With the amount of money TAMU and it's former students produce, we should be able to pay our players more than anyone in the nation, which should be a major recruiting advantage.

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jsmc71 said:

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I've been reading most of the NIL posts/replies and wondering what the student-athletes supposedly receive in dollar value when they get a scholarship. Per SFAID - Cost of Attendance (tamu.edu), it's $31.5k for fall and spring semesters only. I assume that's bare-bones living (no cell phone or cable/streaming; no going out ever and no eating at off-campus restaurants ever; no buying electronics/clothes or other non-essential things ever). Either that or the cost of education hasn't gone up very much in the last 25 years.

Any parent who has paid wanna weigh in on the actual cost for a kid to attend A&M for fall and spring?

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Today, to the shock of many college educated Aggies, we discovered that a couple of our football players are worth more than tuition plus room and board.

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I'm in favor of NIL, but that doesn't mean the scholarship doesn't represent value received.

Get a dog. I am grateful for greenprint and whoever else foots the bill for our program.

This guy drops an OP and runs away. What a troll.

OP. I get your point. My first thought was this whole thing is about to ruin college sports. But it is what it is, and if we want to keep competing we need to figure out the best way to do it.

Separately, I wonder how much this will amp up the transfer portal issue (although it was already going pretty strong). If you're stuck on the bench even for a short period of time, it may be costing you real time money now instead of just potential future earnings of a higher draft slot. Surely there will be people hinting about how much you can make if you just switch to Another school where you're more likely to be a starter.

for all thise making "funny" sarcastic remarks about the OP, please dont complain when what's gonna happen starts happening. this is a trainwreck of a situation in the making. Im surprised (but maybe not really) by how many dont get that what's going on now is going to ruin college sports, with huge trickle downs to high school.

How does the OP have 17 stars

yes, there's no doubt that this NIL stuff is going to go into places that nobody thought it would...and there will be corruption involved

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yes, there's no doubt that this NIL stuff is going to go into places that nobody thought it would...and there will be corruption involved

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There already is corruption.

Most likely the next couple to few years will be learning experiences and then things will settle down.

Where is the corruption?

It's legal now, so no issues from me...

Corruption? I think the concept is more like any person or company maximizing tax loopholes to pay zero effective taxes. All legal yet some will say it is corrupt.

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How does the OP have 17 stars

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A lot of Ags like kissing on first down.

12thMan9 said:

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Where is the corruption?

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I should rephrase that. There has always been corruption.

This isn't the first time players have been paid.

I would imagine whoever gets picked as the 12th man might be able to parlay a little extra jingle in his pocket.

By who? Given what KO's are like now, the 12th Man is not what it was.

You're right, I forgot we aren't returning or covering many kickoffs.

Starting to thing old army may of just been red assed from paddlings. What a bunch of *****es

OP is living breathing proof of what set A&M back for so long in the arms race.

What a terrible take.

Divining Rod said:

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for all thise making "funny" sarcastic remarks about the OP, please dont complain when what's gonna happen starts happening. this is a trainwreck of a situation in the making. Im surprised (but maybe not really) by how many dont get that what's going on now is going to ruin college sports, with huge trickle downs to high school.

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K

I agree 100% with the OP.

And why would anyone give money to the 12th Man Foundation at this point. I wouldn't want any of my money going to a semi-pro player.

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12thMan9 said:

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Where is the corruption?

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I should rephrase that. There has always been corruption.

This isn't the first time players have been paid.

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This. Players have always been paid, it's just legal now

as a sportscard collector of A&M athletes, I'm curious to see if the big card companies will be using this new policy to produce signed cards of student athletes across the country....

war hymn aggie said:

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as a sportscard collector of A&M athletes, I'm curious to see if the big card companies will be using this new policy to produce signed cards of student athletes across the country....

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Tammy says Whynot?

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I agree 100% with the OP.

And why would anyone give money to the 12th Man Foundation at this point. I wouldn't want any of my money going to a semi-pro player.

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The 12th Man can't pay student athletes.

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Texas A&M said:

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I agree 100% with the OP.

And why would anyone give money to the 12th Man Foundation at this point. I wouldn't want any of my money going to a semi-pro player.

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The 12th Man can't pay student athletes.

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Scholarships?

Taxes, Hope these kids get the help they will need to keep them out of TaxMan troubles.

This is going to turn into a huge distraction and screw up kids, let's check in with JohnnyFootball and hear what he has to say...

And chemistry, yes that is a problem too...

At first blush, not a fan...

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Texas A&M said:

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I agree 100% with the OP.

And why would anyone give money to the 12th Man Foundation at this point. I wouldn't want any of my money going to a semi-pro player.

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The 12th Man can't pay student athletes.

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Scholarships?

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Scholarships and education are worthless. Everyone knows athletes need some quick cash to be successful in life.

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FtBendTxAg said:

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Texas A&M said:

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I agree 100% with the OP.

And why would anyone give money to the 12th Man Foundation at this point. I wouldn't want any of my money going to a semi-pro player.

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The 12th Man can't pay student athletes.

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Scholarships?

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So you are OK with paying players as long as it's in the form of scholarships, which massively undervalues the worth of many of the athletes involved? You are also OK with the enormous economic engine that has been built on their labor, that enriches coaches, administrators, and a web of business entities from this site, to the local wing joint, to the "worldwide leader in sports".

A reasonable person may say that a university has no business running a professional sports team. It would be hard to argue that this makes sense. That is not what the complaints are here. The complaints are that some people draw the line at players getting their share. I know this because there was zero outage when we gave Jimbo a $75M dollar salary, and when we spent nearly half a billion dollars renovating Kyle.

There was a lot of outrage over Jimbo's salary.

Divining Rod said:

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for all thise making "funny" sarcastic remarks about the OP, please dont complain when what's gonna happen starts happening. this is a trainwreck of a situation in the making. Im surprised (but maybe not really) by how many dont get that what's going on now is going to ruin college sports, with huge trickle downs to high school.

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Pretty over the top melodramatic

Some things will change but it won't "ruin" college sports

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Taxes, Hope these kids get the help they will need to keep them out of TaxMan troubles.

This is going to turn into a huge distraction and screw up kids, let's check in with JohnnyFootball and hear what he has to say...

And chemistry, yes that is a problem too...

At first blush, not a fan...

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AMPLIFY, our NIL education program, exists for educating on this amongst other things.

Did you not know that universities can't pay players or did you chose not to research your post before posting?

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Which sponsor will offer 1k per stellar play in a game, paid the following Monday.

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I believe that direct compensation for on field performance isn't permitted under some of the state laws.

Divining Rod said:

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for all thise making "funny" sarcastic remarks about the OP, please dont complain when what's gonna happen starts happening. this is a trainwreck of a situation in the making. Im surprised (but maybe not really) by how many dont get that what's going on now is going to ruin college sports, with huge trickle downs to high school.

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But guaranteeing a single coach $75,000,000 whether they won or lost didn't ruin college football at Texas A&M? Everybody who participates now in college football gets to reap the rewards. That's a good thing in my opinion. There will be some ups and downs about it but if paying Sumlin 9 figures to NOT coach at A&M didn't ruin Aggie football for you then this shouldn't either.