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Texas A&M Boosters Spent Unfathomable Amount Of Money To Land No. 1 Recruiting Class
Posted on 1/9/22 at 11:29 am
Posted on 1/9/22 at 11:29 am
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Texas A&M football currently holds the nation’s top recruiting class for 2022. With six five-star prospects, 19 four-stars and three three-stars, the Aggies are loaded.
Among the commitments, head coach Jimbo Fisher and his staff landed the nation’s top-rated linebacker, top-rated defensive lineman and the second-ranked wide receiver. They also kept the nation’s second-ranked quarterback in-state, locking up the program’s biggest need for the foreseeable future.
And, although the class is all-but finished, there is still time to land another prospect or two before or on National Signing Day. With a 247Sports composite score of 328.82, it is the nation’s No. 1 class by more than 11 points over Alabama.
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Apparently, Texas A&M’s 2022 recruiting class is set to cost the school’s boosters upwards of $30 million in deals for NIL when the prospects officially enroll.
According to a message board user who goes by SlicedBread, Aggie boosters spent between $25 and $30 million to sure-up the nation’s top class. He reported that the effort was targeted and coordinated.
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Here is how it reportedly plays out in College Station:
A recruit is targeted for a specific recruiting class.
A “point donor” then heads the recruiting effort.
The “point donor” gathers other donors around him.
Those donors create an LLC.
The LLC sponsors the targeted recruit and pays out deals for NIL if/when he enrolls.
That recruit, upon arrival on campus, receives money from the LLC.
In turn, the recruit promotes the LLC and its “cause,” whether that be a charity or a business.
According to SlicedBread, the Aggies even have a backstop in place. The deals are structured to keep players in College Station for multiple years.
Contracts are set up as multi-year deals. If a player leaves, he leaves the money behind in Texas.
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Posted on 1/9/22 at 11:35 am to WPBTiger
It's not unfathomable.
It's the new standard. Get used to it. We waste that much on women's sports each year easily.
It's the new standard. Get used to it. We waste that much on women's sports each year easily.
Posted on 1/9/22 at 11:40 am to panzer
We need to up our game, is there something in the way LA laws are written that put us at a disadvantage?
Posted on 1/9/22 at 11:41 am to oneg8rh8r
Yes, apparently our state laws aren’t as friendly to this new part of the game as those of Texas
Posted on 1/9/22 at 11:43 am to WPBTiger
This is absolute trash. Not what it was meant to be.
Posted on 1/9/22 at 11:47 am to WPBTiger
If this comes down to buying championships, we will never compete. The money with A&M boosters makes our top boosters look poor. I think the NCAA will step in and put in place some regulations, that help curb this a little. But we won’t be able to outspend A&M, and there are about 15 other schools we won’t be able to our spend as well if they become as committed as A&M has.
Posted on 1/9/22 at 11:49 am to panzer
quote:This isn't the new standard, and no school is doing this but TAMU and Texas is trying.
It's not unfathomable.
It's the new standard. Get used to it. We waste that much on women's sports each year easily.
Posted on 1/9/22 at 11:55 am to WPBTiger
And those figs are so proud of themselves. From 100 years of mediocrity to this . Only in these fuked up times could this happen. But they still got slime ball Jambo and his antique O so the ROI will be solar power like.
Posted on 1/9/22 at 11:56 am to WPBTiger
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If a player leaves, he leaves the money behind in Texas.
Not what he's already received.
Kids will jump ship for the highest bidder, A&M will be renegotiating these deals come 2023.
Posted on 1/9/22 at 11:58 am to Stuckinthe90s
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If this comes down to buying championships, we will never compete.
Correct
Its become an arms race, no loyalty to State anymore. Kids are in it for the money, they'll be renegotiating every year.
Posted on 1/9/22 at 12:10 pm to WPBTiger
I'm wondering how the future will play out with a team full of relatively wealthy teenage egomaniacs: most of whom aren't exactly Rhodes scholars in the first place, and who, I'm sure, will be surrounded by their "posse"/handlers.
I can easily imagine Antonio Brown like actions...refusing to play, practice, arguing with staff etc.
And what about the players who get no NIL$? What will their attitudes be like?
I think this is going to be a disaster faster than anyone thinks.
Maybe a personality like Saban could manage this, but Jimbo? No way
I can easily imagine Antonio Brown like actions...refusing to play, practice, arguing with staff etc.
And what about the players who get no NIL$? What will their attitudes be like?
I think this is going to be a disaster faster than anyone thinks.
Maybe a personality like Saban could manage this, but Jimbo? No way
Posted on 1/9/22 at 12:18 pm to WPBTiger
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According to a message board user who goes by SlicedBread, Aggie boosters spent between $25 and $30 million
Look, I'm not saying it didn't happen but I'm gonna need a LITTLE more corroboration.
Posted on 1/9/22 at 12:24 pm to WPBTiger
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The LLC sponsors the targeted recruit and pays out deals for NIL if/when he enrolls
I thought the rule expressly forbids the link between NIL money and playing for a specific school during recruiting
Posted on 1/9/22 at 12:32 pm to WPBTiger
If this is true then you are talking about $120M roster in four years. By comparison, the NFL salary cap is $182.5M. The NFL owners pay that because they get billions in revenue. Boosters get $0 in revenue. This is not sustainable.
Posted on 1/9/22 at 12:35 pm to WPBTiger
Can't Continue at that pace
Posted on 1/9/22 at 12:37 pm to Basura Blanco
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Look, I'm not saying it didn't happen but I'm gonna need a LITTLE more corroboration
A historically mediocre program, coming off an 8-4 year just landed the best recruiting class in history. What about it seems unbelievable to you?
Posted on 1/9/22 at 12:39 pm to WPBTiger
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Unfathomable
quote:apparently it's fathomable
between $25 and $30 million
Posted on 1/9/22 at 12:42 pm to bulletprooftiger
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If this is true then you are talking about $120M roster in four years. By comparison, the NFL salary cap is $182.5M. The NFL owners pay that because they get billions in revenue. Boosters get $0 in revenue. This is not sustainable.
You are underestimating how much money these people are making.
100k a year for 300 business owners is chump change.
Posted on 1/9/22 at 12:55 pm to tenderfoot tigah
The scheme seems very similar to the Adidas scandal that hit college basketball with money being funneled to players to get them to go to a specific school with endorsements for the company funneling the money as the payoff.
NIL was never supposed to be "pay to play", only an opportunity for athletes to make money for their name, image, and likeness. A&M's scheme and others are really pushing the envelope. I would expect further regulation around NIL post haste. There could potentially be congressional involvement like with the basketball stuff if this continues to get out of hand.
NIL was never supposed to be "pay to play", only an opportunity for athletes to make money for their name, image, and likeness. A&M's scheme and others are really pushing the envelope. I would expect further regulation around NIL post haste. There could potentially be congressional involvement like with the basketball stuff if this continues to get out of hand.
Posted on 1/9/22 at 1:00 pm to Tigeralltheway
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This is absolute trash. Not what it was meant to be.
BS this is always what it was meant to be. There was a large group with the head in the sand about the implications of this. These are also the same people who say LSU can compete on this scale. Their understanding of both economics and the ungodly amount of money sports boosters are willing to part with to see their team win is lacking. LSU does not have the money to compete with schools backed by oil, Tyson, Nike, etc.
That being said, if LSU plays it smart they can capitalize on things like NFLSU, taking guys who need second chances after screwing up chasing money, and working harder to have guys prioritize staying local. Couple that with great coaching and they can compete with anyone but probably won't be top 5 in recruiting anymore.
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