Bird Friend
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Congrats to Johnny!
Saw this on my insta feed. Johnny is a gamer. Admittedly part of me hopes he saves his future breakout performances for next season so we can keep him until at least through his sophomore year. As much as I love the idea of keeping kids for 4 years, the world of NIL changes everything.
While completely unrealistic, part of me hopes that State Farm would wake up and claim their hometown university and throw massive NIL money into the program. With as much as they invest in sports marketing, it would take a fraction of that to claim the university from their hometown (I'm combining Bloomington/Normal). We could become a blue blood practically overnight. I know, it's a fantasy but I still allow myself to admit that hope.
Unfortunately, IWU is more of a State Farm adoptee . . . since the Rusts and Tipsord all graduated from there. That said, John Farney has been promoted to President as Tipsord moves to retire. Farney may or may not be CEO, that’s TBD. But he is a Redbird grad. So . . . .