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They’d be the primary tenant at UNP so don’t really understand this initial point. I also don’t think any new stadium would necessarily help recruiting/attendance long-term, it’d be a short-term interest bump regardless. Regardless of the financing (a no-brainer if OU can get Norman to pay for...

Child of the 90s so had to be Space Jam. Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley & Wayne Knight - can’t be overcome.

This sounds like a far far better user interface than C&C Collective which doesn’t even let me pick specific sports to support (can only select a single or all of them to my knowledge).

I don’t disagree, hence why I think guys like Williams will probably get over 7-figures TBH. But again the rosters sizes are so different, a guy like Williams is a great add at a position of relative scarcity but also probably doesn’t justify 20% of OU’s FB NIL budget. At the end of the day I...

It wouldn’t surprise me if the numbers are modestly inflated (say 10-20%) but as others have mentioned, you’re talking about rosters that are 8x bigger in addition to football NIL budgets probably being only 3-4x bigger. Ultimately I think there are a sizable number of individual boosters (Diaz...

Yeah 100%, HCs make 7 figures while assistants are making high 6s. It’s not great that the environment has evolved without guardrails but lol, what exactly did they sign up for?

At the very least it just seems like a super cost effective way of generating relevancy (you’re talking $125k for an entire dedicated social media team?) and based on my impression of the MBB program especially they need to maximize every dime haha.

Ha I imagine you could monetize/package a service like this for smaller schools, help facilitate transfer process.

To be clear I would agree it’s too early to make a call, just that I don’t find arguments that NIL is singularly unique to prior big concerns compelling. Some like you are obviously are put off by it, that’s your prerogative as a consumer. Many are clearly not and right now viewership &...

We’ve had this specific discussion so will say same thing. I agree, I follow recruiting pretty closely and it means a little less. However I personally love the transfer aspect, it’s a more compelling roster construction model IMO. I’m sure there are fans like you who will care less, there are...

Oh I agree about the first part (OU has been on probation a ton, I would hope we embrace that too haha) but just hope boosters/OU admin recognize the importance of investing to stay relevant in the major revenue sports.

Amazed at Ole Miss’s NIL infrastructure, they cleaned up in football portal, baseball is their primary and are still lighting money on fire for basketball.

I doubt anyone is going to change other side’s mind in the Portal Thread but people have said the same things for decades about sports regarding franchise relocation, free agency, sex scandals, mythical national champions, conference expansion whatever. It continues to grow or at least occupy a...

Just like I’m sure some people don’t realize that people prefer other places regardless of the tax bracket.

Yeah, I don’t understand why it’s so difficult for people to acknowledge/accept this reality. He’s a kid in his early 20s playing college basketball, god forbid the taxes are higher. He’s probably making a (relatively) bad dollar and cents decision but oh well. OKC is nice, NYC is nice. People...