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24 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Always forget about Memphis! Helps them a ton as well because they have that huge partnership with FedEx for NIL, right?

Yup, 5 yr 25M per the Google

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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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9 minutes 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?

Just assume everyone has a podcast these days haha.

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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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52 minutes ago, Not a Sock said:

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

And def better than pretty much any other.

 

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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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Bobby:

As the football and basketball coaches are on the road, and the baseball and softball staffs prepare for tournament time, the future of college sports continues churning behind the scenes.

Ross Dellenger of Yahoo! reported late last night that the four major conference are circulating a draft document to its members that would bind member institutions to new House Settlement rules surrounding NIL and render punishment absolute without legal recourse (i.e. a lawsuit).

And if a school has state laws that are different from the conference, the school in question could lose conference membership unless they abide by conference rules.

It’s a bold move by administrators at the conference level, not within the NCAA, to try to get their arms around college sports. The draft agreement would also elect a commissioner or CEO of college sports whose decisions about eligibility would be final and also without recourse.

This is exactly the kind of sweeping change that college sports needs, even if some of the proposed draft seems far-fetched or over-reaching. They conference commissioners simply are trying to go too far IMO. They’re trying to put the genie back in the bottle and it’s just not going to work ultimately.

Tennessee, for example, has state rules that preclude it from allowing any conference rule to regulate its public institutions.

Are we going to kick out Tennessee from college sports? Unlikely.

So the draft proposal, no matter how aggressive, has some issues.

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Many believe the House Settlement will be approved this week by the judge. That means the terms of it could go into effect as soon as June 1.

How will that effect recruiting as it relates to NIL?

We simply don’t know. Not yet at least. But it is something that we’ll be tracking.

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Ross Dellenger of Yahoo! reported late last night that the four major conference are circulating a draft document to its members that would bind member institutions to new House Settlement rules surrounding NIL and render punishment absolute without legal recourse (i.e. a lawsuit

Now I am not a surly lawyer but I am pretty sure that this just has zero legal legs to stand on. 

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49 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

https://www.on3.com/college/texas-longhorns/news/senator-tommy-tuberville-singles-out-texas-while-raising-concerns-over-nil/

Senator Tommy Tuberville singles out Texas while raising concerns over NIL

“Look at Texas. Nobody’s ever going to beat them again if we allow them to keep going the way they’re going. Again, I’ve got nothing against Texas; they’re going by the rules, but we’ve got to hopefully make it work out.”

 

 

Hey tuberville

fuck that ice cube GIF

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The problem is his opinion will be the general consensus. He si by les out Texas. Not Ohio State, who cheated for decades AND now has a massive NIL war chest. Not Oregon. Texas. And it will be the narrative. 

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13 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

The problem is his opinion will be the general consensus. He si by les out Texas. Not Ohio State, who cheated for decades AND now has a massive NIL war chest. Not Oregon. Texas. And it will be the narrative. 

brian regan what GIF

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23 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

The problem is his opinion will be the general consensus. He si by les out Texas. Not Ohio State, who cheated for decades AND now has a massive NIL war chest. Not Oregon. Texas. And it will be the narrative. 

...or Auburn who cheated their asses off with Scam Newton to win that title...

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24 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

The problem is his opinion will be the general consensus. He si by les out Texas. Not Ohio State, who cheated for decades AND now has a massive NIL war chest. Not Oregon. Texas. And it will be the narrative. 

That’s nothing new. DKR and Texas just let OU and Switzer drag their nuts all over us, Mack bent over for Saban and the SEC to come into Texas pillage our recruiting grounds. Dodds sat on his high horse while A&M and Nebraska went crying to anyone who will listen about evil Texas destroying the Big 12. Negative narratives about Texas thrive because lets them thrive by not combating them.

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25 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Could not agree more, I think.

 

23 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

brian regan what GIF

This is what I get for trying to squeeze in a post while they’re lowering me into a dentist’s chair. 

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2 minutes ago, Not a Sock said:

That’s nothing new. DKR and Texas just let OU and Switzer drag their nuts all over us, Mack bent over for Saban and the SEC to come into Texas pillage our recruiting grounds. Dodds sat on his high horse while A&M and Nebraska went crying to anyone who will listen about evil Texas destroying the Big 12. Negative narratives about Texas thrive because lets them thrive by not combating them.

Yes, that’s my point. The concern is we’ll just go back into the world of playing with one hand tied behind our back. And scum fucks like tuberville know to publicly point to Texas, because it works and we don’t do shit about it. 

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3 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Yes, that’s my point. The concern is we’ll just go back into the world of playing with one hand tied behind our back. And scum fucks like tuberville know to publicly point to Texas, because it works and we don’t do shit about it. 

The thing that gives me hope is that the SEC and its troglodytes won’t let Texas retreat into its high castle. They will be relentless in their mockery of Texas if we fall into a slump and not being in a conference full of little sisters of the poor also means won’t be able to lord over the conference from an administrative position. Being ass in the SEC is going to be an utterly miserable experience that will make it really for people at Texas to white knight.

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24 minutes ago, Not a Sock said:

The thing that gives me hope is that the SEC and its troglodytes won’t let Texas retreat into its high castle. They will be relentless in their mockery of Texas if we fall into a slump and not being in a conference full of little sisters of the poor also means won’t be able to lord over the conference from an administrative position. Being ass in the SEC is going to be an utterly miserable experience that will make it really for people at Texas to white knight.

I've met our old donors. We'll see. 

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1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

The problem is his opinion will be the general consensus. He si by les out Texas. Not Ohio State, who cheated for decades AND now has a massive NIL war chest. Not Oregon. Texas. And it will be the narrative. 

Yep….Texas beat Auburn and Bama and other SEC schools and Auburn must keep on playing big bad Texas for years to come…so, let’s figure out a way to legislate them down to a level playing field…..yea…..right.

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1 minute ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Yep….Texas beat Auburn and Bama and other SEC schools and Auburn must keep on playing big bad Texas for years to come…so, let’s figure out a way to legislate them down to a level playing field…..yea…..right.

The problem isn't a level playing field, even. We'll win a level playing field. We have Austin, corporate NIL, etc. But there will never be a level playing field. 

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2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

The problem is his opinion will be the general consensus. He si by les out Texas. Not Ohio State, who cheated for decades AND now has a massive NIL war chest. Not Oregon. Texas. And it will be the narrative. 

Kurt Bowels putting out his article that ignorantly combined all corporate sponsorships with booster funding helped pave the path for idiotic podcasters and lazy media shitheads to repeat that gibberish. What an asshole. Dude continues to drop turds in the tent whether he's at AAS or the Chronicle. 

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31 minutes ago, Chooky said:

Kurt Bowels putting out his article that ignorantly combined all corporate sponsorships with booster funding helped pave the path for idiotic podcasters and lazy media shitheads to repeat that gibberish. What an asshole. Dude continues to drop turds in the tent whether he's at AAS or the Chronicle. 

I'm not cheering for him or anyone to kick the bucket, but I would like to spit on his grave after it happens. He's a true piece of shit in the longhorn realm.

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22 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I'm not cheering for him or anyone to kick the bucket, but I would like to spit on his grave after it happens. He's a true piece of shit in the longhorn realm.

We should have a happy hour once that schmuck is in the dirt to celebrate.

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The thing about Kurt that's frustrating is that he absolutely knows better. I don't expect the mainstream of dick pill and energy drink-pedaling podcast wonks to do anything but repeat the current feedback loop. But Bohls definitely knew he was dropping a lit match into a tiny wastebasket when he wrote that.

Now morons will parrot the notion that Texas is a cold corporate machine while Saban, Ohio State, Auburn and Tommy fucking Tuberville are just dedicated to maintaining the dignity of college football. Get the fuck out of here. 

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2 hours ago, Chooky said:

The thing about Kurt that's frustrating is that he absolutely knows better. I don't expect the mainstream of dick pill and energy drink-pedaling podcast wonks to do anything but repeat the current feedback loop. But Bohls definitely knew he was dropping a lit match into a tiny wastebasket when he wrote that.

Now morons will parrot the notion that Texas is a cold corporate machine while Saban, Ohio State, Auburn and Tommy fucking Tuberville are just dedicated to maintaining the dignity of college football. Get the fuck out of here. 

He doesn't report, he actively works to subvert UT's athletics programs.

When he dies I will wet the fresh mud of his grave with my urine.

 

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Texas has been good for 5 minutes and already got these fucking absolute simps crying about it. Good thing people like Tommy Tuberville believe in the "free market" and would never want the government interfering with people spending their money however they damn well please, right?

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“It was a little bit of irresponsible reporting… I wish I had 40 million on our roster, we’d probably be a little bit better."

talked about the report regarding the cost of his roster at #SECSpringMeetings!

"Irresponsible" is one way to put it. "Maliciously intentional" would be another way.

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25 minutes ago, Chooky said:

"Irresponsible" is one way to put it. "Maliciously intentional" would be another way.

it's hilarious - I went on FCB podcast a few weeks ago and talked about this a little bit, it's hilarious that everyone is basically just saying 'yeah...no'

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On 5/21/2025 at 9:10 AM, Not a Sock said:

That’s nothing new. DKR and Texas just let OU and Switzer drag their nuts all over us, Mack bent over for Saban and the SEC to come into Texas pillage our recruiting grounds. Dodds sat on his high horse while A&M and Nebraska went crying to anyone who will listen about evil Texas destroying the Big 12. Negative narratives about Texas thrive because lets them thrive by not combating them.

I don't agree. I like the sentiment, but I don't think it's completely accurate. 

Texas has always thought of ourselves as pure as the driven snow. For the longest time I was extremely proud of that stance. That changed in the late 2000s as Alabama started paying trainers and coaches to bring kids to their summer camp, throwing around hundreds of uncommittable offers, paying for multiple unofficial visits to build rapport and to get them invested in the team and their incoming teammates. And of course financially compensated the players and their families for playing at Alabama. It had gone on before, but Saban industrialized it and built a recruiting strategy around it that was unparalleled in its comprehensiveness. And then, of course, everyone else followed suit, with Mack Brown sitting on his laurels, preventing assistants from going anywhere outside the Austin area during the football season, and playing the mark for Garrett Gilbert's dad. And Charlie Strong had some of the same vibes. No interactions with trainers. No paid unofficial visits. 

To me, negative narratives about Texas thrive because other fan bases perceive we think we're better than them. It's hard to combat something that's true. I think indifference is a more effective response.

In any event, if guardrails are put up regarding student athlete compensation, the enforcement mechanisms better be robust, draconian, and swiftly applied. I do not personally believe any of those things are going to be present, which means gifted players will continue to be compensated well above their ability to bring value to a company via their endorsement, by boosters who see their real value as being able to help bring victory on the playing field for their alma mater. If Texas doesn't play ball on some level, but chooses to take a firm stand in an effort to help curtail the escalation of player compensation, then they'll pay a price in terms of success on the playing field. We're not there yet, so it's hypothetical. We'll see how everything plays out.

I'm especially curious as to what would come out of Congress and/or the President. I think that's the only place that can affect some kind of solution that doesn't involve a never ending series of court cases - and even that would almost certainly result in challenges in court. But some kind of antitrust exemption especially could be handy to either the NCAA or whoever succeeds them as a governing body. I'm not saying it's a good thing. But it's tough to see how we experience anything other than a lurching chaos from now until the foreseeable future unless there's some kind of national legislation (or, I guess an executive order, since that's a big part of how we're operating as a country these days) addressing collegiate athletics. 

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