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Wag Tag · January 27

UNTLifer · January 27

Ask Finebaum how much each roster in the SEC cost and if he is disappointed in their results.

untphd · January 27

What do you think it is going to cost in 5 years?

MeanGreen22 · January 27

He wants to go back to the good ol days where the SEC got to pay kids under the table instead.

Wag Tag · January 28

To me it is showing NIL is the most important item in attracting players and winning. Coaching is down the food chain.

NT80 · January 28

2 hours ago, Wag Tag said:

To me it is showing NIL is the most important item in attracting players and winning. Coaching is down the food chain.

There is no guaranteed formula that "x" NIL $ = "y" wins.

Plenty of NIL-aplenty programs had marginal or losing seasons.

Wisconsin 5-7, Mich St. 5-7, UCLA 5-7, Okla St. 3-9, OU 6-7, Kentucky 4-8, etc.

These Brands have a LOT of NIL to spend.

golfingomez · January 28

this board has hit a new low... starting topics based on generic Paul Finebaum quotes...

Udomann · January 28

2 hours ago, golfingomez said:

this board has hit a new low... starting topics based on generic Paul Finebaum quotes...

You work with what you've got. Otherwise it's crickets during offseason

Wag Tag · January 28

3 hours ago, NT80 said:

There is no guaranteed formula that "x" NIL $ = "y" wins.

Plenty of NIL-aplenty programs had marginal or losing seasons.

Wisconsin 5-7, Mich St. 5-7, UCLA 5-7, Okla St. 3-9, OU 6-7, Kentucky 4-8, etc.

These Brands have a LOT of NIL to spend.

I disagree. Where does their NIL compare to their conference? I would guess all would be bottom quarter. SMU is the example of NIL success not great coaching.

Matt from A700 · January 28

2 hours ago, Udomann said:

You work with what you've got. Otherwise it's crickets during offseason

Or we could move the basketball forum above football again.

NT80 · January 29

3 hours ago, Wag Tag said:

I disagree. Where does their NIL compare to their conference? I would guess all would be bottom quarter. SMU is the example of NIL success not great coaching.

I haven't looked, and I really don't care, but I doubt OU and Wisconsin are in the bottom half in NIL in their conference. Same for Florida State. Sometimes poor record is the result of other factors like poor coaching or scheme, injury to key players, upset by opponent, etc.

UNTLifer · January 29

7 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

Or we could move the basketball forum above football again.

Won’t happen.

Matt from A700 · January 29

8 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Won’t happen.

It's happened multiple times before, it can happen again! 💪😤

Matt from A700 · January 30

On 1/29/2025 at 12:03 AM, UNTLifer said:

Won’t happen.

Status check?

UNTLifer · January 30

26 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

Status check?

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rcade · January 31

On 1/28/2025 at 7:58 PM, NT80 said:

I haven't looked, and I really don't care, but I doubt OU and Wisconsin are in the bottom half in NIL in their conference. Same for Florida State.

Florida State had a massive $12 million NIL budget for the teams that went 2-10 last season and went undefeated the year before.

NIL is not a guarantee of success. You can still suck if you pay the wrong players. I went to a few FSU games last season and that offense was brutal. They had games where they ran the ball 25 times and gained 24 yards.

Edited January 31 by rcade

Jonnyeagle · January 31

1 hour ago, rcade said:

Florida State had a massive $12 million NIL budget for the teams that went 2-10 last season and went undefeated the year before.

NIL is not a guarantee of success. You can still suck if you pay the wrong players. I went to a few FSU games last season and that offense was brutal. They had games where they ran the ball 25 times and gained 24 yards.

Absolutely! I sense there may start to a be a fatigue from donors on paying all this money for minimal results.

greenminer · January 31

4 hours ago, Jonnyeagle said:

Absolutely! I sense there may start to a be a fatigue from donors on paying all this money for minimal results.

Well, the ones that actually pay.

I also wonder what we're going to see from the athletes when more payments don't come through.

DentonStang · January 31

SEC is just mad their refined under the table system is no longer a competitive advantage.

NT80 · January 31

10 minutes ago, DentonStang said:

SEC is just mad their refined under the table system is no longer a competitive advantage.

Humm...$ounds like another school's system I heard of....

rcade · January 31

15 hours ago, Jonnyeagle said:

Absolutely! I sense there may start to a be a fatigue from donors on paying all this money for minimal results.

I think there's donor fatigue even when the results are positive.

"My biggest pet peeve and I’ve told them, y’all can’t call me every year asking for millions of dollars, that’s not gonna happen. Y’all need to stop. I love Auburn. I love Auburn. But the chances of me going back to black and broke again because I want Auburn to be good in football and basketball, that’s not gonna happen. I love my school, but I don’t love them that much." -- Charles Barkley

DallasGreen · February 27

On 1/31/2025 at 8:56 AM, NT80 said:

Humm...$ounds like another school's system I heard of....

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Pavlovs Eagle · March 6

On 1/31/2025 at 1:54 PM, rcade said:

"My biggest pet peeve and I’ve told them, y’all can’t call me every year asking for millions of dollars, that’s not gonna happen. Y’all need to stop. I love Auburn. I love Auburn. But the chances of me going back to black and broke again because I want Auburn to be good in football and basketball, that’s not gonna happen. I love my school, but I don’t love them that much." -- Charles Barkley

If Charles keeps talking like that he might find his statue outside Jordan-Hare "relocated" to the Auburn trash compactor.