Reggie Bush Addresses Why Oregon Ducks, Ohio State Thriving In NIL
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00:00I find your opinion on name image likeness to be so interesting and I am has obviously changed the college landscape. Why do you feel that teams like the Oregon Ducks, Texas Longhorns, Ohio State Buckeyes, why are they thriving so
00:16Well, because they have big money behind them. That's why. And they've always had big money behind them, you know, and so when you, you know, you talk about national brands right Ohio State.
00:26You know, Oregon like Phil Knight is is, you know, the biggest donor to Oregon, which is Nike and we've always known you know Oregon to have some of the most amazing lavish facilities, even before NIO
00:40And so, you know, when you have those kinds of people behind your university that helps that makes a big difference, you know, because
00:48You know, the top athletes, they want to play at the best, the best places, they want to go and play in the best facilities.
00:56They want to have the best coaching, they want to be developed to play at the next level, you know, and now they have this opportunity to make money right in college football. And so now there's another
01:06Added, you know, area where, you know, you have to focus on is helping these kids to make money in college, you know, how they're going to make money in college. And so, you know, again, when you have these alumni and these, these, these big money, you know, alumni and collectives, you know, you afford you to be able to do some of those things.
01:24Were you ever almost swayed to Oregon in those facilities?
01:31You know, actually, Oregon was one of the teams that I was looking at when I was being recruited. So it was Oregon.
01:37So it was USC, Oregon, Notre Dame, Texas.
01:45And I can't remember the other one, but, you know, I was, those were schools that I was looking at. I was definitely considering, oh, Washington, sorry, Washington at the time was a team. I was, Rick Neuheisel was recruiting me.
01:56And so, but those were, those are places that, you know, again, have big brands, teams that I was looking at, that I was thinking about.
02:04And, and yeah, you know, you see why, you know, they're doing so well. I mean, Oregon literally has 150 different uniform combinations.
02:12USC has like two, they have like two uniforms.
02:17Yes, it's very flashy up there.
02:19It's very flashy up there, man. So, yeah.