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  1. 22 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

     

     

      Let's address all of these at the same time.

     While you guys are correct on not being aligned with all left wing agendas, black parents are far more worried about police stops and false accusations than they are about homeless people and liberal ideology. SEC area Black People are different than other Black People. That is the poorest area in the country. So when coach so and so from "the big University right close to the house" comes calling, you are gonna let your kid go there so you can go see them. Your world of segregation and such is what you know, and so it's not going to bother you much sending your kid to a school like that. However, a Black Family from Dallas or Houston isn't as comfortable with it. I can attest to that fact being Black Myself and all.

      Parents are going to weigh the options. If you do not think that's a large part of why Texas CONSISTENTLY outrecruited Aggy then you are fooling yourself. However, now the Aggies can hang SEC over our heads to steal recruits that would usually choose us. Go look at their recruiting rankings before and after they joined, and the huge uptick they got. Kids are going to choose the best avenue to the pros first, and then location second. So when all things are equal location is going to win out. It's why guys like VY choose UT over Aggy, even though it would be a closer school. Dickerson? Sealy is an hour away from Aggy, and clearly Aggy was ready to spend just as much to get him, but he chose Dallas instead.

      You guys will see what I am saying is true. Unless Aggy wins a Natty before we officially get into the SEC or NIL continues to be fucked, the recruiting will tilt back in our favor. Also, if you remember, it wasn't that long ago the best players from SEC land were coming from HBCU's.

    I overall get what you're saying, and don't entirely disagree. I was more coming from the angle of what the sell is against Austin, and that I don't feel black voters, or black people in general, are favorable toward a lot of the more liberal stuff just because they vote democrat.

    Obviously, looking at the two places from afar (Austin vs. Collie), there's no question Austin would have the appearance of being far more progressive toward racial equality issues.

    I'm satisfied with the discussion. I'm good with my branch of it ending it here. Good points.

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  2. 1 hour ago, Thatguy said:

    Did you forget what color football players are and what is the overwhelming voting trend of that particular demographic? The last thing these moms are going to be worried about is something being too liberal.

    I hate that this is going to get political, but it does play its part, and I may as well throw in: just because black people largely vote democrat over republicans and conservatives, doesn't mean they're "liberal." Most of the black people I know who yes, vote democrat, don't just fall in line on all of the normal liberal issues because of that vote. Just because they vote democrat doesn't mean they want their kids running a gauntlet of tweekers on a quiet Sunday afternoon just trying to get a burger at Casino El Camino. It's not as easy as just "liberal" or "conservative," or Austin would have all of your black recruits all of the time hashtagErrybody.

    That's it, that's the tweet.

     

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  3. 9 minutes ago, UncleBuck said:

    I think it'd be a huge help. While every other finalist talks about their deals and pimps their products, Bijan can just sit there and not do any of that, just to show the nation's recruits that you don't need deals and to make money "to get this far!"

    On the bright side, at least Tom ended our shot at Ewers last year so we could go ahead and get the pain out of the way. Can you imagine how fucking crazy this board would be right now if Ewers, just in this past week, had flipped to and enrolled at Ohio State because our NIL was shit? Holy fuck, maybe that'd be what it took to get those fuckers going.

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  4. 9 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    Why would that help? University just blocks shit.

    I think it'd be a huge help. While every other finalist talks about their deals and pimps their products, Bijan can just sit there and not do any of that, just to show the nation's recruits that you don't need deals and to make money "to get this far!"

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  5. 9 minutes ago, BigSwingingD said:

    Austin isn't the issue.

    Obviously it isn't "the" issue, as that's been blown out of proportion. I will say I can see it having become less of the draw it once was, though, and I get that. Still > Collie Station.

    Agree or disagree with any of that, it's the exact type of place you want your university sitting in the middle of when it comes to NIL, which makes the [-]progress on that front even more frustrating.

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  6. 1 minute ago, longhornmatt said:

    I’m just going to tell myself he’s lying because someone told him we can’t publicly make any suggestion that we might be going to the SEC before 2025

    I don't see how that's not 100% fact.

    I dunno how exactly they're wording it to recruits, but in front of cameras and mics at a press conference, not ONE Texas employee in the athletic department and above is going to address that question much differently. To be honest, he may have said too much there.

  7. 8 minutes ago, Nivek said:

    What do you mean risk of bag money? If you hand me $20k to boost the Oline I will find a way to pay them. Either via a paid interview, or autographs, or RGB’s gameshow of fucks. Seems to me there is a way to legitimize anything.

    First off, I'm obviously in support of what the guys here are trying to do with this NIL stuff. I think they've considered everything and are on the right path. But with any of these NIL deals, from what we're seeing suggested here all the way to whatever some group might try doing at Ohio State/Wherever that may be similar, there is going to be a risk of bags just because you're mixing athletes and big money fans in an environment where the big money is already spending. People get greedy, want another inch (twss). So not necessarily bags coming from the organizers, but from the participants, secretly.

    But that's just the risk you have to take, and work to control as much as possible, because you can't just sit and do nothing a la Crystal while everyone else gets theirs off. 

     

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