Stadium and Main, a NIL collective that works with Univ. of Michigan, is adding some firepower to its leadership team. Former Michigan men’s basketball F Duncan Robinson and CBS Sports’s Tracy Wolfson will join the collective’s advisory board, Stadium and Main co-founders Jackie Harris and Jamie Morris told SBJ.
“The advisory board is a further message to our student athletes that Michigan alumni and former athletes support them and want to help them in this journey,” Harris said. “… We’ve compiled a very diverse group of Michigan supporters. We will look to them to guide us and to help us brainstorm ideas and help us network out in the community for opportunities for the student-athletes, but also for guidance on the best way to do this for the student-athletes within the framework of what Michigan means and doing it the right way.”
Robinson played at Michigan from 2015-18 after starting his career at D-III Williams College. He helped guide UM to the 2018 national title game before falling to Villanova. Robinson is entering his sixth season in the NBA with the Heat. Wolfson, a 1997 Michigan grad, has spent more than two decades in television. She has been with CBS for almost 20 years following stops at WZBN in Trenton, N.J., MSG Network and ESPN.
In addition to Robinson and Wolfson, the advisory board includes the following:
- John “Jumbo” Elliott: All-American offensive tackle, 2020 College Football HOF inductee
- Carol Hutchins: Winningest coach in Michigan and NCAA D-I softball history
- Pamela Crockett: Michigan Law alumni, sports and entertainment advisor and track and field coach
- Gerry Mason: Michigan alumni and Chair of the State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly
- Jeff Rubin: CEO and founder of Premier Merchant Capital
- Eric Nederlander: President of Nederlander Studios and theatrical producer
- Perry Porikos: Michigan soccer alumni and owner of The Brown Jug restaurant
- Niko Porikos: Michigan Hockey alumni and e-commerce entrepreneur
- Jordan Gehrke: Political Consultant
- Matt Spaulding: Former General Market Manager for Ann Arbor Cumulus radio
Stadium and Main was founded in 2022 with the goal of supporting Wolverine student-athletes from Michigan’s 29 varsity sports. “We have female athletes that are great, we have non-revenue sports and Olympic sports that are very good,” said Morris, a former All-Big Ten football player under Bo Schembechler. “…We looked at trying to help all 29 sports (with this collective), not just one or two sports and trying to make money. We want to help everybody — that’s the way, the direction we look at it.”