2025 Transfer Portal Thread

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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
We have an 8-4 level roster in football right now. We went out and got one proven guy in the portal at maybe the cheapest position. We are losing almost all of our difference makers from last year to the draft and graduation, and one of the very few we are returning, Jermod McCoy, tore up his knee. Every unit on the team looks like it has regressed from last year on paper, aside from quarterback where we return a bottom half of the conference starter there. So there should be some money somewhere, either that or Spyre is doing a horrible job of raising funds.
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Cancel the season, all is lost.
 
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CamVol8 said:
Shouldn’t be up to a fanbase to get our NIL up
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Huh? Right now, that’s where NIL comes from. All from fans. It’s where all of it comes from.

House hasn’t officially been settled yet, so the schools aren’t sharing revenue yet.
 
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They can pay for Matthew Able.Thats what I would do. I think it's be better to get a 5 star recruit than a mid major transfer.
 
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TrumpedUpVol said:
Things change rapidly with all of these legal cases but, right now, Tennessee isn't paying players directly (via NIL or otherwise) so Barnes' salary should have nothing to do with it.

Tennessee just has general NIL difficulties. Lots of other posters are appropriately pointing out that it's tough to focus on a variety of programs, and at the end of the day everything can circle back to "we need more NIL money."
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I get it that the staff salaries and NIL are technically separate, at least for now, but I figure there is some overlap with the AD and collective probably going to the same big donors.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Political science, as well.

After I got to law school, though, I realized algebra was important. Not that you use actual algebra, but the type of thinking is algebraic. Philosophy is another one that helps.
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As an attorney, I’m not a fan of the basic poly sci or English undergraduate degrees. Not everyone practices law after law school, and some undergraduate degrees are niches for legal fields. I got a business degree in Logistics and Transportation, and there was actually a question on my bar about a shipping contract. I have a friend who got a music undergraduate degree, which is cool. I’ve heard others become patent attorneys after a chemistry/science degree. Keep your options open IMO.
 
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VolGee4 said:
As an attorney, I’m not a fan of the basic poly sci or English undergraduate degrees. Not everyone practices law after law school, and some undergraduate degrees are niches for legal fields. I got a business degree in Logistics and Transportation, and there was actually a question on my bar about a shipping contract. I have a friend who got a music undergraduate degree, which is cool. I’ve heard others become patent attorney after a chemistry/science degree. Keep your options open IMO.
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That’s what I did. Biochemistry. But that’s because I’m stupid and didn’t decide until my junior year of undergrad that I’d rather graduate after 3 years with little to no debt than 4 years and lots of debt
 
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VolGee4 said:
As an attorney, I’m not a fan of the basic poly sci or English undergraduate degrees. Not everyone practices law after law school, and some undergraduate degrees are niches for legal fields. I got a business degree in Logistics and Transportation, and there was actually a question on my bar about a shipping contract. I have a friend who got a music undergraduate degree, which is cool. I’ve heard others become patent attorney after a chemistry/science degree. Keep your options open IMO.
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Got my degree in Logistics as well 😎

Now I’m a dog trainer 🤣 way more fun and way better pay
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Barnes is at what, $5.8? NIL this year was $2.7m from what I heard (going up thir year), so that’s $8.5m total between the 2. We have programs spending $8-$10m on NIL alone, so no, I don’t think his salary is holding back NIL, at least it shouldn’t be.
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For some reason, I thought Barnes was making more than that. Yeah, the combined total puts us below the combined totals of the top spenders. It will be hard to continue to compete near the top. The 4-5 year players who finished the past couple of seasons provided a solid foundation we may not have again.
 
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VolGee4 said:
Barnes has been past up in salary by quite a few now. Miller makes $5 million at Texas. Beard got a raise to about $7 million. I haven’t seen the numbers, but I’m guessing Willard and Williams are comparable. Plus, until House officially settles, the school isn’t paying NIL.
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The school isn’t paying NIL, but if the school and collective are chasing the same donors, there is only so much funding available. Even if the school is not literally requesting a donation to help pay a coaching staff, they’re asking for donations to help with something on their books.
 
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ukvols said:
For some reason, I thought Barnes was making more than that. Yeah, the combined total puts us below the combined totals of the top spenders. It will be hard to continue to compete near the top. The 4-5 year players who finished the past couple of seasons provided a solid foundation we may not have again.
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100% agree. The days of freshmen who stay with their school for 4 years are bye bye. Gotta figure out how to work the puzzle
 
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ukvols said:
The school isn’t paying NIL, but if the school and collective are chasing the same donors, there is only so much funding available. Even if the school is not literally requesting a donation to help pay a coaching staff, they’re asking for donations to help with something on their books.
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While true, the school can pay salaries through other revenue streams- conference tv and postseason money, ticket sales, apparel sales, etc. The capital campaigns for facilities are what may be affected because some high level donors may allocate money for NIL instead of capital improvements. I just don’t think Barnes’ salary itself affects what we do in NIL.
 
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