NIL is completely separate from revenue sharing. There is no limit on NIL.
That was the entire point. law kept arguing that the bamas and lsu’s would be left in the dust since this is a poor area of America.
There are always a few large land owners who have oil & gas royalties which make them centi-millionaires or even billionaires (see Texas Tech) who choose to support their state or regional school. LSU is no different.
That was Cullen.
I’m not sure if that is true, and people might be over estimating how many billionaires are out there (and willing to contribute to football). I might be wrong, but I think Paul Finebaum was saying there were only 2 billionaires in Alabama and they were both Aubrun alums. He was concerned about Bama being able to keep up.
I still think those schools (LSU, Alabama, etc) will be able to pool enough money together from their large fan bases. They aren’t going away. But I think the situation with Fertitia/UH, Cuban/IU, and Campbell/TT is going to be the exception more than the rule.
Doing nothing with a hell of a lot of something is what the cows and farmers have done for years.
That’s not what I argued.
In fact, I’ve argued again and again that NIL is about the rich (which I’ve always defined as large brands with either large, donative fan bases, or big sugar daddies) getting richer.
LSU is a perfect example of the former: a large brand with huge attendance and a large donative fan base, and a P2 from the second richest conference.
The big problem for UH is that we are not. We are a small brand with small and not very donative fan base, and while Tilman has been a big sugar daddy for some things, he hasn’t been for NIL.
Sampson himself has called UH a “poor” program.
We win DESPITE that disadvantage.
BUT….
There’s a reason why most of the teams that have made deep playoff runs in the NIL era have been large brand blue bloods, and why only full shares B1G members have won the last three natties.
Unlike you……
I always have said that small brand G6 schools would be left behind in the NIL era, and that’s exactly what has happened. YOU argued otherwise. Indeed, the gap between the P4, and especially, between the P2, and the G6 has grown because of NIL.
Again, wake me up when that changes. I suspect I’ll sleep soundly.
Thank you for clarifying and I can admit I thought about the wrong poster. You did write the following:
Meaning Saban does not want to “fight” against other schools throwing money at players?
The g5 divide and p4’s has always been there. The main reason that the so called blue bloods became blue bloods is for the fact that they were throwing more money at players than other schools. This has always been the case. This has been the little secret that no ones wants to talk about in the ncaa football world.
What NIL has brought is a an avenue that g5’s never had. It takes one mega donor from bankrolling an entire program. Granted it has not happened yet but technically it can. That is the point. At the end of the day unless you have an exceptional HC you will never win the National Championship.
Cignetti is the prime example of this.
UH is another great example. Nobody expected us to have a 2026 season like we did but we did. CBY did it too decades ago by being a National powerhouse as an independent regularly beating so called sec blue bloods.
UH will never have the money that uta or atm have but we are clearly on path to a National Championship. HCWF has built the foundation to achieve it.
Indiana is a great story to be sure.
But remember, Indiana is also a FULL SHARES B1G member.
That is to say, THE RICH!!!
When you add a great coach and a big sugar daddy to that mix, you then have the formula for a natty.
The rich got richer.
I do NOT see a g6 ever doing the same.
I think you are right and wrong on some of your arguments, but I do agree that UH got lucky to join the Power Conferences right as NIL/Portal became a thing because NIL is going to further the gap as you stated between P4 and G#
With that said, every school has strengths and weaknesses. There are numerous factors that go into success, and there’s no guarantee that paying a bunch of recruits high dollars will result in championships.
Texas Tech won a championship because of both NIL and great coaching staff. Indiana won the championship with mostly 3 star players and a incredible coaching staff / culture.
Money/Donors will never be UH’s strength, but we can balance those weaknesses by taking advantage of Houston-area athletes that want to come back home after gaining some experience at the blue bloods of the world. Maybe they didn’t get the playing time they wanted. Maybe the grass wasn’t greener.
Every program has to play to its strengths and weaknesses. Simply lacking NIL isn’t a program killer, especially if you’re a Power 4 program.
I agree with that
No.Paying players, unlimited transfer rules means he loses control. If he isn’t in total control, he moves on to an easier gig like TV
LSU is in a poor state and does have a relatively low endowment. However, that has nothing to do with LSU sports. They also have some big bucks donors who are rabid fans and give generously to the Tigers football, basketball, and baseball programs. Plus they get SEC TV payouts.
Add to that money from tickets sales for 100,000+ fans at each home football game, and full stadiums for baseball and basketball games. They also have a large following that buy tons of LSU merchandise, so they may not have UT type bucks, but they aren’t hurting.
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With these players who are transferring for a bigger NIL payday, and their current school suing them for breach of contract, I am beginning to think the introductory conversation with the athlete and new school goes something like this:
What is your current school paying you?
What is your buyout?
I am 100% with you.
You forgot one:
Again, none of this is new. It has happened for decades. What is new is that players can transfer now.