Bleeding Blue for Good will not be accepting donations after midnight tonight. We will enter a wind down phase that we expect to take us through the end of June as we meet all of our commitments. At that point, we expect revenue sharing to begin. Money already collected will continue to be used to partner UConn student-athletes with deserving Connecticut charities. The same folks that have been running BBfG will continue to aid in this transitional period.
Storrs Central is not going anywhere, however, and neither am I! Storrs Central will continue to serve as part-media company (the news, content, message boards, and experiences you’ve come to know and love) and part-marketing agency (working with athletes to secure endorsement deals and sponsorship opportunities). We expect to have online gift-giving capabilities through Storrs Central within the next week or so for those who would like to continue to contribute to the cause (in addition to their subscriptions). The primary difference will be that these gifts will not be tax-deductible as they were with BBfG as a non-profit.
We will continue to pass along information on the future of NIL as more information about the potential for revenue sharing is illuminated in the House settlement hearing in April.