NIL

$120 mil is a drop in the bucket. It was better spent on upgrades. We need yearly infusion of capital to pay our employees. That’s an investment which will run into the.hundreds of millions, if not billions, over the long haul. That’s the reality of this new NIL/transfer portal system.

The only way this gets fixed in the long term is collective bargaining and salary caps. Welcome to the AAA of the NFL.

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Remember last year when Gene Smith, AD at Ohio St., said that football recruits were asking for $5,000.00 just to visit.

The same article broke down the activities that make up the NIL for Ohio St. athletes:

'… 44% come from social media engagements; 24% from royalty payouts; 9% from public appearances; 2% from autographs; 3% from camps and clinics; and 18% from miscellaneous ventures."

Full article.

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The Houston local recruits arguments is not relevant anymore with NIL. Ed Oliver doesn’t sign with UH anymore, he goes to whoever pays him the most. NIL favors the richest teams (not a surprise that plastic UT becomes relevant now that you can pay the players). NIL is the only and most important recruiting tool. The vast majority of CFB players will never play in the NFL and even more don’t get a 2nd contract. So these college players are going to milk NIL as much as they can. When the backup QB at Texas is making more than Brock Purdy who led his team to the Super Bowl tells you everything you need to know. Until we can fix NIL, then we’re gonna be in a tough situation feeding other teams. We’re lucky that at least in the big 12, other teams are losing players as well. Nationally we can’t be relevant until NIL gets sorted out.

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Season hasn’t started, tho lol

We just can’t compete with the big boys in NIL.

Football uniforms are gonna need to look like a pro golfer…


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ACU almost beat TX Tech.

UH needs to complete all current athletic-related construction projects and then devote the majority of time to analyze and reengineer its NIL strategy. We have the head coach in place, the facilities are shaping up, and now we need to get the financial resources to attract good talent.

It is as simple as good coaching and good players will beat good coaching and bad players the majority of the time.

We can’t satisfy champagne tastes with beer budgets. Unfortunately, I mean NIL not facilities.

We need the 2025 class to be ranked in 30-40 range, not the abysmal 80-90 we’ve come to know. You have to have talent. I don’t care who the coach is.

Can someone explain to me why I should pay for someone else’s employees? What do I get out of it?

NIL is just a scheme to get around paying payroll taxes and so they don’t have to follow the university wide rules pertaining to other HR requirements.

This new era of NIL and unlimited transfers sucks. Why would I pay for a player to perform for one year and then start the process all over again.

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Maybe the Astros need to start an NIL department. Pay Kyle Tucker some serious non-salary-capped money for “sponsorships” to keep him on the roster.

The Yankees could spend $500 million/year on payroll if they wanted, but instead are probably happy with more profit going into the owners pockets, instead of winning the title most years.

For some reason, at least for now, big college football fans are willing to give and give, with no financial return on investment. It’s interesting to watch, but not something I myself would participate in.

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I totally agree. This NIL stuff is ridiculous. What is my return for covering their payroll?

Basketball I honestly get because I can see advertising opportunities with Sampson’s built ford tough (pretty good huh) team.

Could you imagine the advertising potential that would have been Phi Slamma Jamma. Basketball I get.

Paying for the salary of an offensive lineman…why the hell would I do that?

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Pay them to keep them is something UH struggles with already, university-wide. Why not our student athletes too?

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Paying rising star employees enough not to leave is a problem many companies have, but companies don’t typically ask their customers to donate money to their employees.

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Exactly and the business model as it stands is going to fall apart. There is no way this makes sense.

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NCAA bans Oklahoma State’s use of QR Codes on back of football helmet. Is anyone surprised?

outstanding post

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i’m all for the big schools breaking off and doing their own thing, i’m over college football…the current NIL landscape is not sustainable, its stupid, just a bunch of lil dicks trying to buy $$$ championships lol

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Congress does not need to get involved in NIL. All we get is grandstanding and token bills that go nowhere. NCAA needs to show some leadership and continue to regulate NIL. To reel in the wild west nature of NIL, the NCAA needs to set a NIL Cap for each sport and let the universities manage it. Athletes would still be able to cut their own deals, but let everyone get a piece of the pie.

It would also help if the NCAA limited transfers to one time without penalty, then sit out a year for additional transfers. That would reduce the athletes from being NIL free agents every year. It does not infringe on an athletes right to move from one school to another, it just takes away the financial incentive from doing so.

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Couldn’t Tilman, in a way, make an unofficial PE investment through UH.

Say, he donates millions to the NIL while also having his restaurant brands serving his company’s food at the concessions.

If UH was to turn into a juggernaut, sold out stadiums would result ion increased food/alcohol sales plus whatever other business interests he has tethered to a nationally relevant championship contender.

I thought NIL, in it’s current infancy, is ‘Anything- Goes’.

The ironic thing is that we probably had an easier path to the playoffs had we stayed in the AAC and invested in the team instead of pursuing a Power Conference.

I’m not saying we should have done that but Boise, or Memphis, will make the playoff before us and Memphis can be fueled by that FedEx money.

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