Texas Tech 10 Million Dollar Portal Season

[tzjung]

Has Texas Tech built a college football power in the portal?

A robust NIL program and a savvy general manager have made the Red Raiders into a big offseason winner. But will that translate to wins on the field?

www.espn.com

Saw this on Reddit and ESPN. Very interesting.

@brentblum - Thoughts?

 

[Nolaeer]

if Texas Tech bought the best team money can buy over the next 5 years and won 3 national titles, would the sec leave them in the big 12 or poach them and send miss state our way?

 

[ISUNJ23BS]

How hard is it to recruit when you have lots of texa$ oil money?

 

[Clonehomer]

10 years from now the haves and have nots in college athletics are going to look much different than today. The wealth of your alumni base is going to matter more than traditional powerhouses. Programs like BYU and SMU could go out and buy themselves relevancy that they once had. If Alabama starts losing, do the bandwagon fans find a new favorite team and leave that alumni base to try and fund a team that is used to having the highest paid roster for decades? It’s all going to be crazy and I don’t think it’ll necessarily be good for everyone at the top today.

 

[Cyinthenorth]

This is why I don't agree with the people ready to anoint McCasland as the next great coach in the sport. I'm sure he's good, but he's got pretty much any weapon at his disposal he could ever want.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

All that matters in our society is money. Hooray.

 

[cyfan92]

Provo has a 260 billion dollar endowment for the church and a billionaire professional sports team owner. Easily top 5 resources in the NCAA, if they wanted to win a championship.

 

[Al_4_State]

if Texas Tech bought the best team money can buy over the next 5 years and won 3 national titles, would the sec leave them in the big 12 or poach them and send miss state our way?

Why would the SEC add them when they have Texas and A&M? They're already getting TTU fan eyeballs hate watching those two without having to pay them anything.

It's not about whether or not the program is actually good.

 

[JM4CY]

They can still crash and burn. This doesn’t guarantee wins. Increases odds of winning, yes. But the pieces and egos have to fit.

 

[BigLame]

"The head coach acknowledges Arizona State, BYU, Baylor and several more teams in their league are in good shape for 2025."

Someone missing here...

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

"The head coach acknowledges Arizona State, BYU, Baylor and several more teams in their league are in good shape for 2025."

Someone missing here...

We lose some key pieces and are notorious for having less money. We could still be good but they're betting on regression.

 

[CYdTracked]

Not sure $10 mil is gonna buy you a natty. Ohio State reportedly spent $20 mil on their team this year and I am guessing that number only goes up with some schools that have donors willing to write big checks.

 

[cykadelic2]

Not sure $10 mil is gonna buy you a natty. Ohio State reportedly spent $20 mil on their team this year and I am guessing that number only goes up with some schools that have donors willing to write big checks.

As the ESPN article pointed out, Tech is front loading their collective Pay for Play deals so that they are paid in advance of the June 1st effective date of the House Settlement when every school is subject to the $20M AD RevShare cap and blatant Pay for Play deals from collectives and boosters will be mitigated.

And that $10M was for incoming players only, They probably spent a sizeable amount to retain several of their best players like Ohio St did.

 

[Al_4_State]

TTU and the SEC is like ISU and the Big 10. Neither school will ever get added no matter how good they are because those conferences already have the TV sets of those states and have nothing to gain in terms of new viewers by adding.

 

[isucy86]

if Texas Tech bought the best team money can buy over the next 5 years and won 3 national titles, would the sec leave them in the big 12 or poach them and send miss state our way?

Nope. As others have pointed out the SEC already has Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma to capture Longhorn state viewers.

I would bet that Tech is probably among a list of Big12 schools that the SEC would have zero interest because the school doesn't bring a new territory to the SEC footprint or is the "little brother" program in the state. Other Big12 schools would be K-State, Okie State, UCF, Baylor, TCU. TV eyes is more important than winning Ntnl titles.

IMO the schools the SEC are probably most interested in due to bringing a new populous territory are: KU, CU, Utah and ASU. Heck I feel Iowa State has a better chance getting into the SEC than TT because ISU would stretch the SEC into the upper Midwest and compliment schools like Mizzou, OU & KU.

 

[legi]

As the ESPN article pointed out, Tech is front loading their collective Pay for Play deals so that they are paid in advance of the June 1st effective date of the House Settlement when every school is subject to the $20M AD RevShare cap and blatant Pay for Play deals from collectives and boosters will be mitigated.

And that $10M was for incoming players only, They probably spent a sizeable amount to retain several of their best players like Ohio St did.

How will this be mitigated? Who's gonna stop a booster paying money to a player in addition to RevShare?

 

[CYCLNST8]

Countless programs dump money on players with mixed results. You still need to make the pieces fit. Development and scheme matter. It can be more difficult if you're dealing with a bunch of Prima Donna mercenaries. I like Campbell's formula. Find diamonds in the rough; build them up; then compensate them as fairly as possible to retain them. We may not be a consistent playoff contender with that recipe, but I bet we're a regular in the bowl season.

 

[cykadelic2]

How will this be mitigated? Who's gonna stop a booster paying money to a player in addition to RevShare?

"Deals affiliated with a booster, booster group or any entity deemed to be associated with the school are the only ones subject to the clearinghouse’s more rigorous fair market value standard."

This obviously won't stop all under the table unregistered BS but the framework is being put in place to enforce and mitigate obvious pay for play deals from boosters.

Monumental shift: Power conferences, not NCAA, to control policing athlete compensation

A committee of power conference administrators took significant steps this week toward the creation of a new entity that will govern the evolving professionalized aspects of college sports.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Nolaeer]

Right. The House settlement is being pushed by bluebloods who dont want the Texas Techs, BYU's, or SMU's stealing their blue-chip players bc they have wealthier donors. The Beverly Hillbillies of Lubbock.

But, i dont think NIL deals can be stopped. Pay for play can be, but arch manning's 6 million in NIL is likely market value. he's famous. I just think collectives will actually have to start making commercials with the high-end guys they are paying.

the wild, wild west of NIL really hurts the blue bloods, so I like it.

I dont know how much NIL money WVU has. No one will say. They did say they outbid kansas for javon Small. That likely wasnt cheap. WVU also outbid Ole Miss for the AAC defensive player of the year, a 6=4 250 de who is fast enough to play outside backer too.
He had 10.5 sacks, 17 tfl, and over an 80 PFF grade against the run and pass rushing.
WVU also landed the best returning cover corner in the country. he was 3rd. the 2 ahead of him are headed to the NFL.

so, TT spent 10 million. other big 12 schools may have spent north of 5 as well.

 

[CY74]

"Deals affiliated with a booster, booster group or any entity deemed to be associated with the school are the only ones subject to the clearinghouse’s more rigorous fair market value standard."

This obviously won't stop all under the table unregistered BS but the framework is being put in place to enforce and mitigate obvious pay for play deals from boosters.

Monumental shift: Power conferences, not NCAA, to control policing athlete compensation

A committee of power conference administrators took significant steps this week toward the creation of a new entity that will govern the evolving professionalized aspects of college sports.

sports.yahoo.com

Where does We Will Collective fit into this?