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Interesting hire

Jordon Rooney Named Personal Brand Coach - Duquesne University Athletics (goduquesne.com)


 

Interesting to say the least. Also impressive is the fact that Duquesne is the very first program to make such a hire.
This is good to see. Think KD and Dave Harper work well together and are on the same page which is a huge plus and portends well for the future of the program.
 

winning can do the same thing.    But hey, whatever helps you sleep at night.

Econ:  Brilliant!  Response

I really admire Duquesne’s forward way of thinking pending the Supreme court’s decision. Then Congress will attempt to create a map. What a joke that will be both Parties are blood sucking clowns. Then the Power 5 will simply use the new legislation as a Defacto recruiting inducement incentive tool. The Big schools will simply reach out to the alumni base who are entrepreneurs, small business owners & local corporations. Player shows up at the local car dealer “Meet Pitt Panther Joe Blow” and he walks away with a nice paycheck.If I was Mr Rooney I would circle the wagons around any Duquesne alumni who are willing to funnel the slush fund in accordance with the new regulations. Can you imagine the new Wild West in regard to recruiting with the likes of Notre Dame, Texas, Michigan, Duke,Penn State & yes Harvard/ Yale. This is bad for College sports. What ever happened to a full scholarship with room & board. 

Econ69 wrote:

I think when your  title changes from Director to Vice President
your position on the organizational chart changes say from
a dotted line to a solid line.

It's good for the kids we have, and it'll help attract talent, too.

This is a brilliant move.

No matter what your opinion is on NLI issues, this is a major accomplishment for the program; very forward thinking. I bet it is the deciding factor for a better, future recruit or 2 choosing DU. Great work!

I do not envy the athletic administration/coaching staffs having to navigate which athletes get a higher or lower priority for making use of these services. The concept of individual NLI value is as capitalist as it gets & it should be. That won't make it any easier to keep the 4th highest valued player happy about numbers 1-3 getting more love & money.

Between this, COVID, & the transfer portal, there has to be more than a few coaches thinking about calling it a career rather than abandoning tried & true methods for building teams while having to develop new systems to remain successful in this rapidly evolving landscape.

Roy Williams may have made a perfectly timed decision.

From what I can tell, the new hire is excellent at self promotion.  I have another term in mind but don’t want to use it.

I’m highly skeptical of this resulting in better recruits or wins.   Their Tik Tok videos will be on point thought.

Last edited by A83 (5/05/2021 4:55 pm)

phil95, thanks for sharing.  Here's another national article (behind a paywall) with a mention on Duquesne hiring a Brand Manager:

The way to win in college basketball may now include analytics, transfer portal experts and … brand managers?
https://theathletic.com/2640528/2021/06/09/the-way-to-win-in-college-basketball-may-now-include-analytics-transfer-portal-experts-and-brand-managers/
 

Last edited by PhoenixRising2 (6/09/2021 9:01 am)

Obviously the landscape of College Athletics has been significantly altered; never to return to the “plantation” culture created and nurtured by the NCAA.  It will be an interesting phenomena as  some states will be allowing athletes to market name, image and likeness within a few weeks!
Team-building will be very difficult in my opinion, as some players may flourish financially while other flounder, potentially leading to jealousy and division.  Where this goes, nobody knows!

I see many college sports disappearing. Be careful what you wish for.  Lots of underprivileged kids will lose out on a free education. Those who can afford it will still get it. 

Will a kid stay at Kent football after a good year??  Go make money at Kansas with free player movement.  Get paid?? Kent folds.  85 scholarships gone.

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Dsnyder15 wrote:

I see many college sports disappearing. Be careful what you wish for. Lots of underprivileged kids will lose out on a free education. Those who can afford it will still get it.

Will a kid stay at Kent football after a good year?? Go make money at Kansas with free player movement. Get paid?? Kent folds. 85 scholarships gone.

That's my take. I don't see this SCOTUS ruling, as much as I agree with it on principle, as nothing more than something that's going to make the Dukes and Alabamas richer at the expense of the lesser programs.
 

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

I believe that what is not being taken in context is the insatiable need for streaming/cable/network content. There are so many hours of sports programming to fill.  I don't suspect that these entities will allow the "product" to become so adulterated that it has no value.  The TV tail will continue to wag the dog.

In addition to this, the expansion of sports gambling is playing a more significant role - they also need “content”. Having 400 or so weekly college basketball games to wager on is a revenue driver and value to that industry; it’s likely that they will protect that asset in some manner.