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Author Message OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,864 Status: Offline     The BIG annoucement -- when, what, where?    Posted: 9/18/2025 3:27:41 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? Last Edited: 9/18/2025 3:29:28 PM by OhioCatFan The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top Victory General User Member Since: 3/10/2012 Post Count: 2,374 Status: Offline     RE: The BIG annoucement -- when, what, where?    Posted: 9/18/2025 4:34:38 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. Back to Top Kevin Finnegan General User Member Since: 2/4/2005 Location: Rockton, IL Post Count: 1,180 Status: Offline     RE: The BIG annoucement -- when, what, where?    Posted: 9/18/2025 5:02:47 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. Back to Top TWT General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,244 Status: Offline     RE: The BIG annoucement -- when, what, where?    Posted: 9/18/2025 5:53:00 PM  Kevin Finnegan wrote: 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. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans 2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field 2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740 Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,864 Status: Offline     RE: The BIG annoucement -- when, what, where?    Posted: 9/18/2025 9:53:32 PM  I thought that one of the in-the-know "sources" specified it was for football only. Rumor was specifically football. The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. 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