NIL gift. NIL deals now have to go through a clearinghouse for anything over $600 and they are tied to specific players, not gifts in kind in general. They are marketing deals. Revenue sharing is different and Coach Smith has talked about increasing revenues to increase the payout to players. A large donation from Caresoft as an example could be counted as revenue and theoretically paid out to the players as revshare but it wouldn't be NIL.

My guess though is the gift would be for facilities as that has to be initiated through private funds where the university elects as much revshare as what it thinks it needs.
Major NIL’s are coming straight from the schools now as a result of the NCAA settlement players can still have their own side deal. But a major gift can be known out directly from the university. And absolutely in no manner am I saying that that’s what’s happening?
Universities promote NIL deals and the development of those deals but revenue sharing is something altogether different that can be electively distributed to the players. The revenue sharing cap is 20.5 million but the big revenue schools have big third party NIL collectives to support the players in addition to that which is derived from institutional brand value and marketing value for the highly touted recruits. MAC schools can by any means go up to the 20.5 million level in rev share should the be compelled to do it.
TWIT - if you think OU has revenue sharing dollars, you're crazy. OU doesn't even have enough money to keep the driving range open for its golf teams.
The driving range isn’t run by athletics. The golf team’s biggest problem currently are the losers at the country club (Keller Blackburn) won’t let the Ohio teams use the driving range even the university is essentially paying ACC for the players to be members. Sad state of affairs at ACC currently.

Anyway, every team in the country has revenue dollars available to share. Between ticket revenue and tv deals, Ohio is bringing in 7 figures. Sure, that’s not enough to cover expenses, but that’s the beauty of revenue sharing, not profit sharing.
Sounds petty, small-minded, etc. Wonder if our local councilman has a viewpoint.
Interesting that you bring that up. I just drove by the old driving range not an hour ago and it is completely shut down including the removal of the structure that served as the clubhouse. I'm hoping the city will be able to absorb this into our recreation department and work out an arrangement where the OU golf teams can use the driving range.

If it were me, I'd set up an automated system where golfers could put money into a dispenser, get their bucket of decent balls, and hit away. I'd look into an automated ball retriever machine to gather the balls on a regular basis. I'd sell sign sponsorships to local business for 100, 125, 150 yards, etc. And finally, I'd work out a deal with athletics that would meet their range needs in exchange for the purchase of decent range balls and perhaps a share of the cost of the machines.

As for the country club, I'm not a member so not much to offer on that topic.
This brings up two related thoughts in my mind, but unrelated to the topic of this thread.

One, just after we graduated from OHIO my wife and I went to a driving range near Lancaster. She had taken a golf course in college, and I hadn't really ever played the game except for one-nine hole fiasco. Well, not surprisingly she did much better than I did -- driving balls much farther and more accurately than your humble correspondent. I was never aware that there ever was a driving range in Athens. I guess given my experience in Lancaster, I just subsconciously block it out!

Two, my youngest daughter's father-in-law lives in the small Louisville exburb of Prospect. It's basically built around a golf course. He regularly gets errant golf balls in his backyard.
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Posted: 10/1/2025 8:16 PM
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Certain insiders on this board have tantalized us with hints of a big pending announcement related to OHIO football. There were no specifics given, which leaves us all to speculate.

Only speculation that I've heard is a major gift from Frank Solich.

Anybody heard anything else that they a free to post? I'm aware that those who first posted about this are bound by either explicit or implicit confidentiality agreements. However, this is a small town and rumors, sometimes actually based on fact, do tend to circulate. So, what have you heard? Or, is this info really in a padlocked box in Cutler Hall with only a few upper administrator knowing the combination?
I heard a birdie or two. 🤑
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Posted: 10/2/2025 11:06 AM
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Why not speculate? Isn't that what makes a fan site fun? If I'm throwing out a wild guess, I'll start with what I thought was a clue shared earlier. I think someone (possibly SBH) mentioned that it would impact both basketball and football. If that's the case, it would eliminate any level of enhancements/additions to Peden or Convo (unless it was enough funding for both). So, I'm going to guess that it's a major influx of cash to support NIL payments over the next 2-3 years.

It's got to be difficult to determine how much of your resources should go to facilities vs. go to athletes in the new landscape. Putting a quality product on the field/court could enhance donations going forward, so funding athletes could pay off on both ends if the money is spent effectively.
I noticed the Caresource watermark at the press conferences. There was an effort for naming rights at The Convo going back before the pandemic. It could be something big from them. Based on what I've heard on here its facilities rather than an NIL gift. NIL deals now have to go through a clearinghouse for anything over $600 and they are tied to specific players, not gifts in kind in general. They are marketing deals. Revenue sharing is different and Coach Smith has talked about increasing revenues to increase the payout to players. A large donation from Caresoft as an example could be counted as revenue and theoretically paid out to the players as revshare but it wouldn't be NIL.

My guess though is the gift would be for facilities as that has to be initiated through private funds where the university elects as much revshare as what it thinks it needs.
Major NIL’s are coming straight from the schools now as a result of the NCAA settlement players can still have their own side deal. But a major gift can be known out directly from the university. And absolutely in no manner am I saying that that’s what’s happening?
Universities promote NIL deals and the development of those deals but revenue sharing is something altogether different that can be electively distributed to the players. The revenue sharing cap is 20.5 million but the big revenue schools have big third party NIL collectives to support the players in addition to that which is derived from institutional brand value and marketing value for the highly touted recruits. MAC schools can by any means go up to the 20.5 million level in rev share should the be compelled to do it.
TWIT - if you think OU has revenue sharing dollars, you're crazy. OU doesn't even have enough money to keep the driving range open for its golf teams.
The driving range isn’t run by athletics. The golf team’s biggest problem currently are the losers at the country club (Keller Blackburn) won’t let the Ohio teams use the driving range even the university is essentially paying ACC for the players to be members. Sad state of affairs at ACC currently.

Anyway, every team in the country has revenue dollars available to share. Between ticket revenue and tv deals, Ohio is bringing in 7 figures. Sure, that’s not enough to cover expenses, but that’s the beauty of revenue sharing, not profit sharing.
Sounds petty, small-minded, etc. Wonder if our local councilman has a viewpoint.
Interesting that you bring that up. I just drove by the old driving range not an hour ago and it is completely shut down including the removal of the structure that served as the clubhouse. I'm hoping the city will be able to absorb this into our recreation department and work out an arrangement where the OU golf teams can use the driving range.

If it were me, I'd set up an automated system where golfers could put money into a dispenser, get their bucket of decent balls, and hit away. I'd look into an automated ball retriever machine to gather the balls on a regular basis. I'd sell sign sponsorships to local business for 100, 125, 150 yards, etc. And finally, I'd work out a deal with athletics that would meet their range needs in exchange for the purchase of decent range balls and perhaps a share of the cost of the machines.

As for the country club, I'm not a member so not much to offer on that topic.
This brings up two related thoughts in my mind, but unrelated to the topic of this thread.

One, just after we graduated from OHIO my wife and I went to a driving range near Lancaster. She had taken a golf course in college, and I hadn't really ever played the game except for one-nine hole fiasco. Well, not surprisingly she did much better than I did -- driving balls much farther and more accurately than your humble correspondent. I was never aware that there ever was a driving range in Athens. I guess given my experience in Lancaster, I just subsconciously block it out!

Two, my youngest daughter's father-in-law lives in the small Louisville exburb of Prospect. It's basically built around a golf course. He regularly gets errant golf balls in his backyard.
My in-laws live off of the 4th hole of a course and my two sons have turned the collection of misplaced balls into quite the little enterprise selling to players. Can pocket about $100 on a Saturday if a scramble/outing is going on. Hopefully they find their way to the Entrepreneurship program at the OUCOB one day!
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Posted: 10/17/2025 12:15 AM
If there is anything to this rumor, which I tend to doubt, wouldn't Homecoming weekend be the time to make the announcement?
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Posted: 10/17/2025 9:31 AM
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If there is anything to this rumor, which I tend to doubt, wouldn't Homecoming weekend be the time to make the announcement?
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Posted: 10/17/2025 9:47 AM
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If there is anything to this rumor, which I tend to doubt, wouldn't Homecoming weekend be the time to make the announcement?
The details that were shared with me were awfully specific. Hard to imagine it's just a rumor given that level of detail. I have no idea how these things work, but my guess is that a capital investment like that just takes quite a bit of time to close and to finalize the plans.
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If there is anything to this rumor, which I tend to doubt, wouldn't Homecoming weekend be the time to make the announcement?
The details that were shared with me were awfully specific. Hard to imagine it's just a rumor given that level of detail. I have no idea how these things work, but my guess is that a capital investment like that just takes quite a bit of time to close and to finalize the plans.
I agree. The folks who first talked about this "significant upcoming news" are ones who usually have good inside information. And, I heard a corroborating rumor. I think it's happenning. Just don't know when. Jim is right that if they have their act together by this point, Homecoming Weekend would be an ideal time for an annoucement.
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Posted: 10/17/2025 11:01 AM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
If there is anything to this rumor, which I tend to doubt, wouldn't Homecoming weekend be the time to make the announcement?
The details that were shared with me were awfully specific. Hard to imagine it's just a rumor given that level of detail. I have no idea how these things work, but my guess is that a capital investment like that just takes quite a bit of time to close and to finalize the plans.
I agree. The folks who first talked about this "significant upcoming news" are ones who usually have good inside information. And, I heard a corroborating rumor. I think it's happenning. Just don't know when. Jim is right that if they have their act together by this point, Homecoming Weekend would be an ideal time for an annoucement.
Even I heard something when I was in town for BGSU so there’s got to be something to it, I’m out of the loop more than anybody.
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Posted: 10/17/2025 5:09 PM
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If there is anything to this rumor, which I tend to doubt, wouldn't Homecoming weekend be the time to make the announcement?
The details that were shared with me were awfully specific. Hard to imagine it's just a rumor given that level of detail. I have no idea how these things work, but my guess is that a capital investment like that just takes quite a bit of time to close and to finalize the plans.
I agree. The folks who first talked about this "significant upcoming news" are ones who usually have good inside information. And, I heard a corroborating rumor. I think it's happenning. Just don't know when. Jim is right that if they have their act together by this point, Homecoming Weekend would be an ideal time for an annoucement.
Even I heard something when I was in town for BGSU so there’s got to be something to it, I’m out of the loop more than anybody.
This will be announced when the donor wants it announced.
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Posted: 10/17/2025 9:37 PM
SBH wrote:expand_more
If there is anything to this rumor, which I tend to doubt, wouldn't Homecoming weekend be the time to make the announcement?
The details that were shared with me were awfully specific. Hard to imagine it's just a rumor given that level of detail. I have no idea how these things work, but my guess is that a capital investment like that just takes quite a bit of time to close and to finalize the plans.
I agree. The folks who first talked about this "significant upcoming news" are ones who usually have good inside information. And, I heard a corroborating rumor. I think it's happenning. Just don't know when. Jim is right that if they have their act together by this point, Homecoming Weekend would be an ideal time for an annoucement.
Even I heard something when I was in town for BGSU so there’s got to be something to it, I’m out of the loop more than anybody.
This will be announced when the donor wants it announced.
That’s what I heard if it’s the same thing
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Posted: 10/24/2025 4:06 PM
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This will be announced when the donor wants it announced.
That’s what I heard if it’s the same thing
The longer this gets delayed the more I worry that this may end up like the Fred Beasley donationn for the Convocation Center, though the public story on that one is not the full story.
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