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A&M money - this is what we're competing against
Posted on 9/6/23 at 8:53 pm
Posted on 9/6/23 at 8:53 pm
There's an article on the ESPN site about Jimbo, the state of the A&M program, how Petrino will fit in, etc. But the following really stood out to me as an example of the kind of money they have available. And I'm sure the same can be said of Texas as well.
That kind of money is just insane, and as long as NIL is basically the Wild West, with no rules and no limits, it's going to be hard for us--and just about anyone else--to compete with the kind of money A&M and Texas can throw at recruits. I'm sure this is a topic of serious conversation in AD offices all over the country.
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When you look at the financials, it's hard to say Fisher has lost crucial support. Money has poured in for the upgrading of the football facilities, with four donors giving $62.5 million as part of the centennial campaign. There were two other $5 million gifts, meaning six people gave to the tune of $72.5 million.
Season tickets are sold out with fans purchasing nearly 93,000 of 102,733 seats, which is a record for Kyle Field since its expansion in 2015. Bjork said Texas A&M has sold 23 new suites, and donations are tied to those suites.
"And we're about to hit $20 million in sponsorship revenue. We've never hit $20 million, and that's separate from donations," Bjork said. "So in every metric of support, it's never been better."
That kind of money is just insane, and as long as NIL is basically the Wild West, with no rules and no limits, it's going to be hard for us--and just about anyone else--to compete with the kind of money A&M and Texas can throw at recruits. I'm sure this is a topic of serious conversation in AD offices all over the country.
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This post was edited on 9/6/23 at 8:54 pm
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Posted on 9/6/23 at 9:03 pm to TigerCard
The NIL/ transfer portal era sucks.
Posted on 9/6/23 at 9:09 pm to TigerCard
What kind of upgrades could they possibly need?
See, this is part of the reason we have this NIL clusterfrick now. For decades, schools pushed back against paying players saying they didn’t have the money to do so. No, you did have the money, you just invested it in a new escalator and gold plated training tables.
That led directly to NIL and it’s a mess.
See, this is part of the reason we have this NIL clusterfrick now. For decades, schools pushed back against paying players saying they didn’t have the money to do so. No, you did have the money, you just invested it in a new escalator and gold plated training tables.
That led directly to NIL and it’s a mess.
This post was edited on 9/6/23 at 9:10 pm
Posted on 9/6/23 at 9:30 pm to TigerCard
Let me say this one more mfer time, that’s nothing and I mean nothing if the big time Texas alums get involved. They can drop 100 million a year on NIL easy probably with 4 or 5 donors
Posted on 9/6/23 at 9:37 pm to TigerCard
Stop complaining
Posted on 9/6/23 at 9:59 pm to TigerCard
Decline has set in. It's all around. Starts at the top.
Posted on 9/7/23 at 5:26 am to TigerCard
I believe it’s the end of college football and LSU we know. We can’t compete with that kind of money and slowly most people will start to wane on their money commitment towards LSU when it’s obvious we are out of the big picture now
Posted on 9/7/23 at 6:26 am to TigerCard
Cult Money….
Posted on 9/7/23 at 7:02 am to TigerCard
We CANNOT compete with A&M $$. Thats a fact!
Posted on 9/7/23 at 7:43 am to TigerCard
I wonder if Congress ever gets involved. These collectives have instantly become pay for play which clearly was not the intention of NIL. The ultimate irony is Maason Smith getting suspended for doing what NIL was truly intended to address.
College football is going to be pretty boring if Texas is buying their way to a title every other year. I think it became a lesser product when Saban had Alabama at the top every year.
Heck SMU might be able to buy their way back to the top again.
College football is going to be pretty boring if Texas is buying their way to a title every other year. I think it became a lesser product when Saban had Alabama at the top every year.
Heck SMU might be able to buy their way back to the top again.
Posted on 9/7/23 at 8:17 am to TigerCard
Not only do both schools have that type of money they are also VERY desperate to be relevant again. Making them go cuckoo in this new environment. Bunch of assholes
Posted on 9/7/23 at 8:32 am to TigerCard
It sucks but teams that are starving for a championship will try to buy one. Not only can we not compete money wise but we’ve been successful recently. Texas A&M, Texas, Michigan, USC, Florida St, Miami ect will do whatever is take to become a threat to win a National Championship.
Posted on 9/7/23 at 8:59 am to TigerCard
Committing a ton of money to HS recruiting is somewhat akin of trying to build through the "draft". Everybody coming out of HS is a "prospect" with uncertainty as to how they will produce at the college level. So maybe the approach for "smaller" market teams is to load up NIL funds to be used in the transfer portal.
Sure, maybe you will have a lower ranked HS class. But, perhaps, that money would be better spent signing "free agents" with a proven record of success at the college level. The team LSU just played has done that. They aren't quite matching the Alabamas, Georgias, Ohio States of the world in HS recruiting. But they are finding impact players as transfers. Some from below the FBS ranks.
The big issue you run into with committing a ton of money to a HS signee is there is no "contract" to keep him at the school. He could take your money in year 1 and become a free agent with the goal of negotiating either a better deal with you to stay or with a competitor. At least to some degree when you sign a transfer there is the possibility of a longer term commitment (the NCAA is clearly cracking down on 2x transfers)
Posted on 9/7/23 at 9:16 am to TigerCard
No point in complaining. College football died few years ago and the new pay to play system is here to stay.
Posted on 9/7/23 at 9:30 am to TigerCard
LSU needs an entrepreneur oil management major or something.
Also, Florida State is poorer than us, right?
That all didn’t matter Sunday. Now it does?
Also, Florida State is poorer than us, right?
That all didn’t matter Sunday. Now it does?
This post was edited on 9/7/23 at 9:32 am
Posted on 9/7/23 at 10:51 am to TigerCard
Louisiana is a poor state relative to Texas. When money is the goal we lose every time
Posted on 9/7/23 at 11:23 am to TigerCard
Remember when all of us were told by the NIL gurus nothing will change players have been getting paid for years. 
Posted on 9/7/23 at 5:51 pm to TigerCard
Yeah it's insane and needs to stop. I can't wait until the IRS starts getting involved in all this money. They will get their part... 
Posted on 9/7/23 at 9:30 pm to TigerCard
Joe Burrow has money now. Maybe he can buy us some cornerbacks.
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