https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/college/longhorns/article/texas-football-salary-cost-20299985.php

Chonicle is a pay site, but it's summarized at other places...

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25191766-texas-cfbs-nil-budget-reportedly-sits-between-35-40m-ahead-2025-season

CFB is a championship that is bought and paid for by the insanely rich.

If I buy a Super Bowl ring off of some desperate third stringer on EBAY I get the same thrill.

Sweet, we need more info on the sips!

It's not "college" football anymore.

surely they arent after texas fans gave us so much crap for supposedly spending 30 M

I think my days as a college football fan are numbered.

Shell it out or get left behind.

College athletics is weird and not sustainable. Eventually, the sport has to pay for itself or turn a profit…

The Collective said:

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College athletics is weird and not sustainable. Eventually, the sport has to pay for itself or turn a profit…

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It's just time to sever the tie between sports and schools.

The Collective said:

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College athletics is weird and not sustainable. Eventually, the sport has to pay for itself or turn a profit…

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football doesn't?

90ags said:

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https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/college/longhorns/article/texas-football-salary-cost-20299985.php

Chonicle is a pay site, but it's summarized at other places...

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25191766-texas-cfbs-nil-budget-reportedly-sits-between-35-40m-ahead-2025-season

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Spend, or be their red headed stepchild.

And now we know how they got the #1 recruiting class this last year. $35m-$40m being their current payroll…

NoahAg said:

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The Collective said:

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College athletics is weird and not sustainable. Eventually, the sport has to pay for itself or turn a profit…

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It's just time to sever the tie between sports and schools.

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The NCAA member institutions created the anti-trust law infractions when they built a cartel based on keeping student athletes poor.

NFL salary cap is 280 million. Why is 40 million too much for college football?

Sports are lucrative in America. Why shouldn't the guys generating the revenue get some of the money?

1876er said:

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NFL salary cap is 280 million. Why is 40 million too much for college football?

Sports are lucrative in America. Why shouldn't the guys generating the revenue get some of the money?

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Because the NFL only has 32 teams and they are the premier league for the sport.
Just the SEC and B1G combined have more than 32 teams and several of those have very small followings.

Even if "college" football was pared down to say just 40 or so "Big/Rich" schools that wanted to participate, the fact that it would now be just an NFL minor league with no real affiliation to the schools other than the name, would cause interest to wane and TV revenue to decline. Then, you would basically be asking boosters of the school to pony up to cover the shortfall to pay players that have no affiliation with the school.

I just think that college football not really being associated with a school and its alumni will start to garner interest levels that the UFL and all the other minor leagues that have tried to survive did.

1876er said:

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NFL salary cap is 280 million. Why is 40 million too much for college football?

Sports are lucrative in America. Why shouldn't the guys generating the revenue get some of the money?

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Per the House Settlement, up to 22% of AD revenue can be "shared" as direct payments to athletes. Only NIL thing it addresses is that anything over $600 has to be reported to a new agency created by the settlement.

There is no salary cap.

Emilio Fantastico said:

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1876er said:

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NFL salary cap is 280 million. Why is 40 million too much for college football?

Sports are lucrative in America. Why shouldn't the guys generating the revenue get some of the money?

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Because the NFL only has 32 teams and they are the premier league for the sport.
Just the SEC and B1G combined have more than 32 teams and several of those have very small followings.

Even if "college" football was pared down to say just 40 or so "Big/Rich" schools that wanted to participate, the fact that it would now be just an NFL minor league with no real affiliation to the schools other than the name, would cause interest to wane and TV revenue to decline. Then, you would basically be asking boosters of the school to pony up to cover the shortfall to pay players that have no affiliation with the school.

I just think that college football not really being associated with a school and its alumni will start to garner interest levels that the UFL and all the other minor leagues that have tried to survive did.

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The media rights for the B1G sold for $7billion. Where do you think that money should go?

I realize the money from the media deals can't go to players, but that just shows how much money is out there for college football. You can't convince me the players don't deserve any of the money.

So the Head Coach makes roughly $10M and the assistants - what $3M - $4M more - so you have a player multiplier of 3.3 - 3.6? It's not that much really.

As said above - it is a pro sport.

I really don't care at this point.

1876er said:

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Emilio Fantastico said:

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1876er said:

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NFL salary cap is 280 million. Why is 40 million too much for college football?

Sports are lucrative in America. Why shouldn't the guys generating the revenue get some of the money?

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Because the NFL only has 32 teams and they are the premier league for the sport.
Just the SEC and B1G combined have more than 32 teams and several of those have very small followings.

Even if "college" football was pared down to say just 40 or so "Big/Rich" schools that wanted to participate, the fact that it would now be just an NFL minor league with no real affiliation to the schools other than the name, would cause interest to wane and TV revenue to decline. Then, you would basically be asking boosters of the school to pony up to cover the shortfall to pay players that have no affiliation with the school.

I just think that college football not really being associated with a school and its alumni will start to garner interest levels that the UFL and all the other minor leagues that have tried to survive did.

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The media rights for the B1G sold for $7billion. Where do you think that money should go?

I realize the money from the media deals can't go to players, but that just shows how much money is out there for college football. You can't convince me the players don't deserve any of the money.

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This cycle is still being paid by boosters. The 7 billion is divided by the universities.
If nothing else college football is a scam. All bills paid by the boosters while the universities of the SEC and Big whatever rake in the cash. I guess they do cover 85 ships. What a scam.

lol the problem isn't the amount. It's that only the rich schools can compete. NFL salary cap keeps money from being the deciding factor - as long as you spend it wisely.

Not sure why you can't just donate $ and buy points for a game. It's the same thing.

im guessing we are roughly 10 million a year behind that.

Coincidentally the amount we still pay a crappy coach to not coach.

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lol the problem isn't the amount. It's that only the rich schools can compete. NFL salary cap keeps money from being the deciding factor - as long as you spend it wisely.

Not sure why you can't just donate $ and buy points for a game. It's the same thing.

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The schools that won 10-20 years ago will still be the ones to win in the NIL era.

Also, we're a "rich school" and we still won't be able to compete.

Remember this the next time someone says "they're just kids out there"

Edit to clarify: the above isn't what I fully meant. But gone are the days of "they're just kids". They are kids/very young adults out there, often facing pressures I can't imagine. But they are often highly paid athletes making money I will never imagine. So they aren't "just" kids out there anymore.

Impossible
I've been told many times by college football experts that kids just naturally want to go to that school in Austin.

They also told me that A&M is only good when they cheat (pay) because kids don't like college station.

And now tu is paying more? Hmm

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And now we know how they got the #1 recruiting class this last year. $35m-$40m being their current payroll…

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You might want to do a deep dive on Jimbo's #1 recruiting class of all time.
Hint: they didn't sign up for the cool chants or bottle caps at the DC.

And it wasn't anywhere close to $30M either

1876er said:

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CC00 said:

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lol the problem isn't the amount. It's that only the rich schools can compete. NFL salary cap keeps money from being the deciding factor - as long as you spend it wisely.

Not sure why you can't just donate $ and buy points for a game. It's the same thing.

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The schools that won 10-20 years ago will still be the ones to win in the NIL era.

Also, we're a "rich school" and we still won't be able to compete.

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I think the list of schools winning will shrink

From 1996 - 2003 there were 10 different champions (some split, no repeats)
7 of those have not won in the last 10 years. Blame Alabama maybe but the pool of winners is smaller now.

And A&M is a bad example - we are the only school in our tax bracket that can never figure out how to translate money into wins.

Emilio Fantastico said:

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1876er said:

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NFL salary cap is 280 million. Why is 40 million too much for college football?

Sports are lucrative in America. Why shouldn't the guys generating the revenue get some of the money?

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Because the NFL only has 32 teams and they are the premier league for the sport.
Just the SEC and B1G combined have more than 32 teams and several of those have very small followings.

Even if "college" football was pared down to say just 40 or so "Big/Rich" schools that wanted to participate, the fact that it would now be just an NFL minor league with no real affiliation to the schools other than the name, would cause interest to wane and TV revenue to decline. Then, you would basically be asking boosters of the school to pony up to cover the shortfall to pay players that have no affiliation with the school.

I just think that college football not really being associated with a school and its alumni will start to garner interest levels that the UFL and all the other minor leagues that have tried to survive did.

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This. May as well go watch usfl

the only winning move is not to play

Eagle78 said:

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Shell it out or get left behind.

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I'll tell you something... My Saturdays this fall are going to be a whole lot more freed up

The current model is not suatainable long term. Yes, we bought the number 1 rated recruiting class of all time, and Jimbo didn't develop or rein in any of that talent. Granted the character issues were overlooked just for the sake of being number 1.

Since then, our booster have had buyer's remorse and Elko has less NIL to work with. If/when Elko shows that he can develop and start winning meaningful games, the money will start flowing again, but for how long? Rich Ags didn't get rich by investing in something with no ROI.

I lost interest I pro ball because of money issues( among other things) Looks like college ball is heading that way.

A. G. Pennypacker said:

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I think my days as a college football fan are numbered.

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Mine are over

S.A. Aggie said:

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I lost interest I pro ball because of money issues( among other things) Looks like college ball is heading that way.

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I used to hate the NFL, but I am actually starting to gain significant interest in it again because of how much more orderly and organized it is compared to college. The players actually have contracts and can't just go to another team. There is a salary cap. The least successful teams get the highest draft picks. There are full time officials who are generally competent. There is only a 53 man roster so you can't hoard players just to keep them from other teams. These things ensure that it remains an actual competitive sport and not just a contest of who can throw more money at players like college football is now.

Eagle78 said:

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Shell it out or get left behind.

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Or worse, shell it out and still get left behind.