First Underwood, now they are in line to flip 5* OT Ty Haywood, and picked up another 4* flip from Auburn.
OT: Michigan NIL
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someone needs to photoshop Larry Ellison's face onto this, and it would be dead on.
I guess the good news is they can only start 11 guys on each side of the ball. They can't buy the universe.
Michigan could honestly be insane, they also have Larry Page a co-founder of google worth 150 billion.
Yes, as we've seen recently, billionaires run everything and can literally buy anything--even a big White House in DC.
If their big money donors start dropping bags I don't know if there's many schools that could hang with them NIL wise.
Can we please leave politics to the off topic board. I can't say I'm a huge fan of billionaires either, but we don't need 5 pages of bullshit.
He certainly hasn't been smart about marriages ..................................
Billionaire Larry Ellison’s new wife was revealed to be the missing link behind his investments in college football at the University of Michigan.
Football boosters thanked Ellison, 80—the world’s fourth-richest man and founder of the Oracle cloud software firm—as a deciding monetary force in poaching top-rated high-school quarterback Bryce Underwood from Louisiana State University. The boosters also thanked Ellison’s wife, a 33-year-old woman named Jolin who also goes by Keren Zhu, reported The Wall Street Journal.
“I want to personally thank Larry and his wife Jolin who were instrumental in making this happen,” said Champions Circle booster collective chairman Nate Forbes.
The Journal reported that Zhu is an alum of the University of Michigan, with a 2012 bachelor of arts degree in International Studies. The outlet also reported that Zhu’s name appears on property owned by Octopus Holdings, which is owned by Ellison.
Although Ellison has not publicly confirmed that he has married for a fifth time, several sports officials have confirmed Jolin’s influence on Ellison’s decision-making.
Jolin and Ellison reportedly personally lobbied for Underwood on a Zoom call with Bryce and his father, Jay. Ellison recounted his upbringing on the South Side of Chicago, and Jolin reportedly expressed her interest in seeing the Michigan Wolverines back on top in the football world.
“It wasn’t really a pitch,” said Jay.
He added, “I guess happy wife, happy life.”
Retired quarterback Tom Brady, another Michigan alum, also reportedly called Underwood to lobby for him to attend the school.
Ellison was previously married to Adda Quinn in 1967, divorcing in 1974, and Nancy Wheeler Jenkins in 1977, divorcing in 1978. Jenkins reportedly sold back her stock in Ellison’s company SDL, which would go on to become Oracle, for $500.
Ellison then went on to marry and have two children with Barbara Boothe, from 1983 to 1986, before marrying romance novelist Melanie Craft in 2003—with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs serving as their wedding photographer. They divorced in 2010.
Billionaire Larry Ellison’s new wife was revealed to be the missing link behind his investments in college football at the University of Michigan.
Football boosters thanked Ellison, 80—the world’s fourth-richest man and founder of the Oracle cloud software firm—as a deciding monetary force in poaching top-rated high-school quarterback Bryce Underwood from Louisiana State University. The boosters also thanked Ellison’s wife, a 33-year-old woman named Jolin who also goes by Keren Zhu, reported The Wall Street Journal.
“I want to personally thank Larry and his wife Jolin who were instrumental in making this happen,” said Champions Circle booster collective chairman Nate Forbes.
The Journal reported that Zhu is an alum of the University of Michigan, with a 2012 bachelor of arts degree in International Studies. The outlet also reported that Zhu’s name appears on property owned by Octopus Holdings, which is owned by Ellison.
Although Ellison has not publicly confirmed that he has married for a fifth time, several sports officials have confirmed Jolin’s influence on Ellison’s decision-making.
Jolin and Ellison reportedly personally lobbied for Underwood on a Zoom call with Bryce and his father, Jay. Ellison recounted his upbringing on the South Side of Chicago, and Jolin reportedly expressed her interest in seeing the Michigan Wolverines back on top in the football world.
“It wasn’t really a pitch,” said Jay.
He added, “I guess happy wife, happy life.”
Retired quarterback Tom Brady, another Michigan alum, also reportedly called Underwood to lobby for him to attend the school.
Ellison was previously married to Adda Quinn in 1967, divorcing in 1974, and Nancy Wheeler Jenkins in 1977, divorcing in 1978. Jenkins reportedly sold back her stock in Ellison’s company SDL, which would go on to become Oracle, for $500.
Ellison then went on to marry and have two children with Barbara Boothe, from 1983 to 1986, before marrying romance novelist Melanie Craft in 2003—with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs serving as their wedding photographer. They divorced in 2010.
Funny it sounds as though the 33 year old wife is the one that wanted Sugar Daddy to do this.
The new world of NIL is going to leave the “old powers” of the SEC in the dust. They may have been able to secretly pay for players when the price was a car or a McDonald’s bag with $25K, but they can’t compete with Big Ten money on the open market.
Now that there’s no moral high ground, we’re seeing what can happen when the big money takes the gloves off. In this case, it’s a woman who married the 4th richest man in the world.
We need to find a hot, single woman who is a huge Iowa fan, and set her up with an oligarch. Problem solved!
Now that there’s no moral high ground, we’re seeing what can happen when the big money takes the gloves off. In this case, it’s a woman who married the 4th richest man in the world.
We need to find a hot, single woman who is a huge Iowa fan, and set her up with an oligarch. Problem solved!
Is anyone minding the store? University Presidents or the NCAA? Is it simply ok with them that you can buy a championship caliber team today?
The old "blue bloods" have been replaced by billionaires. A few guys with a few billion can now control college sports. Is that what we want?
I don't.
The old "blue bloods" have been replaced by billionaires. A few guys with a few billion can now control college sports. Is that what we want?
I don't.
