IU is concerned that dollars will be pulled from IUVC to NIL. If we win however, it won’t matter, because donations will go up to IUVC counteracting any donors giving less. IUVC giving I might be more familiar with than anyone.
My first job was at the IU telefund in 2000-2004. We raised money for all schools, spea, ed, law school, and the varsity club. I was the best at VC, and usually assigned to call those folks. I killed it because I was from Bloomington, loved the general, and loved sports. It probably also helped that I was blessed with a tongue like no other.
@ovaltine has been able to admire my public speaking skills for decades now.
Anyways, the amount of support that IU had during the Knight tenure went down like the titanic in the following years. Dollar for dollar IU probably didn’t match the money they raised during Knights last years till just recently.
IUs relevance in basketball, or how good they are, influences a large percentage of alum. If IU were to make a final four this year the IUVC would see a tremendous uptick in donations, while also Seeing a few million a year being donated to HFG.