State 1878 announced…
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I’d be curious to know what the demand for something like this is…. I hope it doesn’t end up being Hail State+ 2.0
And a 0% discount if you do the yearly membership
I can barely afford free-fiddy, y'all let me know how it goes.
Interesting. The athletic department has gone from hating the message boards to having their own premium one.
And no discount for annual membership is a little weird.
This will be a flop. The fans that would even entertain this are already locked into their respective groups, whether paid or free.
And no discount for annual membership is a little weird.
This will be a flop. The fans that would even entertain this are already locked into their respective groups, whether paid or free.
How much for the lifetime membership?
looks like a money grab with very little benefits for the price. I mean for $78 per month, almost $1,000 per year I get on 2 freaking Zoom meetings with athletes?
Is this a NIL adjacent thing or MSU sponsored deal? I do see where it says independent so I'm curious if its truly an indy operation.
Feels like it will be a "only positive Mississippi State spoken here" echo chamber. I guess the thought is that the value of exclusive content is worth more than having the right to criticize coaching.
You'd think something like this would kill Jean's for good. Rosebowl loves to crow about sources, but the actual sources will be on this new board.
I think this is a collective without saying this is a collective.
I said I would check it out. Season ticket holders get it for free, or did you know that?
As a season ticket holder… yes I knew that. How else would have known you were signed up??
we might disagree a lot on both these sites but we do have the best interest of MSU in common.
I need less subscriptions in my life, not more.
Starting an exclusive message board in 2026 is not exactly the forward thinking we need to keep up. I hope its successful, but a better idea would be to copy Clemson's IPTAY with an $18.78 micro donation. Could have probably raised $500k this weekend. I'd be surprised if this thing ever hits $500k revenue.
I like Fluff, but I don't need exclusive access to ask him questions that will be hand selected and someone else will write his answers. So lazy.
Who wants to get on a zoom call with athletes? What kind of weirdo goes for that?
Charlie Winfield is the Managing Director and Robbie Faulk is the Content Director.
I will give it a chance (since the $25 per month level is free for a year with season tix), but at first glance it looks like another attempt by the Athletic Department to grab money from the same group of fans/boosters that are already buying season tickets in multiple sports, paying BC seat licenses in multiple sports, & contributing to the State Excellence Fund.
There is a reason we and other schools are doing something similar. It is to legitimize some things. That's the purpose. Everything we do nowaday's has one goal.
Can't wait for the first "fire lebby" post on there in six months
Wait until the “spring scrimmage” You might see it before the end of April.
I chuckled when I read it.
If Athletics is involved, it ain’t Independent.
** Might as well call it…
Pravda 1878 **
A number of other schools have done this.
Aaron Suttles left his message board to help lead Bama’s NIL site.
yea-alabama.com
Aaron Suttles left his message board to help lead Bama’s NIL site.
Yea Alabama - Official Fan Experience of Alabama Athletics
The official University of Alabama NIL program established to cultivate and harness Name, Image, and Likeness opportunities for Alabama student-athletes.
yea-alabama.com
You left out the new football parking lot licensing fee
I have spent a few minutes on the site. It has potential. It has a lot of credibility just because of Charlie & Robbie being involved.
I will be interested to see what happens at the end of year 1 with the free membership for folks buying season tickets.
If the media part of it is allowed to say and do what they want, it can work much like grind city media does for the grizzlies. Their hosts are allowed to talk about things other than the grizzlies and they can say whatever they want to say even if it’s a criticism of the team. Now the message board part I don’t know if that will work or not. Will be interesting to see how that functions when everybody starts getting pissed off about Lebby this fall.
I was wondering also. Young kids may want some autographs but do older adults really want to hang out w/ teenagers and be "star struck"?
