College Football offseason

[CubinNY]

I think TAMU is a good example of this. They probably have the richest group of boosters of any school in the country

I highly doubt that.

 

What makes you so highly skeptical? If they don’t have the richest they are right up there with whichever school does. Texas and USC are the only other two who come immediately to mind. And remember, I said richest boosters, not richest alumni. There are plenty of Ivy League schools that have richer alumni bases, but we’re talking about people who donate millions to the athletics departments of their schools.

Ohio State, Michigan, USC, UCLA, I would imagine have people who could put any SEC school to shame. Probabily many others too.

[OleMissCub]

I highly doubt that.

 

What makes you so highly skeptical? If they don’t have the richest they are right up there with whichever school does. Texas and USC are the only other two who come immediately to mind. And remember, I said richest boosters, not richest alumni. There are plenty of Ivy League schools that have richer alumni bases, but we’re talking about people who donate millions to the athletics departments of their schools.

Ohio State, Michigan, USC, UCLA, I would imagine have people who could put any SEC school to shame. Probabily many others too.

 

Again, this really isn’t complicated: BOOSTERS are different than Alumni. You’re absolutely tripping if you think UCLA gets more money from athletic boosters than Texas A&M. I’d bet my life that Texas and TAMU are probably 1 and 2 from booster donations. You have any idea how many rednecks are billionaires or have hundreds of millions of dollars in Texas due to oil money?

 

I don’t doubt Michigan and Ohio State can hang with the Texas schools as far as booster contributions, but you can chunk UCLA and “many others” out of this conversation.

 

It’s almost certainly USC, Texas, TAMU, Michigan, and OSU in some order

[CubinNY]

 

What makes you so highly skeptical? If they don’t have the richest they are right up there with whichever school does. Texas and USC are the only other two who come immediately to mind. And remember, I said richest boosters, not richest alumni. There are plenty of Ivy League schools that have richer alumni bases, but we’re talking about people who donate millions to the athletics departments of their schools.

Ohio State, Michigan, USC, UCLA, I would imagine have people who could put any SEC school to shame. Probabily many others too.

 

Again, this really isn’t complicated: BOOSTERS are different than Alumni. You’re absolutely tripping if you think UCLA gets more money from athletic boosters than Texas A&M. I’d bet my life that Texas and TAMU are probably 1 and 2 from booster donations. You have any idea how many rednecks are billionaires or have hundreds of millions of dollars in Texas due to oil money?

 

I don’t doubt Michigan and Ohio State can hang with the Texas schools as far as booster contributions, but you can chunk UCLA and “many others” out of this conversation.

 

It’s almost certainly USC, Texas, TAMU, Michigan, and OSU in some order

Phill Knight (Nike) is probably worth more and has spent more on Oregon that all Texas AM boosters put together. T Boon Pickens at OK State as well.

[CubinNY]

When OSU wanted to close the horseshoe when I was there they raised the money from boosters in like two hours. Edited May 20, 2022 by CubinNY

[Old Style]

Ohio State, Michigan, USC, UCLA, I would imagine have people who could put any SEC school to shame. Probabily many others too.

 

Again, this really isn’t complicated: BOOSTERS are different than Alumni. You’re absolutely tripping if you think UCLA gets more money from athletic boosters than Texas A&M. I’d bet my life that Texas and TAMU are probably 1 and 2 from booster donations. You have any idea how many rednecks are billionaires or have hundreds of millions of dollars in Texas due to oil money?

 

I don’t doubt Michigan and Ohio State can hang with the Texas schools as far as booster contributions, but you can chunk UCLA and “many others” out of this conversation.

 

It’s almost certainly USC, Texas, TAMU, Michigan, and OSU in some order

Phill Knight (Nike) is probably worth more and has spent more on Oregon that all Texas AM boosters put together. T Boon Pickens at OK State as well.

Do we have an individual booster with as much cash as Phil Knight or Boone Pickens (he actually started at A&M before transferring to Okie Lite)? Probably not. But you’re clearly ignorant on the ridiculous amount of oil money running through our alumni base.

[OleMissCub]

But you’re clearly ignorant on the ridiculous amount of oil money running through our alumni base.

 

Seriously, I’m a bit stunned at the blowback on my statement about TAMU. There are 58 billionaires in Texas and those dudes aren’t tech nerds; they’re hicks with money and that’s not counting all the hicks with hundreds of millions from their Texas Tea money. For reference, Michigan has 6 billionaires and Ohio has 7.

[NOLA]

 

Again, this really isn’t complicated: BOOSTERS are different than Alumni. You’re absolutely tripping if you think UCLA gets more money from athletic boosters than Texas A&M. I’d bet my life that Texas and TAMU are probably 1 and 2 from booster donations. You have any idea how many rednecks are billionaires or have hundreds of millions of dollars in Texas due to oil money?

 

I don’t doubt Michigan and Ohio State can hang with the Texas schools as far as booster contributions, but you can chunk UCLA and “many others” out of this conversation.

 

It’s almost certainly USC, Texas, TAMU, Michigan, and OSU in some order

Phill Knight (Nike) is probably worth more and has spent more on Oregon that all Texas AM boosters put together. T Boon Pickens at OK State as well.

Do we have an individual booster with as much cash as Phil Knight or Boone Pickens (he actually started at A&M before transferring to Okie Lite)? Probably not. But you’re clearly ignorant on the ridiculous amount of oil money running through our alumni base.

At Arkansas, you have Jerry Jones, the Walton (Wal-Mart) and the Tyson families as big time boosters to the school and to the athletic department. Everything on the campus has one of those names on it.

[Derwood]

This is a very weird dick measuring contest you are all running here.

[mul21]

This is a very weird dick measuring contest you are all running here.

 

Probably not a great joke for a PSU fan to make.

[Derwood]

This is a very weird dick measuring contest you are all running here.

 

Probably not a great joke for a PSU fan to make.

 

[CubinNY]

To put a bow on it, it will be very interesting to see what happens to big-time college sports in the next few years. It's about time these kids get paid, but at some point, regulation will have to happen. I think getting the payment system out in the open will be a good thing. I don't necessarily think it will be a good thing for parity. I can see the move to superconferences and perhaps leagues being the most logical outcome.

[Old Style]

Phill Knight (Nike) is probably worth more and has spent more on Oregon that all Texas AM boosters put together. T Boon Pickens at OK State as well.

Do we have an individual booster with as much cash as Phil Knight or Boone Pickens (he actually started at A&M before transferring to Okie Lite)? Probably not. But you’re clearly ignorant on the ridiculous amount of oil money running through our alumni base.

At Arkansas, you have Jerry Jones, the Walton (Wal-Mart) and the Tyson families as big time boosters to the school and to the athletic department. Everything on the campus has one of those names on it.

Again, just because YOU don't know their names does not mean we do not have billionaires in our alumni/booster base.

 

Five San Antonians make Forbes 400 list

 

Quick Google search and I know for a fact that two of these five are Aggies.

 

And I'm not trying to measure any dicks. Just laughing at those who don't think A&M has plenty of money at our disposal.

[NOLA]

Do we have an individual booster with as much cash as Phil Knight or Boone Pickens (he actually started at A&M before transferring to Okie Lite)? Probably not. But you’re clearly ignorant on the ridiculous amount of oil money running through our alumni base.

At Arkansas, you have Jerry Jones, the Walton (Wal-Mart) and the Tyson families as big time boosters to the school and to the athletic department. Everything on the campus has one of those names on it.

Again, just because YOU don't know their names does not mean we do not have billionaires in our alumni/booster base.

 

Five San Antonians make Forbes 400 list

 

Quick Google search and I know for a fact that two of these five are Aggies.

 

And I'm not trying to measure any dicks. Just laughing at those who don't think A&M has plenty of money at our disposal.

I wasn’t trying to contradict you at all. I’m right there with you and OMC. Texas and aTm athletic departments can basically print all the money they want.

[Derwood]

Despite all this influx of booster money, I bet if you polled coaches and asked if they would rather get rid of NIL's or get rid of the transfer portal, 10/10 would pick the latter

[Andy]

Despite all this influx of booster money, I bet if you polled coaches and asked if they would rather get rid of NIL's or get rid of the transfer portal, 10/10 would pick the latter

Having both kick in at essentially the same time has really been a shock to the system, that's for sure. I know the Iowa AD came out and said they should get rid of the free transfer, but that's not happening and he looked like a clown for saying it.

[CubinNY]

Do we have an individual booster with as much cash as Phil Knight or Boone Pickens (he actually started at A&M before transferring to Okie Lite)? Probably not. But you’re clearly ignorant on the ridiculous amount of oil money running through our alumni base.

At Arkansas, you have Jerry Jones, the Walton (Wal-Mart) and the Tyson families as big time boosters to the school and to the athletic department. Everything on the campus has one of those names on it.

Again, just because YOU don't know their names does not mean we do not have billionaires in our alumni/booster base.

 

Five San Antonians make Forbes 400 list

 

Quick Google search and I know for a fact that two of these five are Aggies.

 

And I'm not trying to measure any dicks. Just laughing at those who don't think A&M has plenty of money at our disposal.

That wasn't the issue. OMC made a ridiculous statement and it's ridiculous. There are many other programs, dozens even or more that *could* spend unlimited sums of money buying players. There are other programs with more money and access to more available money.

[OleMissCub]

At Arkansas, you have Jerry Jones, the Walton (Wal-Mart) and the Tyson families as big time boosters to the school and to the athletic department. Everything on the campus has one of those names on it.

Again, just because YOU don't know their names does not mean we do not have billionaires in our alumni/booster base.

 

Five San Antonians make Forbes 400 list

 

Quick Google search and I know for a fact that two of these five are Aggies.

 

And I'm not trying to measure any dicks. Just laughing at those who don't think A&M has plenty of money at our disposal.

That wasn't the issue. OMC made a ridiculous statement and it's ridiculous. There are many other programs, dozens even or more that *could* spend unlimited sums of money buying players. There are other programs with more money and access to more available money.

 

DOZENS? Speaking of ridiculous statements…. Seriously, your take on this is bizarre because we aren’t talking about schools who “could” (which could even include Harvard or Yale), we’re talking about schools who “do” have boosters that are willing to spend that sort of money on games.

 

It’s like you don’t think oil money is a real thing. Texas and TAMU are top 5 every year in overall athletics expenditures for a reason and it isn’t because of tuition money. It’s because they have donors willing to put their money toward athletics as opposed to academics. Again, these are hicks with money.

[OleMissCub]

More "ridiculous" statements, this time from SI

 

https://www.si.com/college/2022/05/02/nil-name-image-likeness-experts-divided-over-boosters-laws-recruiting

 

For years now, Texas and Texas A&M’s athletic departments have routinely grossed more in donations than any other schools in the country. Just last year, the Aggies pulled in $47.7 million in donations—one-fifth of the total donations to the 13 SEC public schools combined. And Texas? The Longhorns led everyone with $60 million in giving.

 

“Somebody better figure out how to compete with Texas and Texas A&M,” McKernan says before he gestures toward the root of the Texas cash. “What is oil—$100 a barrel right now?"

[Ding Dong Johnson]

All of this really begs the question, who gives a horsefeathers?

[OleMissCub]

All of this really begs the question, who gives a horsefeathers?

 

You're not wrong.

 

Nevertheless, the gap between the haves and the have nots is about to greatly expand. Bama won’t be able to keep up and that’s why Saban is crying; his absurd competitive advantage is shrinking.

[Old Style]

All of this really begs the question, who gives a horsefeathers?

 

You're not wrong.

 

Nevertheless, the gap between the haves and the have nots is about to greatly expand. Bama won’t be able to keep up and that’s why Saban is crying; his absurd competitive advantage is shrinking.

[raw]

All of this really begs the question, who gives a horsefeathers?

 

You're not wrong.

 

Nevertheless, the gap between the haves and the have nots is about to greatly expand. Bama won’t be able to keep up and that’s why Saban is crying; his absurd competitive advantage is shrinking.

 

Bama is like Duke basketball. Don't even have to recruit at this point. The name on the jersey does it all. If you get interest from Bama, you can turn that into going wherever you want to go. And now Saban has to offer more than just being a household name to these kids. And that money won't be there for all 90 of those 5-stars. Kids going to have to decide if they want to go where the money is (other colleges) or where the money will be (Bama pipeline to NFL).

[OleMissCub]

 

No telling how much that NIL was for.

[Derwood]

Time for Nick Saban to cry about NIL's some more

[soccer10k]

 

No telling how much that NIL was for.

 

Texas is BACK!