The paradox is that while there is insanely more disposable income in CA/OR/WA/AZ/CO/UT than in most of the SEC states bar Florida and Georgia, I suspect the wealthy in our neck of the woods do not find 18 year old football players to be influencers in anywhere near the same degree folks in the South do. So if the ultra-wealthy want to invest in Stanford athletes as a pet project, sure. But if they want to get a ROI for those NIL rights, I think I'd probably invest in those southern boys.
BTW, did anyone else see this? He was 32. Anyone who thinks CTE is not going to be a growing deterrent for both those playing and watching football is fooling themselves. It's getting harder and harder look the other way, at least for me. I suspect that is also true for many more in our PAC-12 neck of the woods, and it probably explains why the West Coast is no longer the fertile recruiting ground it used to be.
BTW, did anyone else see this? He was 32. Anyone who thinks CTE is not going to be a growing deterrent for both those playing and watching football is fooling themselves. It's getting harder and harder look the other way, at least for me. I suspect that is also true for many more in our PAC-12 neck of the woods, and it probably explains why the West Coast is no longer the fertile recruiting ground it used to be.