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Bubba Cunningham confirms North Carolina’s potential NIL changes

Bubba Cunningham confirmed that North Carolina will look to join one collective for NIL.

North Carolina is attempting to re-tool their NIL collective, moving it all under one umbrella. The university currently has three collectives but the goal is to move them to one but will not prevent fans from donating to specific sports.

Inside Carolina reported the news earlier this week and it was confirmed by athletics director Bubba Cunningham confirmed in a letter distributed to fans on Thursday.

Here is what Cunningham said in the letter:

“This coming April, the NCAA will vote on whether to allow universities and athletic departments greater involvement in facilitating NIL for student-athletes,” Cunningham and Rams Club executive director John Montgomery said in the letter. “We anticipate that increased involvement will be allowed, and we are working to be ready. In preparation, the three collectives are in discussions to move under one umbrella so that both our Department of Athletics and The Rams Club can collaborate with them more effectively within the rules. This should help streamline communications and the process for those who want to support NIL efforts.”

The three collectives Heels4Life, Secondary Break Club, and NC Hall of Fame currently serve as UNC’s NIL efforts. The goal is to help promote them all under the one umbrella if possible.

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Bubba Cunningham felt it was best to ‘call an end to the season’ for UNC

Bubba Cunningham appeared on a podcast and talked about the UNC basketball program’s decision to skip the NIT.

After falling short of the NCAA Tournament, the UNC basketball program announced it would not participate in the NIT.

The Tar Heels became the first preseason No. 1 team to fail to make the NCAA Tournament since the field expanded to 64 teams.

UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham addressed the decision on the “Carolina Insider” podcast this week.

“I did stay in touch with coach Davis,” Cunningham said. “And then when the decision was made that we weren’t in the tournament, then he and I talked a couple of times … And, ultimately, we think the best thing for us right now is to call an end to the season.”

The Tar Heels were the third team out of the field, making it evident that if one or two of those second-half leads turned into wins, UNC would have likely been in the NCAA Tournament.

Unfortunately, that’s not how games turned out for the Tar Heels. Instead, the program gets a jump-start on figuring out where this roster stands and focusing on next season.

“It is an evolving process. So I don’t want to say we’re gonna have to be patient or it’s gonna be a long run, because no one wants that. And we want to fix it tonight,” Cunningham said. “But it’s going to take a little bit of time to be really thoughtful about how do we best deploy the resources to be successful. And that’s what we all want. We all want to be good. We want to be successful. We want to compete for championships.”

Competing for championships is the standard at UNC. To do that next year or in the near future, there needs to be a lot of self reflection from this season. And from many different parties.

“What do I need to do as the athletic director to help support men’s basketball, women’s basketball, all of our teams? Administratively, there’s a lot of things that we can do to help,” Cunningham added. “What can Hubert do to help the players be more successful? What can the assistant coaches do to help the players be more successful? What can the players do in the offseason that will allow them to be more successful the season?”

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