SPONSOR NOTE: Meet the Team at the Spring Game (an NIL Event)
In town for the Spring Game, or just wish you could be? Come meet the 2022 players through Valiant's signing event, which we're hoping to turn into an annual thing, and show our conquering heroes how much we can hail them in the way that was not previously available.
Members of the Michigan Football team will be available for a “meet and greet” style event for approximately 90 minutes immediately following the Spring Game.
The event will take place inside the Oosterbaan Field House located at 1202 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Tickets and sponsorships will go to the participating players, which is a lot of them. Student-athletes who are presently confirmed to appear at the event include members of Michigan Football’s quarterback, offensive line, and defensive back position groups. Specific player appearances are subject to change up until the event.
Given the number of participating student-athletes, public ticket sales alone are unlikely to generate enough revenue to flex our NIL muscles here at Michigan. However, we hope to generate additional revenue through a robust sponsorship pool to provide more NIL compensation to student-athletes based on their seniority and/or marketability.
The tiers are as follows:
- $25: Supports the team
- $50: Supports the team twice as much
- $100: Supports the team twice as much as that.
- $500: 2 tickets and your or your company's name on the video board during the event for 10 seconds/cycle.
- $1000: 4 tickets and the video board display for 30 seconds/cycle
- $2500: 10 tickets and video board display for 60 seconds.
- $5000: 4 VIP tickets and 90-second display.
Money cannon, let's make it hail!
March 30th, 2022 at 11:02 AM ^
Sounds like when I used to go to the Lions’ training camp. Great idea.
March 30th, 2022 at 11:03 AM ^
This sounds like an awesome opportunity for people in the area.
Ok Money Cannon Hailers and NIL Doubters, it's your time to shine and make all of your comments on the blog either come true or be proven false. Let's see what reality really is.
One thought that has been raised in discussion before. The Athletic Department makes a boatload of money from Michigan football.
In addition to the cost of the tickets, the seat license or whatever it is called these days and the other high priced items we buy at games, at what point does Michigan's Athletic Department start footing some of the support for NIL?
The day after the very very very unquestionably clear cut unequivocally explicit final day they don't have to.
I don't believe the university can have involvement in NIL - according to an interesting NFT article in the Freep. I know it is the freep, but the article WAS interesting.
March 30th, 2022 at 11:16 AM ^
Seth,
if I have no plan to attend the Spring Game, can I still buy a ticket just to contribute the money? Does that prevent someone else from attending?
March 30th, 2022 at 12:12 PM ^
Yeah, I think they're planning for people to do that. You can also see if any readers who can't afford it want to go.
There is now a $25 and $50 “sponsorship” option where you can just pay the money and not attend the event.
March 30th, 2022 at 11:20 AM ^
Reminder that the Andrel Anthony and Donovan Edwards NFTs are still available for sale at the same like in the OP. The autographed pic that comes with them is BEAUTIFUL. For Andrel it’s an action shot of his long TD against MSU glossy and high def. Not to mention the chance to Zoom with them live.
March 30th, 2022 at 11:43 AM ^
Do I have to wear pants?
March 30th, 2022 at 11:52 AM ^
No. But don't complain if you get 'special' treatment...
March 30th, 2022 at 11:58 AM ^
Please respect the 6" social distancing guidelines.
I'm just curious if you actually mean inches instead of feet as your quotation marks indicate.
Undoubtedly
March 30th, 2022 at 12:03 PM ^
My money cannon doesn't shoot $100's right now LOL. Next year!
Any good ways to contribute $20 efficiently to the NIL funds?
March 30th, 2022 at 12:34 PM ^
If U-M athletes had to depend on people like me for their NIL $$, they might be able to eat at Pizza House once or twice a semester.
https://mgoblog.com/comment/244506602#comment-244506602
According to this comment up-thread, there's also $25 and $50 donation options.
Edit: I just clicked Seth's OP links and $25 is the smallest available option.
I don't own or work for a company. So in lieu of a company's name on the video board, can I just submit a picture of my dog dressed in Michigan gear?
BTW, this is a brilliant idea.
A little confused...is this an MGoBlog event?
March 31st, 2022 at 11:26 AM ^
No. It's an event put on by the group Johnny Wangler put together to organize Michigan fans' NIL efforts.
Instead of my company name , can I make it say Fuck OSU ?
Wish I could give this more than one upvote.
Can you clarify the tiers? I'm not seeing that $100 gets you in on the website. It looks like the $25-$100 just lets you throw money into the pool. Are ticket only sales coming later?
I have the same question.
March 31st, 2022 at 11:29 AM ^
Got a clarification: $100 doesn't come with anything. I used the language on the event site but just asked about this when we talked about a $20 or $25 option, and he said $100 doesn't get you anything. Sorry for the confusion.
This morning’s email from the M-Den absolutely says “tickets to event $100” 3:30-5pm.
so this is very confusing, not your fault Seth.
Calling all of our super rich alums to kick start our NIL.
I’m confused. I paid the $100 but there was no spot to put in any info for a ticket. Nor was there any follow up about the event or anything to show at the door.
Had I not read this post, I would have the impression that the link was just for sponsorships to raise money for the event. I’m not sure what actually gets one in to the event?
I hope I'm wrong, but after reading thoroughly the information found on the link, I'm now wondering if the minimum contribution needed for admission (a pair of tickets) is $500, for 4 tickets is $1000, etc., as all of the higher contribution levels include the # of tickets included, while the $100 option does not explicitly say it gets the donor admission to the event.
Either way, I don't plan on going as we're already planning on going to the Michigan baseball game at 2pm. But I do plan on making a contribution, as the proceeds will be split between all the football team participants.
Makes sense
$500 donor right here. That's not small money for me - I'm nowhere near that fortunate. But I've been talking for years about how I want to help NIL, so here's a chance for money where the mouth is.
LET'S GO GUYS!
In for $100. An opportunity to contribute directly to the program we know and love, and that gives us abundant joy when we beat OSU. Here is to many more of those.
Given the number of participating student-athletes, public ticket sales alone are unlikely to generate enough revenue to flex our NIL muscles here at Michigan.
Can we just hand the players a wad of cash?
As long as it's in the NCAA approved McDonald's bag.
I wonder if a mgofund NIL could be set up on this site. I may have an extra grand to chip in by May after teaching a University course. It would let us all chip in $5.00 up to thousands of dollars that would go into a NIL.
I wonder if a mgofund NIL could be set up on this site. I may have an extra grand to chip in by May after teaching a University course. It would let us all chip in $5.00 up to thousands of dollars that would go into a NIL.
March 31st, 2022 at 10:32 AM ^
I was a kid at the late 70s at a GLI game. I don't know how they work now, but back then the opening round games were played back to back, with about an hour between, and one ticket got you into both.
Michigan played first. Right before the second game started (at Joe Louis) a bunch of Michigan players, including one of my all-time favorites, Brad Tippitt, came out of the locker room, in their long leather jackets that were the hockey player thing back then, and up the steps right next to us. We asked for autographs and they all sat down right behind us and chatted us up for a while as the second game started.
It was a thrill that I obviously remember to this day. And we didn't have to pay anything extra for it.
Is it a signing event? The post uses that word but the release itself just calls it "meet the team."
5 grand! Lol 😂 dirty