Schottenstein pointed to the most recruiting numbers to prove that the Ohio State approach is working: the Buckeyes have top-five football classes for both 20 and corresponding top-10 classes for men’s basketball. The coach acknowledged that other schools might be working from a different viewpoint but that “the reality is that’s not the expectation for us here.”
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Holtmann said Smith has provided specific guidelines on how to navigate the NIL landscape. They want great teams with great experience, great memories and they understand that there’s a new age of college athletics and there’s a role they can play in that.” Obviously they love football, but they love their sports. “One thing I have really realized is this is a generous community and they love their sports. “I’ve been here four-plus years,” Holtmann said. Future events will be announced in time, Schottenstein said, and The Foundation is starting a South Florida chapter that will host a fundraising event this winter. No dollar amount was announced for the evening, but the 13 experiences that were up for bidding raised a combined $114,500 in addition to the cost of admission. It's not easy, but we're blazing the path right way here and Gene's leading the way and doing things the right way." Each year brings on new challenges, and you have to be one to adapt, and we’re doing that. “If you're going to help our players, then we certainly want to be a part of that,” Day said. Day spoke of his 12 players in attendance, and both programs showcased hype videos for either their upcoming season (basketball) or season opener against Notre Dame (football). Stroud and his teammates to a basketball game after the third-year Buckeye told reporters at Big Ten media that he thought five of his teammates could beat their men’s basketball counterparts in a game of five-on-five. Holtmann went first, jokingly challenging quarterback C.J. I think they show steps in that with coming here and supporting this event tonight knowing that this is eventually going to benefit their teams.”īoth coaches addressed the crowd individually before the question-and-answer portion. They’ve got to embrace the change, which I think they are. “I think that NIL is a forever-changing landscape. “It was great, because I feel like that shows the appreciation of the NIL world and the way we affected it directly on their programs in the last 3-4 months,” Schottenstein said of their attendance. It’s a new space, and one Schottenstein and Smith praised Day and Holtmann for embracing. Hicks ($20,000) or Tanner Holden, Brice Sensabaugh and Bruce Thornton ($9,500) with proceeds benefitting both the players in question as well as other athletes at the university. In its place stands events like “The Kick-Off.” In addition to the opportunity to take photos with Day and Holtmann, attendees could mingle with members of their teams and bid on opportunities like dinner for four with Teradja Mitchell, Lathan Ransom and C.J. Ohio State: The Foundation, Ohio State NIL collective, raises six figures for deal with four players Ohio State basketball insider: Stay in the know with texts from beat reporter Adam Jardy The era of asking boosters and the like to steer clear of student-athletes is long gone. In our space in Columbus, with all these corporations and businesses, we need to be as creative as we can and help our student-athletes get deals, small and big.” “I can give you countless examples of businesses we all know that started out uncomfortable and now they’ve gotten to a point where they actually are doing deals.
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“I would encourage you to tell other people that it’s OK for anyone that you know or any business – and I don’t care how big or how small, whatever it is – let them know it’s OK,” Smith said. What else, the man asked, can fans do to better support The Foundation, Ohio State’s collective that helps Buckeyes capitalize on their name, image and likeness rights? This question, though, was intercepted by athletic director Gene Smith, seated near the front of the room. Around him, 27 packed tables to the tune of at least $500 a seat awaited either their chance to ask a question or to bid on live auction experiences.
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Gazing into the crowd, host Cardale Jones pointed to the man who had a request. Seated on top of a makeshift stage on the second floor of the Blackwell Inn on Ohio State’s campus, football coach Ryan Day and men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann were participating in a question-and-answer session. The question was lobbed from the suit coat-clad crowd tucked neatly into the Pfahl Conference Center.