I think NU has benefited greatly by taking a strong stand in support of its athletes and collegiate sports. A national leader. People see thru the BS spewing from media talking heads. They see the bias.
It will help recruiting imo across all sports.
I see plenty of negative reception from other fans, but I actually do see mostly positive.
And the negative that I see, I just don't understand.
Let's be real: conferences aren't cancelling/postponing because they're worried about player health, they're doing so because of players attempting to unionize (and lawsuits if not forming a union and not have their health demands met).
Most universities are falling in line with not having football if it means not having to pay players in the long run. And it's ugly as hell. Nebraska has been on the good side of this topic (being the first athletic program to allow players to benefit from their likeliness). Nebraska continues, if inadvertenly, to be one of, if not the biggest program force, in getting players paid or at least unionized.
All college football fans should be happy about this. This end goal is what almost all fans have wanted. We're forcing the conferences' hands. But I feel at least some college fans are being too quick to judge based off of what a useless ESPN mouthpiece says about it.
I'm very proud of Frost's presser. I'm happy the layers of our athletic program and university are all of the same mindset. I'm happy we are standing for what we feel is right. I couldn't care less about what some useless dips say about Nebraska as long as we do what we feel is right. I just hope more non-Nebraska fans come to realize this (mostly the unionizing bit).
