I don’t disagree with much of what you’re saying. I know the business model.
I brought up NIL because it was an extremely difficult sell for our donors, and Bobby was an adult in the room that helped confirm to them that yes, this is the direction college football is going, and no, these specific things are no longer against the rules.
I guess in some cosmic sense if he wasn’t there doing that, someone else could’ve filled the role. Instead, I like to give him credit for doing a good job of helping this program arrive at our NIL destination as soon as possible. We didn’t hit the NIL money train by accident. People had to have the conversations, do the work, and solve the problems. It was messy and donors all over the country didn’t like it. Texas is a success story in the regard, and Bobby was one of the people who made a serious contribution towards getting us there.
I couldn’t care less if he’s making his 9.95 from it. He’s vastly different from chip and Ketchum who hurt this program all the time for their own self interests.