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This brings up a myriad of logistical questions re: NIL.

Who, if anyone, is soliciting NIL funds. What are the mechanisms via which donations are made? Only The Hokie Way is registered as a charitable organization. How are donated funds distributed? Who decides who gets how much? What/who is the interface between the athlete and the NIL (Triumph or THW)? How does the NIL interface with the AthDept? What are officers/staff of the NIL paid? How much of the actual money donated winds up in the hands of the athlete? The questions are almost endless. Unfortunately, with getting old, comes the calls from overseas scammers for medicare, auto care, final expense insurance, duct cleaning and home improvements. I am starting to liken NILs to the scam callers, except the scammers call me ~40-50 times a day. The only person I know who says they have ever been approached re: NIL is @BackInTheBurg , and that was over a year ago. CMD spoke of NIL needs, yet we know little if anything re: NIL solicitations and distributions. Yet, many on here urge us to donate to these NILs. Yet, we have no info re: how our (or other) NILs operate. We don't even have an NIL equivalent such as Charity Navigator to find out the legitimacy of how NILs operate. If @Kid Rock wants to donate to an NIL, gold bless him. Ironically, he's having to search to find out how. That is beyond ironic, it's paradoxical.
Posted: 06/10/2026 at 01:03 PM ET
(In response to this post by 1977hokie)

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We need to give Coach Duffy NIL. Anybody know how to do that?**
Kid Rock 06/09/26 10:02 PM ET
Write that fat check out to me. I will make sure MD gets most of that $$$ **
bghokie 06/15/26 03:12 PM ET
Checkbook?**
Hokie`79 06/14/26 08:45 AM ET
Good Luck. I tried... basically got hung up on.**
ftsumterhokie 06/11/26 06:17 PM ET
The fact that you understandably ask this question points to our
1977hokie 06/10/26 11:28 AM ET
If it is ignored she will leave similar to Brooks. Though She probably
UTPr0sim 06/10/26 04:03 PM ET
Agree **
1977hokie 06/10/26 04:04 PM ET
This brings up a myriad of logistical questions re: NIL.
saret 06/10/26 01:03 PM ET
Hokie Way**
Nelsonia Hokie 06/10/26 09:51 AM ET
I don't see a sport-specific option when donating to the Hokie Way online.**
Kid Rock 06/10/26 12:04 PM ET
Just designate in the Donation Notes Women's Basketball. And let someone
UTPr0sim 06/10/26 01:52 PM ET
You can designate your contribution in the “donation notes”. **
RJHokie 06/10/26 12:14 PM ET
Donate to Invest to Win with specific instructions for WBB.**
vt90 06/10/26 08:48 AM ET
I’m not sure you can do that.
RJHokie 06/10/26 09:10 AM ET
Make a big donation (?)**
j9hokie 06/09/26 10:03 PM ET
If you're referring to the Hokie Club
Kid Rock 06/10/26 07:59 AM ET