aRmo
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Most of the SEC schools are not in the same ball part as Texas and Texas A M with regard to resources to buy players.
Texas has the most money in the SEC in their endowment and Texas A M the second most. It's not even close. The same families that give to the endowment can easily give to the charities running the NIL.
Be prepared to always be behind those schools for talent.
Approximate endowment:
Texas 30.9 B
Texas AM 13.59 B
Florida 1.85 B
Tenn and most others come in around 1.2 - 1.5 B
Notre Dame, Standford, Duke, Southern Cal also way up there.
I am going to say that this is exactly what A M did.
Harvard has more money than God in endowment.And where does that put the big boys like Alabama or Georgia? If Money becomes the main driver, Alabama may be short lived at the top if not closer to that top number (and Duke may be imporving).
Not sure the NIL deals are going to necessarily follow the school endowment funding. If it does, then we need to be prepared to see a resurgence of Ivy League champions.Most of the SEC schools are not in the same ball part as Texas and Texas A M with regard to resources to buy players.
Texas has the most money in the SEC in their endowment and Texas A M the second most. It's not even close. The same families that give to the endowment can easily give to the charities running the NIL.
Be prepared to always be behind those schools for talent.
Approximate endowment:
Texas 30.9 B
Texas AM 13.59 B
Florida 1.85 B
Tenn and most others come in around 1.2 - 1.5 B
Notre Dame, Standford, Duke, Southern Cal also way up there.
I am going to say that this is exactly what A M did.
And where does that put the big boys like Alabama or Georgia? If Money becomes the main driver, Alabama may be short lived at the top if not closer to that top number (and Duke may be imporving).
Not sure the NIL deals are going to necessarily follow the school endowment funding. If it does, then we need to be prepared to see a resurgence of Ivy League champions.
My only skepticism would be the dollar amount. But honestly, I have no clue what the players are getting paid; just seems like $1 - 1.2 mil average is pretty high, but who knows.
The one interesting angle here --- with multi-year deals, they could end up being stuck with some of the busts. Normally these top programs try to push out some of the busts, but if they are getting paid, they may not be so eager to leave.
Most of the SEC schools are not in the same ball part as Texas and Texas A M with regard to resources to buy players.
Texas has the most money in the SEC in their endowment and Texas A M the second most. It's not even close. The same families that give to the endowment can easily give to the charities running the NIL.
Be prepared to always be behind those schools for talent.
Approximate endowment:
Texas 30.9 B
Texas AM 13.59 B
Florida 1.85 B
Tenn and most others come in around 1.2 - 1.5 B
Notre Dame, Standford, Duke, Southern Cal also way up there.
I am going to say that this is exactly what A M did.
That will certainly get us some favorable officiating from the league office...At this point good for them. I 100% believe Tennessee should start cutting checks for players. If the NCAA tries to do something then you have a perfect set up to take this to court and end this whole charade over “amateur athletes”
Football?! Harvard has probably been giving future mathematicians, doctors, nuclear physicists, “NIL” deals for years!This is very misleading, though. First, a large university endowment does not necessarily mean there will be people throwing money at fooball. Harvard has the largest endowment and I doubt much of that is going to flow through to football.
The other thing here is that the reason Texas' endowment is so large is due to mineral rights in the Permian Basin. A&M's endowment also collects royalties off of mineral rights. So the size of their endowments isn't necessarily related to their donor base.
I agree with TX and the Aggies benefitting from NIL deals as they have been paying players for a long time and it is now easier to do so. My point was that not all big endowment schools will be in the big NIL business.There have been 50 - 100 years of oil money enriching the endowments of the Texas schools. Texas and Texas A M are two of the first schools offering big money NIL deals. The point continues to be - that it is not going to be easy to compete with these guys.
This is very misleading, though. First, a large university endowment does not necessarily mean there will be people throwing money at fooball. Harvard has the largest endowment and I doubt much of that is going to flow through to football.
The other thing here is that the reason Texas' endowment is so large is due to mineral rights in the Permian Basin. A&M's endowment also collects royalties off of mineral rights. So the size of their endowments isn't necessarily related to their donor base.
Well, those two schools' not for profit NIL programs are offering $250,000 + deals to 10 linemen. Get back to me when we start doing that would you. With our Petro's and Calhoun's bbq - and - the Sunsphere resources.This is not very misleading, though. First, a large university endowment does not necessarily mean there will be people throwing money at fooball. We established that up above. Harvard has the largest endowment and I doubt much of that is going to flow through to football.
The other thing here is that the reason Texas' endowment is so large is due to mineral rights in the Permian Basin. A&M's endowment also collects royalties off of mineral rights. So the size of their endowments isn't necessarily related to their donor base.