Y'all remember, back in 2021, that whole thing we did together when we made the first-ever fully crowdsourced NIL deal, right here on this message board? Then remember when a bunch of us decided to fuck around and make the first-ever 501c3 IRS-approved charitable NIL collective, which became the basis for the largest NIL collective in the nation? Remember when people said that 10k for every TE was "wrong and illegal and inherently bad"? Remember when Darren Rovell journolistically dragged me around by my nutsack with a claw hammer, like Jon Hamm hazing a pledge, because I DARED give Kelvin Banks and the rest of the linemen $50,000 each to visit fucking children's hospitals and flip pancakes? Just a bunch of chucklefucks on the internet with a couple spare nickels to rub together for the sole purpose of making a meaningful impact for Texas football with nothing to gain but a different color username and the tiniest percentage chance of actually receiving a Burnt Ends cup. Ahhhhhhhhhhh....The good ol days...well sorry to tell you Surlyites, that shit is done, finito, caput, NIL for football has moved so far past any single one of us and to a level of financial enormity that none of us will ever reach in our lifetimes. I see the checks we wrote and as a One Fund board member, I see the checks we are writing now... We, as a collective, can no longer make a meaningful impact in football. Systems broken, football is turbofucked and there is no putting the toothpaste back in the tube. Take solace in the fact that although things are broken, at least they are broken in favor of your team this time and things are in much much much more capable hands than any of ours...Texas football is set moving forward BUT... That doesn't mean we can't still impact the University of Texas athletics in a meaningful way! Football and basketball get rev share cash, but let me tell you about a sport that doesn't receive shit in NIL, let me tell you about a sport that receives zero rev share, let me tell you about a sport where TEXAS LONGHORN FANS CAN STILL MAKE A MASSIVE IMPACT That's right folks! The 6x National Champion and most recent SEC Regular Season Champion Texas Longhorn Baseball team, needs YOUR help getting back to Omaha! The Surly Horns Burnt Ends is officially switching our NIL support from the tight end room to the pitching staff! WELCOME TO THE BURNT ENDS BULLPEN! What this means for y'all! If you are a current Burnt Ends member, nothing at all changes. No need to do anything unless you want to change your donation level, if so just PM @immamac and me If you are a new Burnt Ends subscriber, the links and tiers are going to be listed below this post. I encourage you to sign up for any tier you feel fits your wallet, no such thing as too little or too much If you are a new or old Burnt Ends member, you need to tell your friends and loved ones about the program. We will be posting this on all the other 9.95er sites as well, so if you frequent those others, please encourage everyone in those threads too. This is only as big as you make it! Donation Tiers- All of these tiers come with the ability to sleep at night because you know you did your part Burnt Ends Tier- $10 per month- Username Flare and access to the Burnt Ends board + Burnt Koozie at tailgate Burnt Ends Flats- $25 per month- Tier above + Burnt Ends Tshirt + Free access to the Burnt Ends Bullpen Events (not game tickets) Burnt Ends Points- $50 per month- Tiers above + Burnt Ends Cup + Burnt Ends Bullpen Autographed team baseball Items will be available for pickup at multiple tailgate events and a shipping option will be available for purchase when the items are ready. Events- All of these events are included for Flats and Points members or available to purchase at the event. (Game ticket not included) -9/9/9 challenge- 9 beers/9 Hot Dogs/9 Innings. Do you have what it takes? The event comes with either a winner or losers shirt and as many Tums as you can eat -Crawfish boil- Not sure of what dates, but I would imagine LSU coming to town makes this look even more appealing. Show those cajuns that we know whats up -Batting practice- Think you can hit 94+? Prove it puta ....ANNNNNNNNND MORE!!!!!!!! We are, of course, still finalizing most of this, and contracts are going out tomorrow to the guys, but we are super fired up about this pivot and think this will get us all back to making a lasting impact on Texas Athletics! HOOK EM! p.s. I also wanted to quickly thank all of our former Burnt Ends, JT Sanders, Nate Hatter, Cade Brewer, and on down the line, and with a special shout-out to Gunnar Helm and his family!