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What teams will use NIL to become the "new" top athletic programs in the years to come?


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23 minutes ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

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I know Tech will spend to win a bidding war, but is their full roster really funded to that level?

Also- don’t the Ags have an expensive roster (I know they have to pay Himbo and their 2022 recruit glass is to the wind; I thought they still had a rich donor base to mobilize, even if in idiotic manner)?

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4 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

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Polar Bear here.

Also why is texas getting dragged for spending so much when other blue bloods, and some that aren't, are as well?

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4 hours ago, statsman said:

I know Tech will spend to win a bidding war, but is their full roster really funded to that level?

Also- don’t the Ags have an expensive roster (I know they have to pay Himbo and their 2022 recruit glass is to the wind; I thought they still had a rich donor base to mobilize, even if in idiotic manner)?

I think there are a couple of tech tards here but supposedly they have oil money to spend 

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30 minutes ago, Drew said:

Polar Bear here.

Also why is texas getting dragged for spending so much when other blue bloods, and some that aren't, are as well?

Haters Gonna Hate GIF

4 hours ago, statsman said:

I know Tech will spend to win a bidding war

Big 12 aggy. Spend all that money to finish third or worse. 

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On 1/2/2025 at 7:57 PM, TXpride said:

It'll be interesting to see what happens with Oregon once Uncle Phil croaks. Does he leave a few billion for NIL?

Rumor is he's leaving $6b. I believe that's just for the athletic department. Probably more for the general fund. But it's not like I've seen his will nor has anyone I've talked to. Just a rumor. 

Posted
3 hours ago, Drew said:

why is texas getting dragged for spending so much when other blue bloods, and some that aren't, are as well?

Because Kirk Bohls put a number out there.

This is how reporting works. No one has time or the means to figure out what the truth is. So what they look for instead is someone authoritative they can cite. This isn't limited to sports. War reporting is especially bad, but it's any topic, really. How many deaths were there in the battle yesterday? I don't know, but the Russian ministry of defense reports this many. 

Same thing happened with Ohio State last year. Before the season the athletic director says they'll have a payroll of $20m, so everyone in the world said they had a payroll of $20m. The payroll was well north of that. Closer to $25m. But that doesn't matter because the athletic director stated before the season in an off hand way it was $20m, so everyone in the world could quote that and be covered.

When people say Texas has a payroll of between $35m to $40m, they say according to the Houston Chronicle, and that's about the end of their fact checking. 

Nobody else covering a team has put a number out there, so Texas makes headlines. That's how it works. 

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1 hour ago, SL Xpress said:

Rumor is he's leaving $6b. I believe that's just for the athletic department. Probably more for the general fund. But it's not like I've seen his will nor has anyone I've talked to. Just a rumor. 

If he leaves the money directly to the AD, that could hamper them in the future in terms of that money's not being available outside the 20 million/yr. I wonder what he will leave in place to ensure "NIL" for athletes beyond what Nike would otherwise pay out in the course of normal business practices.

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It will be fascinating to watch the degree to which the willingness of billionaires from spend will destabilize the traditional blue blood pool of schools. Inarguably, they have gobs of money, but it is becoming increasingly clear that they don’t have all the money. SMU bought its way into the playoff and aren’t showing signs of retreat. BYU has surprised with its level of engagement. It will be interesting…

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