Vanderbilt football, hopeless? 'Legit' NIL donations tell very different story
Contrary to popular belief, Vandy is set up like never before to succeed, sources say. Clark Lea is about to go shopping for a new team.
theathletic.com
Seems like they've had several of their best go into the portal. I suppose if this is true maybe some go back to Vandy?
They told The Athletic that fundraising efforts on behalf of the Anchor Impact collective took a recent and significant upturn, pushing into several million dollars the amount of money available for the recruiting and retention of football players.
Clark Lea is about to go buy a new team.
“This is credible,” a source said. “This is real. This is legit. Vanderbilt football has the resources to do everything at an SEC level.”
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For football alone, in a hazy world with no clearly defined market and no database tracking the financial statements of each collective, conventional wisdom puts $5 million a year as the target to maintain a competitive Power 5 roster. That’s Vanderbilt’s charge. Recent donations mean a prudent use of resources this offseason could leave a healthy chunk as a head start on the next one.
Nebraska coach Matt Rhule recently told reporters that a “good quarterback in the portal costs $1.5 million or $2 million” a year. That’s Vanderbilt’s challenge.
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The losses are heavy. But they are losses from a 2-10 team. The returns are heavier, including several young players who need to capitalize on the opportunity, joined by another recruiting class that punches above Vandy’s historical weight — ranked No. 36 nationally by 247Sports.com.
And now Lea has the necessary resources, from every angle, to compete. The facilities are materializing. Lea got what a source called a “significant” increase in the assistant coach salary pool from predecessor Derek Mason and must hire an offensive coordinator to replace the fired Joey Lynch.
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