I can completely agree with this! What the university should do in conjunction with this is require each beneficiary to take money management courses every year that they're in the program. And a percentage should be invested for the student athlete. Help these kids prepare for their future as most will not be professional athletes
Honestly it’s the only thing that gives me hope for our program. I still believe this staff can get things turned around but with the monumental collapse we just witnessed they are limited in what they have to sell. We are not a few pieces away, we only have a couple of pieces. We need new blood and a lot of it. We have one advantage as a program and it’s money. I’d rather put it in the player’s pocket than buy another toy or build a new monument. Our kids might not worry about losing a scholarship since they can hit the portal but if they want to get paid big time money they better be playing big time ball.
I agree about the money part. We need to use our assets (money) to our advantage. But will the money the players receive be an incentive to play harder? If all football players are getting paid the same, then what's the incentive to excel?
I agree in principle but if other schools dont do the same, then the program only hurts itself.
Maybe they could have a minimum and then go up based on some kind of performance criteria.
Supposedly the $100k is tier 1 (every player gets it). It’s similar to a “retainer” fee. Players are all contracted with the Advertising group that was formed. (It does not prohibit the players from getting their own deals) Tier 2 seems to be the “performance piece”. The Ad group helps the players broker deals with companies. The better the player the bigger the deal. This is when your stars can really make serious money. The AD group is part of the new committee that works with the kids (fiscal guidance and money management) and make sure everything is on the level. They are suppose to announce this second piece once they are positive it’s all within the NIL guidelines. The first tier really got under the competitions skin but the second part is supposedly ridiculous. It probably won’t be made public until after NSD but everyone was determined to get part 1 out prior to it happening.
Or maybe they can pay by tackles for defense.
Not sure about that, but if you are going to pay for good plays you should also subtract for mistakes.
And what happens when a wide receiver or running back complains they are not getting the ball enough to make bonus? What about MOB money buying QBs to throw to their guy more than he should? Or a player is compelled to play hurt so he can make bonus even though it could ruin his career? What additional pressure is going to be placed on winning to justify paying players $100K?
I love your plan. Hopefully we're not the only ones seeing the danger.
I'm not oppose to a sweaty fatterson hire but I'm not sure how much excitement he would bring to recruits as an analyst. I dont think fatterson was a great recruiter anyway and his go-to recruiting tactic was negative recruiting. His big asset was development and game strategy.
On the surface that sounds like a great idea, but everyone knows that once a UT football coach steps on the 40 acres campus, his IQ drops about 100 points. You think coach O is hard to understand now...We'd need someone in Mensa to come coach here...What? ...wait... ?
Texas has hired translators for some players in the past but has Texas ever hired a translator for someone on the football coaching staff?
We’re going to the SEC so I’m looking for anything that can help. Orgeron has been one of the top recruiters for years. Maybe Sark’s staff will get this done and we will all be happy in a few years but the way A&M is going right now I am looking for anything that can give us some traction right now.
