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It will probably be structured as a charitable contribution that will go in part to offset his income for tax purposes.

Isn't the the House vs. NCAA settlement / revenue sharing agreement thingy? Doesn't it only apply to P4 Div I schools event though all Div I schools have to pay into the settlement fund or am I thinking about something else.

Have to admit, it was definitely hard to process!

Hahaha...Vito only trades in bad news for the program. If there is anything negative to report, he'll be on it like a fly on.....

Sure, but after self-employment tax, medicare tax and income tax, it will be a lot less 🤣. All this NIL money floating around has been a nice windfall for the taxing authorities.

Except the ones that ultimately come to UNT, right?

The current system, as it is currently implemented, is definitely stacked against us. Unfortunately, it's unlikely to change materially in the foreseeable future. We can bitch and moan about it or take action. There is a way to use it as it's currently defined to our advantage, attract talent, win championships and eventually claw our way out of the situation we find ourselves in. I shared that in another topic, but unfortunately the entire topic was deleted.

Really? The QB is the most important position on the team. If Chandler Morris wasn't playing for us this year we would have trotted out one of the two freshman and would have been lucky to win 2 games and could have easily gone 0-12.

What's our fascination with short QBs? He's listed as 5'10", but I've also seen 5'9", so he's probably 5'8". Of course, our last 5'8" QB was pretty good.

They have had a year of development under the tutelage of our QB whisperer, so we should be fine, right?

We were an SBC team when we beat Cincinnati in the New Orleans Bowl and look at them now. So maybe there is a faint silverish lining if we are not able to pull off the win. Hahahaha.

Free throws are gonna win it or lose it.

We'd be selling shirts that said we beat #14 USU (now #13) if we had actually pulled off the win, but alas we didn't so need to poo-poo their ranking. Now, part of that ranking is based on their win against a quality opponent in your's truly, so there's that.

Just 23 months ago we went toe-to-toe against BSU in the Frisco Bowl. Now they are actually looking at a first round bye in the CFP and we're sitting at #97. Crazy to think about what can happen in such a short amount of time.

Before adding my thoughts, I have some questions about the band that maybe current or former band members or someone in the know can answer. 1. Who gets to be in the band? Is it an open try out or only available to students in the school of music? Is there a try out at all? 2. Do band members have to pay for (or rent) their uniforms or are they provided by the school? 3. Do they play their own personal instruments or are these provided by the school? 4. Where does any funding required for the band come from (Athletic Department, School of Music, somewhere else)? 5. Do band members receive any credits (elective or otherwise) for being in the band of it is purely voluntary? 6. What (if any) is the relationship between the Green Brigade and the pep band that plays at basketball games?