March Madness Upsets and blowouts

[JAB]

You mean the Texas Tech which has been to 6 Sweet 16s, 2 Elite 8s and a final 4? OK

Or the Texas Tech whose WBB have been to 7 Sweet 16s, 3 Elite 8s and a Final 4 in which they won a Natty?

You're proving my point. The original discussion was about battling for NIL with other more prominent schools in the same state. I think it's a total myth that a school is hopeless simply because there is a school with more money in the state. Exhibit A is Texas Tech who has found success despite having a smaller budget than Texas and Texas AM for basically every sport.

[VObserver]

You're proving my point. The original discussion was about battling for NIL with other more prominent schools in the same state. I think it's a total myth that a school is hopeless simply because there is a school with more money in the state. Exhibit A is Texas Tech who has found success despite having a smaller budget than Texas and Texas AM for basically every sport.

They also have a football alum married to a softball alum, which couple are multi billionaires, along with numerous other wealthy fans and alums. Make no mistake, Texas Tech has more money than LSU; though not more than Texas or aTm.

[CajunVic]

You're proving my point. The original discussion was about battling for NIL with other more prominent schools in the same state. I think it's a total myth that a school is hopeless simply because there is a school with more money in the state. Exhibit A is Texas Tech who has found success despite having a smaller budget than Texas and Texas AM for basically every sport.

Not so fast, my friend

https://frontofficesports.com/the-te...bbying-effort/

[Cajunsmike]

So you're saying that any and all P4 schools are top tier programs simply by virtue of being in the conference? And every other school is consequently not top tier? That's just silly.

I was originally talking about our league. Every school in our league is a public university in a state with other institutions that have more resources due to being in a P4 than the Sun Belt school. Private schools with wealthy alumni are more likely to compete. That is why Gonzaga is not a fair comparison. A public mid major school with sustained success is a better gauge for us. Feel free to name them. I am sure there are a few.

[Turbine]

Not so fast, my friend

https://frontofficesports.com/the-te...bbying-effort/

Best I've read in a while.

"The organization believes that athletes should be amateurs, rather than employees, and a governing body should have the legal authority to set rules about college sports without fear of being challenged by litigation or state laws.

But the organization that runs college sports shouldn’t be the NCAA, Campbell says. Instead, the federal government should establish a new nonprofit modeled after the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to oversee college sports called the United States Collegiate Athletics Corporation. That organization can be self-sustaining—and generate additional funding to protect Olympic and women’s sports—by pooling all Division I media rights to be sold together as one package, rather than separating them by conference and championship, as they are now. This could be accomplished through an amendment extending the Sports Broadcasting Act to college sports."

[zephyr]

And softball. They got our coach and a boatload of our players, and a million dollar player from Stanford.

Oh, gotta bring in.....softball..lol

[zephyr]

Not so fast, my friend

https://frontofficesports.com/the-te...bbying-effort/

Well, since your article is protected by a paywall, we're all flying blind here BUT, UT's athletic value is worth $2 billion and Texas A&M is worth $1.32 Billion so he may be right actually....Turbine, please don't delete this thread...

[zephyr]

You mean the Texas Tech which has been to 6 Sweet 16s, 2 Elite 8s and a final 4? OK

Or the Texas Tech whose WBB have been to 7 Sweet 16s, 3 Elite 8s and a Final 4 in which they won a Natty?

Yes, as they have an operating budget almost $100 million LESS than Texas A&M

[MarlinMan3]

Well, since your article is protected by a paywall, we're all flying blind here BUT, UT's athletic value is worth $2 billion and Texas A&M is worth $1.32 Billion so he may be right actually....Turbine, please don't delete this thread...

I didnt know paywalls were to "protect" the articles, interesting

[JAB]

I was originally talking about our league. Every school in our league is a public university in a state with other institutions that have more resources due to being in a P4 than the Sun Belt school. Private schools with wealthy alumni are more likely to compete. That is why Gonzaga is not a fair comparison. A public mid major school with sustained success is a better gauge for us. Feel free to name them. I am sure there are a few.

You are not automatically at an NIL advantage just because you're a P4 school, and you aren't automatically at a disadvantage if you're in a non-P4 conference. If or when some Sun Belt schools switch over to a P4 conference, their NIL does not automatically skyrocket. There are plenty of P4 teams who have terrible NIL.

What matters is the status of the program and creating something that people want to buy into. For example, VCU has created a great basketball program despite being a nothing school. They may not be championship caliber but they are consistently competing and guys want to play there. Saying "we have no hope because we aren't in a P4 conference" is just a sad excuse. But its easier for schools like UL to blame the conference instead of blaming the program itself.