Bradley announces revenue sharing and NIL change

[Da Coach]

Most of this has already been posted here, but Bradley officially announces the revenue sharing and NIL changes and gives more details about how to support Bradley men's basketball and Bradley women's basketball.
In addition to transitioning the fundraising process to an "in-house" operation and retiring the Home of the Brave (men's NIL collective) and Be Brave (women's NIL collective), the biggest change is that since Bradley is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, donations could be tax deductible.
This page includes information on how to donate and links to enable supporters to make donations-

Bradley Athletics Announces Transition to In-House Revenue Sharing Model - Bradley University Athletics

Peoria, IL. — Bradley Athletics announced that revenue-sharing support for Bradley Basketball will now be managed in-house, with all basketball-specific gifts made

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Donate to men's basketball- https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/80686/donations/new

Donate to women's basketball- https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/80685/donations/new

These donation sites allow donations to be made via Google Pay, Venmo, Paypal, CashApp, or by credit card and other modes of payment.

 

[BUBraves2006]

While to a certain extent, this is understood when Tom Hammerton was hired about the in-house management aspect, can fans still get a Duke Deen t-shirt? Does HOT Brave NIL shut down entirely or is it just another way to support the players? I mean, it's fine as an effort to support big dollar donors, but what about regular people who don't have those kind of funds?

 

[LukeBob]

While to a certain extent, this is understood when Tom Hammerton was hired about the in-house management aspect, can fans still get a Duke Deen t-shirt? Does HOT Brave NIL shut down entirely or is it just another way to support the players? I mean, it's fine as an effort to support big dollar donors, but what about regular people who don't have those kind of funds?

HOTB were uptight assholes getting high on their own supply in the first place. This is a net positive. Lemme know if you need a shirt; we’ll be giving away “N0 Left0vers” shirts at some point this szn

 

[Da Coach]

HOTB were uptight assholes getting high on their own supply in the first place. This is a net positive. Lemme know if you need a shirt; we’ll be giving away “N0 Left0vers” shirts at some point this szn

Wow, tell us how you really feel.
I do think now that the NCAA isn't policing NIL and revenue sharing the same way they threatened to do initially, it makes more sense for full-time professional development people on staff at Bradley to manage the process. So that could be considered a net positive. The big plus is that by being a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit, now the donations can be charitable deductions. That will help a lot in fundraising from the big donors and from businesses. It already is.
But I don't understand the hostility toward long-time Bradley fans who dedicated a lot of their time to help Bradley's NIL program the last few years. There is a reason that the Bradley announcement praises and thanks the people behind HOTB. Without them, Bradley would have fallen behind every other MVC program, and we wouldn't have had many of the terrific players that have contributed to a high level of success.
And what does HOTB have to do with the "leftovers" jab at ISU and why does that still seem to irk you? That seems to have been long forgotten about, until now.

 

[JMM28]

HOTB were uptight assholes getting high on their own supply in the first place. This is a net positive. Lemme know if you need a shirt; we’ll be giving away “N0 Left0vers” shirts at some point this szn

Feel free to give me a ring anytime. DM me for my phone number.

Would love to know more about what we did wrong besides raising seven figures to retain better than any program in the Missouri Valley in the NIL era, give fans a chance to buy player merch that would never have been available anywhere else, and try to be a conduit for donors to interact personally and develop relationships with some of the more storied players in recent BU basketball history.

Oh and it was a 100% volunteer operation with an expense ratio (less than .1%) that would make any non-profit in this area blush.