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Texas will spend $35-40 million on its 2025 football roster

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Texas will spend $35-40 million on its 2025 football roster​

Via Kirk Bohls of the Houston Chronicle, the University of Texas will pay $35 million to $40 million for its 2025 football roster. The number includes what likely will be $20.5 million in revenue sharing plus NIL payments from the Texas One Fund.

The spike in money for the players apparently will be a one-time thing, since many schools will be phasing out their NIL collectives in lieu of revenue sharing until the pending antitrust settlement.

Texas won’t disclose how many players will make at least $1 million. Quarterback Arch Manning will be the highest paid Longhorn “by far.” All of his money comes from NIL deals done separate and apart from the school.


2024 Ohio State: $20 million roster
2025 Texas: $40 million roster
2026 Oregon: $80 million roster???
This seems sustainable...:lol:
 
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ScriptOhio said:
The spike in money for the players apparently will be a one-time thing, since many schools will be phasing out their NIL collectives in lieu of revenue sharing until the pending antitrust settlement.
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That would be very short sighted.

That anti trust settlement/salary cap/rev share thing they are trying to do is going to get absolutely gangbanged in court the day they put it out there.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
That would be very short sighted.

That anti trust settlement/salary cap/rev share thing they are trying to do is going to get absolutely gangbanged in court the day they put it out there.
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It'll depend on whether the players are deemed as contractual employees along with any CBA that might come into being. If they're considered independent contractors, then they'd probably have the upper hand in court, but if they're employees all that goes out the window pretty quickly.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
It'll depend on whether the players are deemed as contractual employees along with any CBA that might come into being. If they're considered independent contractors, then they'd probably have the upper hand in court, but if they're employees all that goes out the window pretty quickly.
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You can't collude to suppress wages W2 or 1099. The people that own the football teams are making up salary caps, roster sizes and an arbitration board that will review NIL deals, all of which the athletes have no say in. That is a limit on what they can make and I believe that's going to court, fast.

There is no one alive that's going to sit by quietly and let someone else tell them what they can make. (Not to be confused with what a market is for your particular skill/experience, I'm talking an arbitrary limit on what you can make) Especially when you have such a unique skill set and so small a window to make money with it.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
You can't collude to suppress wages W2 or 1099. The people that own the football teams are making up salary caps, roster sizes and an arbitration board that will review NIL deals, all of which the athletes have no say in. That is a limit on what they can make and I believe that's going to court, fast.

There is no one alive that's going to sit by quietly and let someone else tell them what they can make. (Not to be confused with what a market is for your particular skill/experience, I'm talking an arbitrary limit on what you can make) Especially when you have such a unique skill set and so small a window to make money with it.
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Sure you can. Salary caps, contractual clauses on outside employment etc. You think a biglaw partner can "moonlight" in his spare time doing legal work for people? There will be some agreed upon and regulated avenues for outside income (it'll probably be what NIL was supposed to be--true endorsement deals), but the NIL free for all will (and should) come to an end.

As for the SCOTUS, as soon as this stops being about deregulation and becomes an issue of employer versus employee rights and where the balance of power lies, watch how quickly Kavanaugh and the rest change their tune.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
Sure you can. Salary caps, contractual clauses on outside employment etc. You think a biglaw partner can "moonlight" in his spare time doing legal work for people? There will be some agreed upon and regulated avenues for outside income (it'll probably be what NIL was supposed to be--true endorsement deals), but the NIL free for all will (and should) come to an end.

As for the SCOTUS, as soon as this stops being about deregulation and becomes an issue of employer versus employee rights and where the balance of power lies, watch how quickly Kavanaugh and the rest change their tune.
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The big 5 law firms in town/country can’t form an organization and lay out what they will pay all lawyers no matter what.

Thats their issue as I see it, not individual agreed upon contracts between employees and owner of one firm.
 
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Set my mind working overtime. Could very well see the University-paid funds (up to $20mm?), going to the non-revenue sports, with the NIL funds going elsewhere. The independent contractor v employee thing will be a big thing, am thinking. If the NIL package includes 'stuff', and not cash, how's the players going to pay both sides of SS, SDI, MC, UI, etc. ? Maybe sell tennis shoes from the back of his/her Ferrari? Opens up cans of worms certainly. This is a good time to be an armchair QB....
 
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calibuck said:
Set my mind working overtime. Could very well see the University-paid funds (up to $20mm?), going to the non-revenue sports, with the NIL funds going elsewhere. The independent contractor v employee thing will be a big thing, am thinking. If the NIL package includes 'stuff', and not cash, how's the players going to pay both sides of SS, SDI, MC, UI, etc. ? Maybe sell tennis shoes from the back of his/her Ferrari? Opens up cans of worms certainly. This is a good time to be an armchair QB....
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The big issue with employee status is Title IX.

Eventually, the government will lever their money to that and push for the backup women’s soccer goalie to be paid the same as a male football player.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
The big issue with employee status is Title IX.

Eventually, the government will lever their money to that and push for the backup women’s soccer goalie to be paid the same as a male football player.
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You'll have to wait for the next president for that to be an issue, but the good news is that half the women's soccer team will be men so it'll be more fun to watch them play. Football teams could also pad their rosters with a good percentage of men that identify as women to keep that women's pay with the football team. Special teamers and practice squad guys might have to man-up and use the women's locker room.
 
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