{"id":9539,"date":"2023-07-04T03:43:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T08:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=9539"},"modified":"2023-07-04T03:43:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T08:43:21","slug":"james-franklin-details-penn-states-approach-to-nil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/james-franklin-details-penn-states-approach-to-nil\/","title":{"rendered":"James Franklin details Penn State\u2019s approach to NIL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently\u00a0Penn State Nittany Lions<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0head coach\u00a0James Franklin<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0sat down with one of his former players\u00a0Adam Breneman<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0host of Up Next<\/a>. The former Penn State tight end picked his former head coach\u2019s brain on many topics surrounding the program.\u00a0One of the things Breneman wanted to know more about was how Penn State approached NIL. And according to Franklin, there is a bit of uniqueness to how the Nittany Lions do things.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things that\u2019s really powerful that a lot of people don\u2019t know about Penn State is all of the Commonwealth campuses across the state of Pennsylvania that used to be feeder institutions for the university,\u201d said Franklin.<\/a> \u201cIt is powerful, and none of them have football. So, they\u2019re all Penn State football fans. You\u2019re talking about 750,000 living alumni. There is power in those numbers and with the brand. But we got to tap into it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a major fit shift to change your mind to say, \u2018You\u2019re telling me, now, we can give players money.\u2019 So getting people on board with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Nittany Lions find themselves in a unique position with all of their sister schools within the Penn State network not having their own football teams. Unlike other major university chains such as the University of Texas chain, where the Longhorns<\/strong><\/a> sister campuses, UTSA<\/strong><\/a>, UTEP<\/strong><\/a>, and UTRGV all have Division I programs of their own. With Penn State\u2019s system being set up the way it is, it\u2019s likely that all alumni within the system to be huge supporters of the main campus\u2019s football program.<\/p>\n

Another step in the right direction for the Nittany Lions is their expanded use of their NIL system. It took Penn State some time to adjust to the rules, but since then, they have been running full steam ahead. But Franklin believes that there is more that can be done.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe other thing is, for the first two years, we weren\u2019t bold and aggressive with that rule. And I don\u2019t care what industry you\u2019re in; when the rules change, you better adapt, and you better adapt quickly. And we didn\u2019t do that. So I would say two years ago, we were way behind; three years ago, we were way behind. In the last year, we\u2019re starting to make some significant progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Pat Kraft has recognized that (and) has done a great job of going out and educating our people. That\u2019s what we\u2019re doing as a football program as well. But we need all of the Penn Staters worldwide to understand this is where we\u2019re at, and if all 750,000 alumni would just do something, there\u2019s tremendous power in that.\u201d<\/p>\n

With only one major football program within the Penn State University system, the Nittany Lions get the Lion\u2019s share of NIL compensation in that area. That is a huge advantage when it comes to recruiting and what they have to offer recruits. And if the rest of the alumni hear Franklin\u2019s call, the Penn State NIL pool could get even bigger.<\/p>\n

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