TheColonyEagle

good perspective...

I agree with that.

I think the reason we get upset when kids enter the portal is we see them as quitting on our school. The school we love and have attachment to. That love and attachment will never leave. And we take it personally when a kid that got to come to UNT for free leaves and goes somewhere else and they have no loyalty or care about The University of North Texas. What we have to do is realize not one player on any team we have truly gives a damn about UNT. Especially not at the level we do. So what we have to do is not give a damn about them. Why should we? That's not being negative toward the kids...just look at them objectively. Give them the same love they give UNT, meaning cheer for them when they're here, hope they help us win, then shitcan them. Good luck at your next stop, who's next? Makes all this much better to stomach.

Lifer, I hear you....but of course Chandler Morris is worth the money. The reason I know that he is worth the money is someone is willing to pay it. I don't think the portal is out of control. I think the portal is behaving in a way that was inevitable. We can't say "these damn 20 year olds are old enough to make their own decisions...quit holding their hands" and then get upset when they do. Are they good decisions? Who knows. Good for some, not good for others. They'll find out. What I don't want to see is we then turn around and treat them like victims when it doesn't go well or they don't protect themselves and get taken advantage of. Weigh the risks and rewards, make the decision, live with the consequences or do something different...you know like normal every day adults do every day. When they graduate/leave school they will have opportunities to go on the open market, leave their job for more pay, get fired, laid off, start their own business, fail, start again, make a mistake leaving one situation to go to another, etc. The transfer portal is no different.

OK...well that's not true. For those that "give a little to NIL" That's admirable. Truly is. (This is going to come off like I'm being a jerk...I'm not picking on you...but look at this objectively) As for giving a little to NIL, that's great and all. Also Andy Dufresne eventually broke out of Shawshank. Took him just under 20 years. But we can keep digging that wall with our little $10 a month rock hammer...short of a billionaire or 50-60 millionaires coming in here with some dynamite or a bull dozer....that's what giving to our NIL in this landscape is like. Sorry, but it's just true. Remember, we have to compare out program in today's landscape. We can refuse to believe that we're not a poor program and our opportunity to have a winning football team is over...that doesn't make it not true. In the context of today's college football world to use another Moneyball reference as I believe @FirefightnRick used one earlier: "There are rich teams, and there are poor teams, then there's 50 feet of crap......and then there's us." Saw on another thread that Chandler Morris may have gotten around $1 million to go to Ok State? (I don't believe that but we'll see) But let's say he got $500k. Very reasonable in P4 for a decent QB. That one player would be getting more than our entire NIL budget? Do we have close to $500k for our entire team? We cannot compete in this new world. Wishing we could and giving $10 bucks per month doesn't change that. It's just not enough. If most of the G5 do not break off and do something else, I have to question the UNT leadership's judgement in trying to keep and run a football program in today's world. If Morris DID get that much....then throw everything I said out the window. We're in a totally different stratosphere and it took less that 2 years. What will it be 2 years from now? Will there be a $10 million player in the next 3-5 years? I don't see how there won't be. We have to understand the unbelievable amount of money that is out there. It's beyond anything we can fathom. I'm not protesting NIL. It's a free market. I don't blame the players or the schools with the means for doing what they're doing. Want me to get interested in UNT football again? Have the UNT Leadership step up and lead the rest of the G5 in breaking off and giving me something to hope for. Cause this ain't it.

source?

What does that mean?

Does anyone know how our NIL dollars compare? What is our NIL commitment $$$? Remember that article came out BEFORE this season. Those numbers will grow exponentially. If A&M is at $10 million we have to be around what? Are we even six figures? That seems unlikely. $50K?

The market HAS adjusted. And it’s gotten us here. Wait until the numbers from the playoff come out. ESPN and the big schools will be rolling in the $$$$$$$$$ And I can promise you they don’t care about the other 100 schools’ fans losing interest.

$22 Million that is public

If they're smart they will. Not really sure what the point of having a football program is anymore. Short of finally breaking off and having a new division.

I would be SHOCKED if he stayed. We can't afford to match whatever he's going to get offered.

That number doesn't surprise me. I don't know if we truly understand the amount of money out there now... Talking to a friend that played baseball at a P4 school. They have back up outfielders making $30K to $50K. Starting infielders making $150K+. This is for baseball mind you. A "non revenue" sport. Think about what football players are making at P4 schools. Basketball players. The NIL money is beyond whatever we think it is. Not to bring up our friends to the south again, but this is why they have overnight turned themselves into contenders on a national level. Unlimited funds. 4 star DT can get $350K at Bama? They can pay $500K. Need $600K? No problem. How many positions? They can pay that at virtually every key position. There's no limit. Whatever amount of money it takes, they can pay it. The beauty of that model for those with means....the "costs" of building rosters isn't subject to typical business models. There's no "how are we going to make enough revenue to make this profitable." The costs are offset by alumni pride and emotions. There's no limit to the amount some of those folks will pay to win. $5 million roster, $10 million roster, $50 million, $100 million. Pay whatever it takes. Like it, don't like it...doesn't matter. This is the real world now.

It's actually super smart on his part. Have no problem with him doing that. Don't blame him one bit.

Nothing about this upsets me. Of course he's transferring. We will lose every single player that made any kind of impact. That's why I don't care about any of them....we'll have all new players next season. And guess what...anyone that plays well next season will be gone after that I would expect EM to get us a really good transfer QB in here for next season. And then I would expect him to be gone. Every player is on a one year deal from now on.... This is just where we are.

Yeah looks like that OU loss was the deal breaker. Horrible game.

But he’s not wrong

I think Indiana had the same “type” of path as SMU. They got pretty lucky with their conference schedule. Like SMU, they didn’t beat anyone in the top 25.

Well there you go

That just doesn’t seem close to me….

Oops that’s right Fixed still say Bama but we’ll see if the committee goes the emotional route

Feels like there is a major push for SMU to get in. interesting though AP poll has Bama ranked above SMU every objective measure says Bama should get in SOS, SOR, game control, record vs Top 25 all favor Bama bama has better wins, but also worse losses. Bama 3 losses. SMU 2 losses. SMU made the conf championship game but the committee has to ask the question, “if SMU were in the SEC would they have made the championship? What would Bama have done with SMU’s schedule? What would SMu have done with Bama’s schedule?” We can hate that all we want but that’s what the committee has to hash out. Given all that, I say they put Bama in and we’ll hear what a travesty it is for SMU. You can see why SMU is the emotional pick because the only time the media watched them all season was the 2nd half last night. The committee is supposed to overlook that. we will see

We’re in agreement there

But Boise and Arizona State made that argument moot by winning Their conference. SMU would have if they won theirs. But they didn’t because they weren’t good enough. So they go in the blender with all the other non conference winners. And they’re subject to the committee’s eye balls.

But that’s why they have a committee. Otherwise go back to the BCS computers.