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And there you are!

Remind me who Nolan Cain is again?

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This is one of the big portal targets we’ve been talking about for a few days. Arguably the biggest positional need for Texas in the transfer portal has been filled by one of the best catchers available.

Here we go!

Jim Schlossnagle and the Texas baseball program secured a transfer portal commitment from St. Mary’s catcher Ian Armstrong on Saturday. Armstrong announced his commitment to the Longhorns on Instagram. On Texas Football will have more on this story. View full news story

My brother in Christ, we’re trying to talk football and softball. You showed up with goggles.

Bobby, it seems aggy relevance has always been defined by obsession to have what Texas has and they don't.

I like that time of night.

Texas Rev Share comes from 18 million not 20.5. The other 2.5 was used for scholarships they added. Breakdown is: Football- 13.5 MBB 2.7 WBB 900K All other Sports 900K So again easy to figure out we do a lot of 3rd Party , Texas One Fund etc. Really is amazing the how we do it to be competitive in so many sports.

Rev share is directly from the school. Each school can use around 20.5M for the entire athletic department. Since football is the main money maker at every school, football will usually get 12-15M of that depending on what school they're at. A school like Duke or UNC will have a larger percentage of their 20.5M rev share dedicated to basketball more than Texas would. Each school splits it up a diff way. Rev share money is also effectively guaranteed since athletics departments (of big boy programs) will easily clear 20.5M in revenue each year. NIL are 3rd party deals that have to be approved after submitting through the CSC (college sports commission) clearinghouse. These can be deals like an instagram promotional post, a paid appearance, or an ad campaign for whatever company, etc. It just has to be a legitimate, verified business and a deal that get's approved by the clearinghouse for it to be legal. Each player's pay is split up a diff way. Guys who only make 50k a year are usually rev share only. If it's 600k for a year they can go 400k rev share and 200k from NIL. Most agents and players push for as much rev share money as possible because when these contracts are being ironed out, a school can say 'hey man we'll give you half of your 500k payment through NIL deals with businesses" and then months past and that school hasn't set up any NIL deals, they're still trying to get them through the clearinghouse, or that business no longer wants to pay the athlete. Unless you're a legit top of the line player, it can be really hard to have actual 100% guaranteed NIL deals months in advance or at least on time with what contracts say. There's also plenty of folks who stopped using the clearinghouse and are now just pushing NIL deals through since there's not much the NCAA can actually do to enforce anything. It's all really a case by case basis because each school's front office and GM does things differently and on the flip side each agent and each player will have different unique requests.

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I may be way off but I’m not sitting worrying alot about it. Was it expected? Not by the fan base. Guys that have been in the game as long as Schloss know alot of guys and I’m sure have a list of guys that he’d be interested in. Like Bobby said, Schloss was going to the World Series way before Cain and he’ll be going way after he is gone. I have confidence that CDC will keep the money where it needs to be.

Another great report Jeff, thanks!!

Financial backing for baseball was a legitimate concern under Pierce because some of the folks who would’ve helped put money into the program weren’t willing to do so unless a coaching change was made. Texas doesn’t have the biggest pool of baseball resources in the SEC, but the program isn’t poor. Also, as @Blake Munroe mentioned in his notes this morning, Cain leaving wasn’t strictly a money move.

You talking about this moron? this is the same idiot who told everyone Pierce was 100% back too.

And more than likely be the next Head Coach at the agricultural and mechanical school of Texas.

Who? I didn’t see anything like that.

I don’t think Oregon has ever made a big push in basketball, Joe Z. You do this post here on accident? Or do you have a different PNW team for basketball?

I think part of it is that fans are seeing another Texas baseball coverage person crashing out on social media from another network. He’s saying there’s no money and a mass exodus coming. Might be scaring some folks.

Good for Cain. He gets to double his salary & make $800,000