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  1. 7 minutes ago, immamac said:

    So the problem here isn't the players etc. 

    Its that none of the people paying money actually give a shit about the players NIL, they are doing it because they like the team, not because the skill or market demands it. 

    These kids are making more than Tom Brady for some things. Than Patrick Mahomes for state farm. Stop acting like this is some fair market value discussion and pull your head out of your ass. 

    Theres a reason corporate NIL, you know the real stuff with an ROI happens at places and with players that it happens with. Those deals continue post college and are often long term partnerships with brands. 

    The reason why there is a huge market for “fake NIL” is because the schools have artificially limited the amount the players are able to be paid to the House settlement amount. It’s certainly not their corporate NIL value, but it is their market value in college football. Schools/collectives are trying to find ways to pay the players their market value in other ways, because the rules prevent them from doing it directly. 

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  2. 1 hour ago, Josef Pwag said:

    I'm confused. The house settelment puts a cap on what the schools themselves can pay, but I thought NIL was still uncapped. How does putting a cap on NIL jibe with the unanimous Alston SCOTUS decision?

     

    Here is what ChatGPT told me...is this wrong?

     

    What the House settlement caps:

    • Schools that opt into the settlement will be allowed to pay current Division I athletes directly from school revenue—up to an annual cap.

    • That cap starts at $20.5 million per school for the 2025‑26 academic year and is expected to increase by about 4% annually over the next decade (potentially reaching around $33 million) uscannenbergmedia.com+15cbssports.com+156abc.com+15.

    What they didn’t cap: third‑party NIL deals

    • Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) money that athletes receive from third-party sources—such as individual endorsement deals, collectives, or boosters—is not counted against the school’s revenue-sharing cap. These deals remain unlimited in terms of the amount, as long as they reflect fair market value and serve a valid business purpose

    I think the last part of your statement is the money quote.  My guess is that some schools are promising players huge NIL payments that are not commiserate with their fair market value, while other schools are suggesting that they could get legit promotional NIL deals.  The former are either banking on being able to get around Deloitte in some way or banking on getting the players on campus before the shit hits the fan. 

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    Third parties interested in pursuing NIL deals with student-athletes must understand and adhere to university, state, and NCAA laws and regulations.35 The House settlement stipulates that entities such as booster collectives, referred to as “Associated Entities or Individuals” in the settlement, are permitted to pay student-athletes for the use of their NIL, provided all payments are for a valid business purpose.36 A valid business purpose must be “related to the promotion or endorsement of goods or services provided to the general public for profit, with compensation at rates and terms commensurate with compensation paid to similarly situated individuals with comparable NIL value who are not current or prospective student-athletes at the Member Institution.”37 In other words, the deals with booster collectives and other “Associated Entities and Individuals” must be entered into for the actual purpose of promoting a brand or business at market rates, rather than an athletic services deal, which can be at a higher value than what is considered fair market.

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    Although athletic conference commissioners are reportedly confident in the Commission and its ability to successfully oversee enforcement,65 some critics are skeptical as to the effectiveness of the new enforcement arm. Specifically, some coaches, and athletics administrators have argued that the prior system, where recruiting inducements are disguised as NIL payments, will not be easily eliminated.66 The emergence of NIL collectives puts boosters and collectives at the forefront of college athletics, with the amount paid to student-athletes on some college football rosters alone nearing or exceeding the $20.5 million in annual direct payments allowed by athletic departments under the House settlement.67

    Although the House settlement imposes restrictions on payments by Associated Entities including collectives, it is unlikely that NIL collectives will take a back seat despite the settlement. Especially in the early days of the Commission, it is likely that collectives will look for workarounds, or in the alternative, revert to exercising their influence behind the scenes as they once did pre-NIL era as boosters.68

     

  3. 7 hours ago, Rimbo said:

    Yeah, he ain't getting picked up.

    Guy had a heck of a legacy, wrecked because he was criminally creepy.

    Or maybe civilly creepy?

    I think you are probably right about him not getting picked up, but I actually think the 10 game suspension makes it slightly more likely that he gets picked up later in the season by a team that is struggling at the kicker position.  At least now, the team can treat it like he served his time.

  4. 7 hours ago, MuellerHorn said:

    I doubt it. I don't think every school is going to fund scholarships to the same extent Texas will. The are probably some traditional T&F powers that won't be able to.

    According to this AAS article, Texas plans to offer 45 scholarships in Women's track, but only 35 in men's track.  https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/2025/02/27/texas-announces-plan-to-add-200-scholarships-after-ncaa-settlement/80584799007/

     

    According to this article, A&M plans to offer "45 full or partial scholarships per program, which matches the new roster limit enforced by the House settlement."  https://www.kbtx.com/2025/06/16/texas-am-track-will-defend-national-title-with-more-than-30-additional-scholarships/

     

    Unless A&M is going to load up on partial scholarships and all of ours are full scholarships, it seems like we are going to be at a disadvantage in Men's T&F.

  5. 4 hours ago, Js1 said:

    Didn’t Big Noon go to a CU game in 23 that didn’t air on Fox?

    You appear to be correct. That appears to be the only time they went to a game that aired on ESPN. They were supposed to go to Illinois and made a last minute switch to stay in Boulder and take advantage of the Deon hype. Apparently they have also televised one game that aired on NBC (at Notre Dame). 

  6. 4 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    Congrats on aligning with billfromlaketravis with the snark here.

    The two crews are on location, each, more than 15 times each season. They overlap one another less than 20% of the time even though most weeks in a season have one clear marquee game. That sure is “a lot”. Also, participants on both programs have remarked publicly over the years that they prefer to be at their own unique settings. 

    I don’t necessarily disagree that it doesn’t happen a lot, but I would argue that it happens a lot when Fox is showing the marquee game of the weekend, as is the case week 1.

     

    Big Noon never goes to a different site, even if they’re showing something terrible at noon, whereas ESPN generally seems to pick the biggest game unless there are multiple games that are really close. 

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  7. 2 hours ago, Js1 said:

    ACC/SEC matchups set

    Florida at Duke
    North Carolina at Kentucky
    Virginia at Texas
    NC State at Auburn
    Clemson at Alabama
    Louisville at Arkansas
    Oklahoma at Wake Forest
    SMU at Vanderbilt
    Texas A&M at Pitt
    Mississippi State at Georgia Tech
    Miami at Ole Miss
    LSU at Boston College
    Virginia Tech at South Carolina
    Tennessee at Syracuse
    Missouri at Notre Dame
    Georgia at Florida State

    Damn. If it was at UVA, I would definitely be there. 

  8. 25 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

    so the 6 are men's BB, Women's Golf, Soccer, Men's outdoor TF, Women's  beach volleyball, Men's Cross Country?

    Of those 6, I feel pretty good about Women's Golf and beach volleyball eventually winning a title under their new coaches.  Men's outdoor track and field has been close and Texas recently won an indoor title, so I would not be surprised if we won one relatively soon.

     

    Men's basketball is likely always going to be a bit of a long-shot, soccer is obviously hampered by the coach, and we do not seem to care about cross-country at all, so I am not sure that one will ever happen.

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