I would expect every SEC team next year, if Rev Share goes through, will have a roster anywhere between 28-38 million. We will be on the lower end of that but will still have a lot of money. I.E. We'll be closer to 34 than to 30
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Yes, really. Did you read the article? It said one school, Texas, is expected to be at 30-40 total. Even if you spot them that they get to 35-37 total, that's one school. The richest one in college football.
Who are the other 7 sec teams putting in 20 million in NIl on top of the 17 million in rev share? Not happening.
We are going to spend as close to 20 as possible. Basketball is being take care of by Oscar and Richard and baseball has some rejuvenated boosters that are going to foot a larger portion. I would guess we spend between 18-20 on football. And yes, our football guys really stepped up. We were up around 15 last year by the end.
I wonder if we would have kept any of the homegrown blue chippers in today's era. I feel Chris Jones would have left after freshman year. We may have kept Simmons, but he would have been half our budget.
Those guys are rare. Not enough Fletcher Cox's to go around.
Totally agree, we have the ability to win 7 games consistently and once a decade have the stars align for a bigger year. But I just feel like people have given up on the most important sport on campus.
Also, if we spend 18million on football and some of our lower half competition (Ole Miss, Missouri, etc) spend 20, I don't think it's that big of a difference between a high 3star recruit and a low 4 star recruit. It's close enough where coaching and home field advantage make the difference.
We could be a G5 football program with much better facilities. That looks to be the future, whether we like it or not. Just don't have the ability to waste millions and millions and millions every single year on kids looking for the highest bidder after a year, if you're lucky. Kids' brains are controlled by instant gratification. The modern day crops don't have anything for loyalty or sense of belonging. It's what they were taught.
We’re not going to be removed because we suck in football. Just like Candy won’t. Kentucky won’t.
Basketball brings a shit ton of money into the conference as well. It is viewed damn near as important as football from a business perspective. Baseball continues to grow and grow. Moving forward there will be winners, middle teams, and suck teams. The model moving forward doesn’t want to bunch of 9-3 teams at the Top of the rankings. Got to have some doormats for some off weeks