It’s just as disappointing as when we beat ourselves up over it a few months ago.
Our AD has a very clear mission.
We got our guy Fritz. He will start the snowball effect. Winning starts next season.
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I hope so. I really miss what it felt like when the stadium formerly known as TDECU was tough for other teams to win at.
FWIW, new AD may be making inroads with NIL sources beyond Tilman. We need to just get over this hump with FB.
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Why is UCF, Cinci making more than us? Did i read this wrong?
I don’t think this article is worth much. Mainly because I do not think they have finalozed the actual revenue sharing structure. They were discussing both a percentage and a flat amount based off of some overall value.
If that percentage is correct, expect those numbers to be 2X to 3X higher for SEC and B1G schools - meaning an end to any chance for schools out of those conferences to compete consistently. I think and am hoping that they will come up with a flat amount in the $20-22 million range that all schools use as a cap (probably based on some sort of average revenue income levels). The flat amount is more what has been mentioned.
Even if they use a flat amount of say $20 million, that wouldn’t keep a program like UT from supplementing the flat amount with another $20-30 million in NIL or Lamborghini(s) or whatever.
We can have a discussion over the accuracy of the numbers but it would be a mistake to bury the overall message. UH revenue and NIL donations are woefully lacking compared to its conference mates.
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This came across my X feed. Top universities in NIL funding.
https://x.com/bcrawford247/status/1866608484923609152?s=46&t=ZflAtQu28mE4aUWNMrJBpQ
Why would people read when they can just make uninformed comments.
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It starts with CWF getting a 5* QB and then the recruits that follow, then we start winning, then the fans fill the stadium, then the coffers fill up.
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It’s fair to challenge the numbers, but if you ignore the overall message you are completely missing my point. UH lags behind in revenue and NIL Collectives. UH’s AD, as well as UH’s President and Board of Regents, are keenly aware of the discrepancy, and have placed fund raising a top priority.
The farmers have been saying that for like 100 years!! We don’t want to be like the farmers!
What do you believe the gap is in dollars? Let’s use KState as a benchmark
I don’t have any better information than the article I posted. You posted the numbers were “junk”. The onus is on you to back up your assertion.
Oregon is half of UT but is #1.
True, but the vast majority of Top 20 teams are those on the list with top 20 NIL programs.
Of course regardless of funding, it seems that ATM will always be the Aggies. Who knows, there just might be a new Aggie joke out there.
You said the gap between UH and our peers is embarrassing so I just want to understand what you see.
I called the data junk because they are using AAC revenues to forecast our 25-26 revenues. Using revenues based on our last AAC payout of $8.8m instead of a full B12 share that all members will get by 25-26 makes the data unreliable for any comparison of 25-26 revenues. ~70% of the gap can be explained right there lol.
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I don’t think the payout revenue numbers are particularly embarrassing because those will change.
I think the “total support” revenues highlights a major problem, and it isn’t a data problem.
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Yes