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You don’t know the pushback CDC was getting from the money or BOR. He obviously felt he needed to.

What about coaches?

Major NIL brands handle controversies using a very predictable playbook, moving from temporary freezes to outright contract terminations. Because Colin Simmons immediately issued a public apology and CDC publicly smoothed things over by stating the players "owned their mistakes," brands have the public relations cover they need to maintain the partnerships without reacting. From a pure performance standpoint, Simmons is incredibly valuable to his partners; despite the penalty with his 5.5 sacks. Brands are highly incentivized to keep him on their roster if the behavior is corrected.

He is! Super fluid and a smooth mover for a TE.

I don't think CDC needed to say something. They'll be under the microscope by the refs in every celebration for the rest of the season as it is.

100 percent what happened

this is reaching back a bit, but simon reminds me of chris robertson. he came to Texas from denison in 98 and was behind hodges mitchell, victor ike (fast but no vision/shake), and kenny hayter (heralded but didn't pan out). he was buried on the depth chart, but he flashed when he went in. i never understood why he didn't get more playing time. he ended up transferring to cougar high, but unfortunately, the injury bug bit him hard and he medically retired from football.

I guess you have some subscriptions to all the sites

LOL. That won't be an issue. At all.

lol that won’t be the reason why they would tell sark to F off, everyone’s going to forget about this by the time next season comes around. It’s not that deep at all, Kirby has had how many kids arrested? Yet he still gets a healthy NIL backing cause he is winning at a high level. Start losing and underachieving then Sark will get told to F off.

The people Sarkisian will go to for those funds will not be pissed off over this long term and will not tell him to FO.

Just curious anyone know how Many players Mack Brown had arrested vs the number Sark has had so far? Roughly 25-30 Mack Sark. 2.

He's a stud! Brock Williams is his name just fyi. Fixed the title.

Amen to this! The young players see these antics as humor. It's something they see all the time on Social Media and laugh. They need to be reminded that there is still a place for crude jokes and skits like this and public venues like Neyland Stadium is not that place.

Based on this article, Coach White filled the holes he had with the portal. There's a bit of a logjam in the infield with so much talent. The outfield is where some of the freshman/sophomores have a chance to break into the lineup at the corner outfield positions since Henry has CF locked down. Sneed couldn't secure the role in LF last year but will likely have first shot. I'm guessing one or both of the freshman may get the spots if they are as advertised. Additionally, if Abdullah (who was the #1 recruit) is so good you have to play her in the infield, then the likely person that gets moved would be Nichols, but she was pretty solid last year so she may get a shot at the outfield in that scenario. It's a plethora of talent and a matter of finding spots for them and keeping everyone happy. Likely will be 2-3 transfers following next season because of the logjam, especially if the 5 for 5 seniors decide to stay as the only senior that's completely out of eligibility would be Vivi Martinez.

Jimmy Johnson's Miami teams fart in Simmons' general direction.

I finally got around to seeing his Hudl video. He catches passes, runs the ball and even has two kick returns for TDs this year. He is 6'5" and his play reminds me of a vanilla Ja'Tavion Sanders. I have no idea what the competition level is in Illinois, but the kid seems to be a baller.

Another aspect I thought about and not just about this situation. Many get NIL $ not just Rev Share. So they are representing brands, companies , businesses etc. Sure they have clauses in those contracts etc. And Texas is out there trying to get more businesses involved to help all athletes NIL. So any unnecessary negative publicity can unfortunately affect those businesses etc. So I'm sure now a lot of athletes are more careful what they post on issues etc. And how they conduct themselves. Again not piling on here, just a reality of representing companies etc. Hopefully all is well, learn and move on.

Then don't complain when the people that are pissed tell Sarkisian to eff off when he comes to them for the financial assistance to bring in another Simmons or Brown.

In this day and age, anyone not starting or scheduled to start is likely a portal candidate at some level.

Portal candidate this off-season?

Amen to this!

Absolutely not.

Isn't discipline a part of culture? Can the two be mutually exclusive?

Now show him pulling. He’s solid in this role but when asked to move, his achilles shows and oddly no tn tape. Connor can’t anchor because of his size and we had to move Baker in because we jacked up the guard recruiting and development for years. I’m a bunk fan but they’re highlighting a player developed by another program. I don’t get flood defenders. I care that we still can’t pick up stunts. I care that we slept for 3 recruiting cycles. I care that others can game plan for our slide protections which implies we aren’t changing them or creative in disguising. He isn’t awful but what has he shown at Texas that says he will get us over the hump? We upgraded from pk so why is it blasphemous to want to upgrade from flood? And no, I don’t have a choice, that’s sark’s job. We should have a back up center ready to replace connor as he’s been here 5 years but we don’t. That’s unfathomable. We don’t have a 3rd or 4th year player that can push him when he’s struggling but flood’s great… I hope I’m wrong and we are the 90’s cowboys ol soon. Carry on lol 🤘🏽