2025 Transfer Portal Thread

[Volman678]

we were having this discussion on the VQ. Anyone else worried that our AD will sacrifice Mens basketball to make our football better when revenue sharing hits. I am very worried

 

[LeannaVol]

we were having this discussion on the VQ. Anyone else worried that our AD will sacrifice Mens basketball to make our football better when revenue sharing hits. I am very worried

I don't think any program will be sacrificed. But tough decisions will have to be made regarding football, basketball, baseball etc. I don't think there is any program in the country that can sustain championship level NIL rosters year in and year out in multiple sports. Some years will be better than others.

 

[T2P_Priceless]

we were having this discussion on the VQ. Anyone else worried that our AD will sacrifice Mens basketball to make our football better when revenue sharing hits. I am very worried

Football is what butters the bread. Revenue in the other sports aren’t even close

 

[VolHoopsInTheMix]

we were having this discussion on the VQ. Anyone else worried that our AD will sacrifice Mens basketball to make our football better when revenue sharing hits. I am very worried

Better not happen! If he sacrifices an all around consistently better Vol men's basketball program for football, the AD will be sacrificed

 

[walkenvol]

Better not happen! If he sacrifices an all around consistently better Vol men's basketball program for football, the AD will be sacrificed

Strikes me that the big donors will have more say where their NIL contributions are spent versus the AD. If none of our big donors are passionate about a sport besides football then that’s where the money will go. JMO

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Better not happen! If he sacrifices an all around consistently better Vol men's basketball program for football, the AD will be sacrificed

Unfortunately that’s not true, we could be terrible in all other sports, but if football is winning big then White would have about a 95% approval rating more than likely.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

we were having this discussion on the VQ. Anyone else worried that our AD will sacrifice Mens basketball to make our football better when revenue sharing hits. I am very worried

It does give me some pause. I think White is a smart businessman, but personally I do have some concern that baseball will be first on the chopping block and Tony will get pissed and move on to a program that will support him. I’ll be pretty upset if the only program that has won a national championship since I was a small child is axed for a football program that hasn’t won anything noteworthy in decades. I’ll understand why, sure, but I won’t be happy about it.

 

[omghulkhands]

we were having this discussion on the VQ. Anyone else worried that our AD will sacrifice Mens basketball to make our football better when revenue sharing hits. I am very worried

Catch me up. Why would this happen hypothetically?

 

[Volman678]

Unfortunately that’s not true, we could be terrible in all other sports, but if football is winning big then White would have about a 95% approval rating more than likely.

But that's thing I don't think UT will ever be a big winner in football in today's climate like the 90's. Would be awful if we put all resources towards football just to go 9-3 and have basketball and baseball suck. I'd rather put moderate resources in football go 7-5 or 8-4 with a year we make a run and still be elite at baseball and basketball

 

[bleedingTNorange]

It does give me some pause. I think White is a smart businessman, but personally I do have some concern that baseball will be first on the chopping block and Tony will get pissed and move on to a program that will support him. I’ll be pretty upset if the only program that has won a national championship since I was a small child is axed for a football program that hasn’t won anything noteworthy in decades. I’ll understand why, sure, but I won’t be happy about it.

This isn’t meant towards you, just a general thought/response on this topic because I’ve seen it a few places…what schools will give more to baseball? If you’re a SEC school you have to be football first or you’re getting left behind in the only sport that really makes money (basketball can make a little), so even say a Vandy or Missouri, I don’t think they can afford to essentially pass on football to devote a bunch towards baseball. Now, maybe say a school like Grand Canyon or similar, could they pour more into baseball than SEC schools could? Maybe so.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Catch me up. Why would this happen hypothetically?

I guess they’re referring to the fact that, unless I’ mistaken, each school has jurisdiction over how they split up the pot of money among programs once revenue sharing comes into effect, and I guess there are concerns that UT may just choose to dump it all in football since it’s responsible for about 75-80% of annual revenue.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Catch me up. Why would this happen hypothetically?

Revenue sharing is going to be a set amount going to each school to then divide up how they want to sports…most think the number will be around $20m and most expect SEC schools to have a split of around $15m to football, $3m to men’s basketball, $2m divided up to all other sports, that’s the hypothetical many are throwing around at least.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

But that's thing I don't think UT will ever be a big winner in football in today's climate like the 90's. Would be awful if we put all resources towards football just to go 9-3 and have basketball and baseball suck. I'd rather put moderate resources in football go 7-5 or 8-4 with a year we make a run and still be elite at baseball and basketball

I agree with you on my preference, but that’s not going to be how most AD’s see it I don’t think…a 9-3/10-2 football team that’s in the playoffs/hosting playoff games is a lot more profitable than a 7-5 team.

 

[Volman678]

It does give me some pause. I think White is a smart businessman, but personally I do have some concern that baseball will be first on the chopping block and Tony will get pissed and move on to a program that will support him. I’ll be pretty upset if the only program that has won a national championship since I was a small child is axed for a football program that hasn’t won anything noteworthy in decades. I’ll understand why, sure, but I won’t be happy about it.

this post I 100 percent agree with

 

[omghulkhands]

I guess they’re referring to the fact that, unless I’ mistaken, each school has jurisdiction over how they split up the pot of money among programs once revenue sharing comes into effect, and I guess there are concerns that UT may just choose to dump it all in football since it’s responsible for about 75-80% of annual revenue.

Is it any different now?

 

[TheMookieMonster]

This isn’t meant towards you, just a general thought/response on this topic because I’ve seen it a few places…what schools will give more to baseball? If you’re a SEC school you have to be football first or you’re getting left behind in the only sport that really makes money (basketball can make a little), so even say a Vandy or Missouri, I don’t think they can afford to essentially pass on football to devote a bunch towards baseball. Now, maybe say a school like Grand Canyon or similar, could they pour more into baseball than SEC schools could? Maybe so.

Honestly, I don’t have a great answer. I suppose the specter of losing Tony hangs on people in the fanbase like a boogeyman so we all invent these reasons why he may bail for specific reasons if they occur. Personally, I think there are some programs that are probably able to be honest with themselves that there is a hard ceiling in football but they have tradition in baseball and may choose to swing the pendulum back one day to getting baseball right as long as football is just good enough to keep butts in seats. South Carolina comes to mind. Texas Tech.

I’m not sure if it happens, but I do constantly think about what revenue sharing may mean for Tennessee athletics if DW decides to try and go all-in to fix football. I trust him to balance it well though.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Honestly, I don’t have a great answer. I suppose the specter of losing Tony hangs on people in the fanbase like a boogeyman so we all invent these reasons why he may bail for specific reasons if they occur. Personally, I think there are some programs that are probably able to be honest with themselves that there is a hard ceiling in football but they have tradition in baseball and may choose to swing the pendulum back one day to getting baseball right as long as football is just good enough to keep butts in seats. South Carolina comes to mind. Texas Tech.

I’m not sure if it happens, but I do constantly think about what revenue sharing may mean for Tennessee athletics if DW decides to try and go all-in to fix football. I trust him to balance it well though.

Idk if you can keep butts in seats for FB, or any coach that’s willing to stick that out like Beamer, if they’re getting 1/2 the money of all other schools in the SEC. I just don’t know that I see any AD from a P4 conference doing that, it would essentially be suicide for those football programs imo.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Is it any different now?

There’s no revenue sharing currently going on or any cap on NIL

 

[VolGee4]

I’m not sure why people would worry about that when we made Tony the highest paid coach. Schlossnagel even jumped from one rich school to another and still is not paid as much. Football will get a majority of it, but baseball and basketball will still get a comparable amount to other schools to allow us to compete at the top. Plus, Tony’s recruiting pitch helps along with the resources. All of the recent draft picks helps Tony recruit more so in baseball than maybe other sports.

 

[omghulkhands]

There’s no revenue sharing currently going on or any cap on NIL

Where is the best place I can read about this?

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Where is the best place I can read about this?

You can just google house settlement, tons of articles touching on various parts of it

 

[omghulkhands]

You can just google house settlement, tons of articles touching on various parts of it

I understand that. I’m not following the logic of why the way we currently distribute resources around athletic programs would change.

From a percentage standpoint.

Like, where is this idea coming from?

 

[bleedingTNorange]

I understand that. I’m not following the logic of why the way we currently distribute resources around athletic programs would change.

From a percentage standpoint.

Like, where is this idea coming from?

Right now money from the athletic department isn’t paying players, it’s money from boosters/donors/fans donating to the Vol Club (and a couple other smaller groups) is where they are being paid from. There’s no cap to this money, it’s whatever a collective can fundraise and get money for, for example we’ve heard of a $40m Texas football roster or $20m Kentucky basketball roster, neither would in theory be doable under the settlement which is projected to be $20m to schools annually to divide among sports however they see fit.

 

[Chaz-Vol]

Right now money from the athletic department isn’t paying players, it’s money from boosters/donors/fans donating to the Vol Club (and a couple other smaller groups) is where they are being paid from. There’s no cap to this money, it’s whatever a collective can fundraise and get money for, for example we’ve heard of a $40m Texas football roster or $20m Kentucky basketball roster, neither would in theory be doable under the settlement which is projected to be $20m to schools annually to divide among sports however they see fit.

I see it as leveling the playing field. If Texas schools with their oil money, OSU, Oregon, UGA, Bama, notre dame are already going to outspend vols football then setting an athletic department cap at least gets the numbers slightly closer that vols have to reach. Will Kentucky and Duke spend more on bball? 100%. But vols are already getting outspent in football compared to other schools and I don't think setting a 20 million cap is going to make it worse or grossly take away from other sports.

 

[omghulkhands]

Right now money from the athletic department isn’t paying players, it’s money from boosters/donors/fans donating to the Vol Club (and a couple other smaller groups) is where they are being paid from. There’s no cap to this money, it’s whatever a collective can fundraise and get money for, for example we’ve heard of a $40m Texas football roster or $20m Kentucky basketball roster, neither would in theory be doable under the settlement which is projected to be $20m to schools annually to divide among sports however they see fit.

Yeah but Vol Club already doesn’t let me decide where the money I donate or fundraise through my business ventures goes. See attached proof.

And I understand it works different for the multi-million dollar donors.

But I can’t wrap my head around why basketball would be at any more of a competitive disadvantage than they are now. I already expect that 70% of the money goes to Football and always has