(01-20-2025, 05:21 PM)Card10Fan Wrote:(01-20-2025, 01:23 PM)BobK Wrote: Some confusion here. Lifetine cardinal is the NIL group for Stanford and not part of Stanford but a separate corporation.
We did match a usc offer usc upped it plus kiki graduated in three years with the purpose of going to usc
The budget for lifetine Cardinal for WBB is in place. I urge you to join. Or at least look into it
My guess would be we offered Iriafen 300k(ish) and USC upped the ante alot and offered 800k. Is that close? I want to know more about Lifetime Cardinal and what we are actually offering/doing for our players. Does joining/giving automatically provide more answers to those questions?
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(01-20-2025, 05:21 PM)Card10Fan Wrote:(01-20-2025, 01:23 PM)BobK Wrote: There seems to be some confusion here. Lifetime Cardinal is the NIL group for Stanford, but it operates as a separate corporation and is not part of the university. We matched a USC offer, but USC increased their offer, and Kiki graduated in three years with the intention of going to USC.
The budget for Lifetime Cardinal regarding women's basketball is in place. I encourage you to join, or at least look into it.
I believe we initially offered Iriafen around $300,000, but USC significantly increased their offer to about $800,000. Is that close? I want to know more about Lifetime Cardinal and what we are actually offering and doing for our players. Does joining or donating automatically provide more answers to those questions?
I recall hearing about a $250,000 offer when we first learned that Kiki was leaving for USC, and there were rumors that other schools had offered $700,000. I'm guessing that Lifetime Cardinal wasn't prepared to enter a bidding war, especially since the USC NIL program is very well organized and funded and there were other factors in play. I listened to a podcast where Kiki was interviewed early last fall. She mentioned that she felt very at home with the players and the Los Angeles environment. She was impressed that all players are provided with services to create a professional portfolio, which they can use to attract their own opportunities, and that there are NIL deals available for the entire team. Interestingly, during the podcast, Kiki was directly asked if she knew about Tara's retirement before she made her decision to leave Stanford, and she hesitated before saying, "I don't know." It sounds like she may have known!
