How much are we worth?

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An article in today's online WSJ shows UT sports valuation at $1,114,000,000, 7th in the SEC.

Texas was rated highest at $2,197,000,000 so we're almost estimated to be worth $1 billion less than Texas.

A&M, LSU, UGA, Bama and OU all rated higher than UT.Auburn just below us.

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Sounds a little high for Texas..........here's one from CNBC. Also has us at #7 with 1.18B and Texas at #1, but only has them at 1.4 billion. I'd say this is a little closer to the actual numbers and would think we're pretty competitive with top athletic schools. Granted now you have corporations and entities that want to buy teams so who knows how it'll look in 2 or 3 years.........I miss the 80's/90's something awful.

 
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That's just one part of the problem, too. Those valuations don't take into account the big driver of trouble for Tennessee - not only is Texas valued at such a higher amount, but their alumni network is believed to collectively own hundreds of billions of dollars. It's a larger network, too. Same as many northern schools that have been around longer and built larger alumni pools. Now, sure, only so many of those donate to sports. But you only need enough to stay in front, and because there's a larger network with more money, Texas can effectively spread the burden - ah, I mean, opportunity - around. You only need one Cuban or a Knight to be at the top of the mountain ... if you have a couple or can recreate that in the aggregate, well ... no one's gonna outspend you unless you let them.
 
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J C Higgins said:
An article in today's online WSJ shows UT sports valuation at $1,114,000,000, 7th in the SEC.

Texas was rated highest at $2,197,000,000 so we're almost estimated to be worth $1 billion less than Texas.

A&M, LSU, UGA, Bama and OU all rated higher than UT.Auburn just below us.

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Well, then, let’s sell this sucker and go on vacation.
 
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Boston Vol said:
You cannot cap NIL, the courts would strike that down in a millisecond.
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Agree. The only sustainable model for the future is to just drop the whole student athlete charade and just make them employees of the school, which will force them to unionize and collective bargain. And at that point they will just be a less talented NFL and I will have no interest.
 
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VolRage said:
This is why NIL must be capped like the NFL’s salary cap or it’s going to get insane.
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the only way NIL will ever be capped would be congress passing a law.. at this point, supreme court has ruled no limit on NIL earnings.

I'm no legal expert but that would be my understanding..
 
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VolRage said:
This is why NIL must be capped like the NFL’s salary cap or it’s going to get insane.
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Going to get insane???? It already is insane. I mean we already have teams spending 30 and 40 million on rosters. Have you seen the deal Miami is offering Mensah???? It’s upwards of $10 million for a one year deal.
 
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LWSVOL said:
the only way NIL will ever be capped would be congress passing a law.. at this point, supreme court has ruled no limit on NIL earnings.

I'm no legal expert but that would be my understanding..
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I'm not either but it seems like one way they could stop it is to pass a law that colleges that allow players to receive NIL money would no longer be eligible for federal money of any kind. That would stop it the next day because no public school would survive without federal money.
 
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J C Higgins said:
I'm not either but it seems like one way they could stop it is to pass a law that colleges that allow players to receive NIL money would no longer be eligible for federal money of any kind. That would stop it the next day because no public school would survive without federal money.
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Schools can't be expected to stop a player from making outside money. For instance, Brooke Shields went to college while still working at a spokesperson for various jeans or whatever, so your idea is the school should be punished for that?

Ridiculous idea.
 
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Not that it directly impacts this but, Texas was one of the last Land Grant Universities to sell their Land Scripts. That’s why their tuition has traditionally been much lower than everyone’s, too.
 
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J C Higgins said:
I'm not either but it seems like one way they could stop it is to pass a law that colleges that allow players to receive NIL money would no longer be eligible for federal money of any kind. That would stop it the next day because no public school would survive without federal money.
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zero chance of anything like that happening..
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
Schools can't be expected to stop a player from making outside money. For instance, Brooke Shields went to college while still working at a spokesperson for various jeans or whatever, so your idea is the school should be punished for that?

Ridiculous idea.
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I didn't say they would or even could. I just said if they did the government could refuse to continue funding them.
 
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J C Higgins said:
I didn't say they would or even could. I just said if they did the government could refuse to continue funding them.
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The govt could and should stop funding them anyway but that's another discussion.

I'm not in favor of the govt getting their paws on much but that ship has sailed, docked in outer space, and is never to be seen again but the Founders never intended the Feds to oversee 99% of what they do today.
 
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Boston Vol said:
You cannot cap NIL, the courts would strike that down in a millisecond.
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I’m not sure how many times this has to be said. Evidently folks can’t read or don’t bother to study the subject before commenting. Can’t cap NIL. Period.
 
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