Welcome to Buckeyes Nation Hunter!!!

OHSportsFan said:

I’ll admit this has been a concern in my mind once I look at the “new money” landscape of college football. Maybe I’m missing someone but Ohio State doesn’t have the Oil tycoon, or tech bro, or…whatever Miami has (real estate/drugs) that want to truly put their thumb on the sports scale. Who is bankrolling the Bucks? Schottenstein? Car dealers? With all respect to the fine University - I know there are plenty of high level execs in Columbus - but it doesn’t seem sustainable without a few mega sports boosters (multi billionaires).

Not ready to panic but there’s been moments where I’ve questioned are we “broke boys” in this new world? It’s definitely added parity because every school has someone that can overpay and chip away at OSU’s roster. It’s simply impossible to stack talent like we used to enjoy. Every team is feeling that.

What OSU does have is a massive, passionate fanbase and brand. It’s up to Bjork to convert that into revenue. Probably why he’s exploring sponsors on jerseys. And when do we re-up with Nike for $50M/year? I certainly wouldn’t bet on Joe Buckeye being able to make much of a difference long term (and to others’ point, maybe most fans shouldn’t put OSU into their family budget).

Who knows, eventually this probably all disappears to full revenue sharing and a cap where everyone is equal. Then it’s just a GM/Coach that sets you apart from any other school (franchise). Blech.

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We have one of those but it's better he stays far away from the sports and university considering the allegations of the last decade or so... Probably older than that

If NIL existed when Stienbrenner was donating to OSU it would interesting to see what happened there.

dragurd said:

Maybe the coke habit helps him coach better did you think of that sir?

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Then maybe shell out for more coke.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

Maybe shell out for a better coach that doesn't have a coke habit, then.

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Maybe the coke habit helps him coach better did you think of that sir?

Jaxbuck said:

That was what was done to WR's coming across the middle back then by any team. It's not a Steelers thing.

Look at what our very own Jack Tatum is most famous for.

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I know. And what he did was dirty as hell, too. But the Steelers lived off it, and are still living off it. And getting away with it because that's the identity they got to create way back when.

Ohio State Football Communications Director Jerry Emig Named to CSC Hall of Fame Class of 2026​

Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Jerry Emig.

Emig, who will retire in 2026 after 28 years in athletics communications — including the past 19 at Ohio State — was named as one of six members of the College Sports Communicators Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026 on Monday.

“I am thrilled, appreciative and humbled to be recognized as a CSC Hall of Fame member,” Emig said in a statement. “The feeling of pride I have to be included among this distinguished and distinctive group of communicators is real and will be everlasting. I want to thank the CSC Special Awards Committee and current Hall of Fame members for this honor.

"I also want to thank the communications staff at Ohio State University for its spirit, work ethic and leadership that makes every day in this profession a pleasure. Working alongside colleagues, coaches, student-athletes and members of the media has been wonderful, and I will forever be grateful that it has positioned me to receive this honor.”
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Brooks Koepka reinstated by PGA Tour through 'Returning Member Program,' set to play Farmers Insurance Open​

Koepka will pay a $5 million charitable contribution and miss out on $50 million to $85 million in potential earnings in his return to the PGA Tour after departing LIV Golf​

Less than one month after departing LIV Golf following four years with the league, Brooks Koepka has been reinstated by the PGA Tour to play tournaments in 2026. Under the new Returning Member Program, which formally opened Monday following approval from the PGA Tour's Board of Directors, Koepka's return to the PGA Tour has become official.
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Under the Returning Member Program, players who are considered elite due to their performance can take an alternative path back to the PGA Tour rather than serve a suspension. Golfers who have won The Players Championship, Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open or The Open Championship during the 2022-25 seasons are eligible to return to the PGA Tour under this program if contractual limitations preventing them from complying with PGA Tour rules and regulations no longer exist.

The program was created as a response to Koepka's unique situation as he departed LIV Golf on Dec. 23, 2025, and formally applied for reinstatement. It is not an indication of what the PGA Tour may decide in the future if additional players wish to return.

As a condition of reinstatement through this program, returning members become ineligible to earn payouts from the Player Equity Program for five years (2026-30), and they will not receive payments from the FedEx Cup bonus program in the 2026 season.

The PGA Tour estimates that Koepka will miss out on $50 million to $85 million in potential earnings. He will also make a $5 million charitable donation at the request of the PGA Tour. In a letter to its membership, the PGA Tour called the potential missed earnings "one of the largest financial repercussions in professional sports history." It also stated that fields would be expanded to include Koepka so that no one would be denied an opportunity to play.

In order to compete in signature events, returning members need to play their way in through qualifying methods, such as the Aon Next 10, Aon Swing 5, winning a tournament in the current year and/or residing inside the top 30 of the Official World Golf Rankings. Returning members are not eligible for sponsor exemptions into signature events.

The PGA Tour decided that creating the Returning Member Program was a necessary pathway to ensure the game's elite performers had a way to compete without delay while simultaneously ensuring there was a level of restitution that created fairness for members who never departed the organization, CBS Sports has learned.

Players who meet the elite criteria may apply for reinstatement through Feb. 2.

Based on the aforementioned criteria, the only other golfers eligible for reinstatement would be Bryson DeChambeau (winner of the U.S. Open in 2024), Jon Rahm (winner of the 2023 Masters) and Cameron Smith (winners of The Open and The Players in 2022).
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Jaxbuck said:

I'd look at tv contracts and work from what you see in baseball. Why do big markets teams have 2-3x the payroll of small market teams?

Then work forward from that.

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They don't have a crappy owner like the Red's owner Bob Castellini.......

TampaBuckeyes said:

I’m just thinking what are they going to do, run an add on one of the games? How many actual Ohio state fans watch a game? A million maybe. So you run the add and home 1% pull out their phones and scan a qr code to donate $10. That’s $100,000 minus what it cost to create and run the add. Then by the 3rd game everyone who wants to donate has already done it.

I’d leave it to the billionaires.

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I'd look at tv contracts and work from what you see in baseball. Why do big markets teams have 2-3x the payroll of small market teams?

Then work forward from that.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

I know what you're saying, but that's the same shit they do year after year. Cheap shot bullshit while the person they're trying to injure can't defend themselves. The fact that it was within the rules back then is why they still do it and get away with it now. Doesn't change the fact it was unnecessarily dangerous for the sake of looking tough when the "other guy" couldn't do anything about it.

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That was what was done to WR's coming across the middle back then by any team. It's not a Steelers thing.

Look at what our very own Jack Tatum is most famous for.

Jaxbuck said:

I wasn't proposing anything. I simply grabbed a number as a point of reference. Point is they don't seem to do a very good job of engaging the fanbase in any attempts to monetize it.

Maybe that is by design. Who knows? The most any sport monetizes their fanbase is merch and ticket sales really.

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I’m just thinking what are they going to do, run an add on one of the games? How many actual Ohio state fans watch a game? A million maybe. So you run the add and home 1% pull out their phones and scan a qr code to donate $10. That’s $100,000 minus what it cost to create and run the add. Then by the 3rd game everyone who wants to donate has already done it.

I’d leave it to the billionaires.

Maybe shell out for a better coach that doesn't have a coke habit, then.

Jaxbuck said:

It wasn't considered dirty back then or even well into the 80's/early 90's.

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I know what you're saying, but that's the same shit they do year after year. Cheap shot bullshit while the person they're trying to injure can't defend themselves. The fact that it was within the rules back then is why they still do it and get away with it now. Doesn't change the fact it was unnecessarily dangerous for the sake of looking tough when the "other guy" couldn't do anything about it.

OHSportsFan said:

Meanwhile, this sums up the fanbases.

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That might be the truest thing on the internet