ok....I am reading the article linked above....according to that...and I paraphrase....Creighton upon reading that the event organizers were looking to add 1 more team, and perhaps from the Big East, reached out to make their interest known...and not only signed up for 2024...but also for 2025 and 2026.
So wait...they now have a 3 year period where they will get $1 million bonus in NIL money?
We couldn't "reach out"? No cell service that day...?
Seriously, how ridiculous is this??
And, I should add, not surprisingly, a number of these first year teams have also expressed an interest in/signed on for all 3 years. And there is a list of schools (not us) that have expressed an interest in participating should the tournament expand.
So for anyone hoping or looking for us to participate in this anytime soon...not happening.
Maybe our billionaire cyber security/F1 guy can sponsor a tournament where we are the named sponsor, so get a $1 million bonus, plus another for participating, invite other big schools with similar $1 million payouts, have all players do their thing/hawk for Crowdstrike and F-1 (get F-1 to co-sponsor)...do it at a splashy locale, etc.
What the heck do I know....but I do know, there are no rules, so shoot for the stars and get creative....just about anything goes. And...we NEED to be creative because we aren't going to raise the millions necessary annually to compete any other way
