Wisconsin - a name, image and likeness bill was signed into law by Gov. Tony Evers that will send $15 million annually to the athletic department

[SeaBee_Gopher]

Should we be surprised at all that they are using fuzzy math to justify the spending?

"Part of the argument from McIntosh and lawmakers supporting the bill came from a report from a 2022 marketing report from eConsult Solutions that claimed each UW-Madison football game brings $19 million of economic impact to Dane County...

The type of hired marketing reports that eConsult Solutions provides are consistently rejected by sports economists who point out the flaws in the math used and how they do not factor in items such as diverted spending, crowding out effects and the costs related to large events and facilities.

Sports teams and athletic programs then use those marketing reports to justify public spending, the UW-Madison athletics officials are doing with AB 1034, which does not have a fiscal estimate attached yet."

https://www.thecentersquare.com/wisconsin/article_4c6defb4-3c94-49dd-a612-f00b42b64d6f.html

Hmmm. So a Wisconsin resident doesn't spend money on Badger football and that money just disappears from the economy, so here comes the government to save them! It's too bad those poor Wisconsin tax payers don't have any other fun, local ways to spend that money jingling around in their pockets. This is so goofy it's pretty much guaranteed the state of Minnesota does it next!

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Those locals love to buy and wear badger and packer gear for all occasions. They were right to ramp up cheating in the early 90s and probably will be right again.

 

[GoldRush]

They were right to ramp up cheating.

It worked extremely well for Michigan.

 

[TruthSeeker]

Time to shut it all down.

 

[GooningGopher]

nick sherly showed me the state of mn could afford to buy the best roster in college football five times over without raising taxes

 

[BTChamp]

Need that Simpsons kid with a Packer shirt and his finger in his nose saying "I'm an owner".

 

[GopherTheJugular]

This is so goofy it's pretty much guaranteed the state of Minnesota does it next!

I'd say there's 0 chance this state would do something like that.

Go up to someone in Mpls who isn't a sports fan and see how they'd feel about spending that money on athletes who are already getting a free education, place to live, and tens/hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Won’t happen at the U. For context people should google the Luke Buer interview with some old regent. The old regent guy states the board feels as tho it is their job to keep an eye on the U as it pertains to their region. Brutal.