House Settlement Revenue Sharing

[SoonerDutch]

As an alum, I’m proud of the non-rev sport success that OU has put together the last 25 years. Admittedly, it’s not my cup of tea if we’re 5x defending national champs in whatever but understand people enjoy that stuff and it’s definitely closer to amateurism ideal. I even catch a few of their games/matches, attend when I’m in town and can make it haha. 100% impressive what softball and women’s gym especially have going.

But if OU is considering allocating 10-20% of the revenue sharing funds to gymnastics/softball/etc, the program isn’t serious about competing in the post-Alston landscape.

I’m not an expert but would think football and (to a lesser extent) mbb success would help build donor interest for pretty much anything in crimson. Spending an extra $1mm on OL depth or (gasp) front court depth seems like it would make the general fan much happier and liberal with their checkbook.

 

[cowboysooner]

SoonerDutch: My thoughts are pretty similar. I do wonder if OU has decided not to fund Men's basketball at a competitive level and just hope to be however good our current financial commitment will take us. Without a new gym, and perhaps even with one, our ticket sales revenue won't change much and our television revenue is the same win or lose. And, the NIL income being paid these kids is skyrocketing. BYU gave a kid $7mil for one year to play for them next year. The better programs are paying $10-12 million per year on rosters right now. Maybe OU has decided that doesn't make much sense financially. In other words, maybe they have decided we will just be as successful as we can be on a low budget and are not going spend the money needed to be competitive. In other words, a decent lower half of the sec low payroll team is more profitable then a high payroll upper tier SEC team I hate to think what a true championship roster would cost.

I would think and believe that OU views the football program differently and intend to spend whatever it takes to win. It least it looks that way. Like you suggest, maybe OU will play the low budget game until the football team is rolling again and SEC money starts flowing. Who knows.

 

[WichitaSooner]

SoonerDutch: My thoughts are pretty similar. I do wonder if OU has decided not to fund Men's basketball at a competitive level and just hope to be however good our current financial commitment will take us. Without a new gym, and perhaps even with one, our ticket sales revenue won't change much and our television revenue is the same win or lose. And, the NIL income being paid these kids is skyrocketing. BYU gave a kid $7mil for one year to play for them next year. The better programs are paying $10-12 million per year on rosters right now. Maybe OU has decided that doesn't make much sense financially. In other words, maybe they have decided we will just be as successful as we can be on a low budget and are not going spend the money needed to be competitive. In other words, a decent lower half of the sec low payroll team is more profitable then a high payroll upper tier SEC team I hate to think what a true championship roster would cost.

I would think and believe that OU views the football program differently and intend to spend whatever it takes to win. It least it looks that way. Like you suggest, maybe OU will play the low budget game until the football team is rolling again and SEC money starts flowing. Who knows.

Our football program is already said to be near the top 10 in NIL, even by people who make excuses for Brent (e.g., Gabe). That is what makes it all the more depressing how bad we are. 3 combine invites in each of the past two years. Just shocking how quickly the talent and development has fallen off. And next year won't be any better. Not only was our high school class not very good, I saw an article yesterday where numerous college coaches were asked to anonymously discuss this year's portal. At least one coach named OU as the most disappointing portal class.

I am almost sure that this time next year, people who are currently still on the BV train will wonder how they missed all the obvious signs and kept making excuses for him, just like many people have finally jumped off the Moser bandwagon over the past month. I still have yet to see anyone articulate a single good thing Brent has done as head coach (not as a glorified DC who improved the defense while running the program as a whole into the ground).

 

[SoonerDutch]

I still have yet to see anyone articulate a single good thing Brent has done as head coach (not as a glorified DC who improved the defense while running the program as a whole into the ground).

“I have yet to see Brent do a single good thing as a head coach except this one good thing he has done which I don’t count.”

 

[WichitaSooner]

“I have yet to see Brent do a single good thing as a head coach except this one good thing he has done which I don’t count.”

The job of a head coach is not to be a coordinator, i.e., to devote his time and resources to one area of the team while screwing up the rest of the team and program. We are paying him to be a head coach, not to "fix the defense." Offense: awful. Special teams: somehow as bad as Riley, even though Riley didn't even try to be good on special teams. Portal recruiting: bad. High school recruiting: just had his worst season. Player development: awful (see, combine invites and draftees). Game management: atrocious.

When people list the highest paid coordinators in the sport, they should name Brent, because that is basically what he is. But at least they wear suits and have cool internships.

 

[SoonerDutch]

The job of a head coach is not to be a coordinator, i.e., to devote his time and resources to one area of the team while screwing up the rest of the team and program. We are paying him to be a head coach, not to "fix the defense." Offense: awful. Special teams: somehow as bad as Riley, even though Riley didn't even try to be good on special teams. Portal recruiting: bad. High school recruiting: just had his worst season. Player development: awful (see, combine invites and draftees). Game management: atrocious.

When people list the highest paid coordinators in the sport, they should name Brent, because that is basically what he is. But at least they wear suits and have cool internships.

Again, “I have yet to see Brent do a single good thing as a head coach except this one good thing he has done which I don’t count.”

TBC, I’m not really sold on Brent but again it goes back to my general lack of confidence with the broader AD. Brent makes boneheaded mistakes but post-Alston, NIL utilization seems to be the biggest determinant of success in the rev sports. We obviously disagree on the relative validity of that statement, that’s fine.

You have the Porter Loser bogeyman. I have Fedora Joe. So it goes.

Nagy hire is elite on paper. “Atrocious” Mateer should be a step-up at QB with an actual OC. Schedule is brutal, 8-9 wins would be a success IMO. With that said, I’ll leave FB for Scoop.