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bad_teammate

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  1. I don't understand how salary caps would even work. Who enforces it? The NCAA sends a letter to Lamborghini of Austin that they can't sign a guy up as a brand ambassador because he's already made too much money from his other sponsorships? The player is disqualified once his reported income from outside business deals hits a certain level?

    Should the NFL be doing that with Mahomes's State Farm contract?

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  2. 10 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

    How the hell does OU recruit well almost every year?

    I've asked this (more respectfully than you) of a former OU player and he said the attraction to OU is actually about how boring it is. You're there (according to him) for one thing and one thing only: Football. They win all the time and they win consistently.  They put guys into the league. They're not far from home. They take it very seriously. They're very organized and professional about it, and they get results. Also, not everyone agrees that Austin is a beautiful Mecca.

    I countered with, "Ok, yeah... but OU sucks."

    That didn't seem to change his position on the issue.

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  3. - Our coaches didn't know about this highly publicized thing that happened in Austin and the players found out before they did.
    - Our coaches knew and didn't care until the players put public pressure on them.

    Not sure I like either option.

    I'm HOPING that the players' unified public condemnation wasn't because they weren't being listened to privately.

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  4. 17 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    The old bubble site once the new indoor practice facility is done? 

    Move UTPD over there. Build a new Latin/Diversity building around the Thompson Conference Center. Use all that space and that southernmost lot to build a women's sports complex.

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    The state of fundraising efforts for T1F is improving, especially after a very important period in January where some big gifts were given. The fund is still too reliant on the generosity of a few, but more high net worth people do seem to adapting to the new normal.

    Is there an expectation that the big-money/little-money ratio would be significantly different for NIL than it has been in the past for football-focused donations? Or is it just that the little money is lagging behind in the ratio right now with regard to NIL? (I suppose the tiers between big and little money are important in this conversation, too.)

    Is there any NIL initiative anywhere that isn't primarily leaning on the big gifts of a wealthy few?

  6. 7 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

    The question you should be asking yourself is why do we have so few smart people in our state

    Rarely is the question asked: Is our posters posting?

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