There’s a lot of teams hitting the ground running to try and buy a championship, we SHOULD be trying to fund a dynasty that sits at or near the top.
Sydney has been on point with the lack of coordination and competency in our AD, there is a lot of money on the sidelines without any direction. Probably should put a sticky note on top that says “Schools don’t pay players, boosters pay players”. That’s how the bag game works, that’s how NIL will work. Lot of misconceptions about paying players.
UT has a lot of money, sure. But we have a huge brand, a lot of wealthy alums and a lot of alums who are passionate about football and willing to contribute. BMD or 1k per year, they are all looking for guidance for who/what/when/how much and our AD should be leading that charge
The earlier mention of a football only AD is spot on, someone who can actually run point instead of the multiple groups forming like CTJs and others who are likely overlapping and certainly less productive.
Phil knight paying 6 figs for Thibodeaux, Miller drawing 2M to play B-Ball at Tennessee state, Bo Nix at Bama, the entire Cane team getting paid along with King getting a 20k bonus on top, meanwhile at UT it looks like the dipshits at Surly are front running NIL for the university.