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Bobby Burton

 

The Texas One Fund held its annual fundraiser last night with dignitaries across the Longhorn spectrum in attendance. From coaches, to players, to administrators and ardent supporters and even celebrities, like Joe Rogan, it was an event to behold.

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Leon Bridges and Parker McCollum were the musical guests. Held at DKR, guests were seated on the football field.

It also included both live and silent auctions of donated prizes. There were trips with the various teams, wild game hunting excursions, a film viewing with Matthew McConaghey and Richard Linklater, and much, much more.

The proceeds of the auction benefit the Texas One Fund, the NIL arm of the university.

And the numbers were somewhat staggering, reaching well into the 7-figures.

In sum, the event, designed to garner NIL support for Texas athletics, achieved its goal and then some.

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1 hour ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Joe Rogan

Sorry, not exactly related, but have any current or recent members of the UT roster attempted to start a podcast, like seemingly half of current NBA players have?

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1 hour ago, Dangle said:

Sorry, not exactly related, but have any current or recent members of the UT roster attempted to start a podcast, like seemingly half of current NBA players have?

Third and Longhorn has Derrick Johnson, Alex Okafor, Fozzi and Rod B.

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30 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Allegedly trips to Ohio State, Georgia and Florida with the football team all went for 7 figs. 

Is that more than 6 figs?

28 minutes ago, Not a Sock said:

Third and Longhorn has Derrick Johnson, Alex Okafor, Fozzi and Rod B.

DJ is also on Cam's podcast lol

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Is a conference prepared to assert its right to establish its own rules, or will it allow states and members to haphazardly establish their own rules, state by state? Tune into the news, at 11.

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11 minutes ago, Chopper said:

Is a conference prepared to assert its right to establish its own rules, or will it allow states and members to haphazardly establish their own rules, state by state? Tune into the news, at 11.

Conferences are different than the NCAA and its an opt in set of things, so yes they can absolutely establish whatever rules they want and schools that don't like it can play in other conferences and still compete in the same league. The issue with the NCAA is there's no other option for college athletes to play sports.

There is no cap because of this CSC, that would be problematic. 

This changes nothing for Texas. 

 

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The concern would be DeLoitte instituting a de facto salary cap, while the good ole boys go back to dropping bags under the table. 
 
There is an alternative, if things work out that way. Like minded schools, that don’t need a salary cap (Texas, yes, TAMU, tOSU, ND, Michigan, maybe UGA, certainly Oregon, maybe Florida, Miami) could form their own league. The only league without a salary cap will, in short order, be a premier league. (And the ratings for this league will be amazing). 

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24 minutes ago, immamac said:

Conferences are different than the NCAA and its an opt in set of things, so yes they can absolutely establish whatever rules they want and schools that don't like it can play in other conferences and still compete in the same league. The issue with the NCAA is there's no other option for college athletes to play sports.

 

Yep. Meant as a comment on the idiocy of Andy Staples. 

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5 minutes ago, statsman said:

The concern would be DeLoitte instituting a de facto salary cap, while the good ole boys go back to dropping bags under the table. 
 
There is an alternative, if things work out that way. Like minded schools, that don’t need a salary cap (Texas, yes, TAMU, tOSU, ND, Michigan, maybe UGA, certainly Oregon, maybe Florida, Miami) could form their own league. The only league without a salary cap will, in short order, be a premier league. (And the ratings for this league will be amazing). 

They can't cap anything, they can deny deals individually. If they capped a certain players earnings that would get them sued by the player not the institution. Players don't sign mandatory arbitration. 

This isn't some boogeyman to keep players from getting paid. It's to prevent fucking crazy 100k for a tweet cuz you run the ball real good and have 10k followers. 

 

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