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How many elite athletes did the National Champion Florida Gators have last year in your opinion?

Staff: Most cycles, it seems like a head coach event at another school (retirement, firing, promotion, hot seat) really benefits Texas via decommitments. Mario Cristobal leaving Oregon in 21, Saban retiring, the '25 Florida class, etc. Which schools' recruits might Texas really need to hang around the rim for this year? I ask because we have been #2 so often with elite recruits this cycle.

He didn’t decide to come over until later. He had a lot of interest if he had made the decision earlier (Baylor, Illinois, etc…) What will hurt him in year one is not getting to Austin until August. You act like everyone doesn’t have any development left as a player sometimes. Blows my mind to be honest.

Is there any player we've missed on this cycle with a bigger upside at his position than what's on campus? Maybe it's wiser to go with the bird in hand. I'd also prefer to be straight with families about the current NIL uncertainty rather than promising them bullish*t. I suspect there will be a ton of movement this fall when recruits see their contracts in writing.

Just my two cents… this is a completely new landscape so I understand the urgency and fear in some fans, but also just like any other year, let’s focus on the bigger picture and give the staff a chance to handle business like they have. My main problem in all this is Texas fans coming off as whiny. If other universities are actually cheating, then lets just play it out and reap the benefits down the road from those institutions downfalls if things will truly be handled as they should regarding the House Settlement.

Just my two cents… this is a completely new landscape so I understand the urgency and fear in some fans, but also just like any other year, let’s focus on the bigger picture and give the staff a chance to handle business like they have. My main problem in all this is Texas fans coming off as whiny. If other universities are actually cheating, then lets just play it out and reap the benefits down the road from those institutions downfalls if things will truly be handled as they should regarding the House Settlement.

How can they be signed right now?

I didn't see what I would consider NBA upside. Looks more like a rotational piece to me. Perhaps the raw development tools are there if he has the work ethic and determination.

Everybody else has Toyota Corolla's and going 120. We have Lambos and driving 35 under the speed limit😭. But hey we are in Compliance . They will wake up and adapt or get eaten alive in the muck and mire of SEC recruiting .

That’s what you will find this late. OU and Colorado were the competition. It’s not like Duke was after him. He has a slow shot release from the perimeter too. If he ends up getting more minutes than Codie it means there wasn’t much development over the summer from Codie.

If you believe that I’ll sell you a beach resort in North Dakota.

None of the deals that bind the athlete to the school have been signed yet. Think of the committed as the early rounds of negotiations.

After watching some Duru film, I was a little disappointed. Open set shots and plodding drives. Didn't see any signs of elite athleticism. Hope he has it.

Exactly my fear. This isn’t the same as it’s been. The NIL deal’s have changed. I don’t think Texas has. This feels like prior to NIL in some respects.

Texas is a letter of the law school because it makes them feel superior to others somehow.

With these rules in place… seems like going for the flips again late in the cycle are going to be much more difficult. Makes me wonder why we weren’t more competitive early on and why we came in second so much

There's no way of knowing how this will definitively play out. It's never a good a idea to risk years of problems for a small time, potential gain. We're talking high school recruits.

My takeaway is Seeley and the CSC need to resolve the settlement issues and get moving on enforcement or there’s no reason for him to be pulling seven figures at this juncture.

So @Bobby Burton for donations going to Texas, how does the Texas One Fund spend those now?

After reading that it sounds like we should have front loaded our class and locked it up by May.

Right but in theory, for say Ryan Wingo or Colin Simmons, they could’ve signed 2 year deals in April to stay at Texas strictly out of the Texas One Fund with no processing at Deloitte (assuming the money was there and they were willing). So instead of having to pay them revenue share money, they were front loaded unregulated money. That regulated revenue sharing money can then be used on guys they want to bring in. So maybe a school like Alabama doesn’t need to spend the revenue sharing money on the current roster because they already paid them prior to the settlement and the Deloitte process?

Summary: A bunch of poor schools can now talk big money with recruits. But those schools are historically poor and don't know how to think critically about money or budget. They are throwing out big contracts without a worry about tomorrow because their current roster is cheap. They will reap what they sow in a year or two. Those schools will feel some real pain and embarrassment in time, and it will be worse than losing some close recruitments in June and July 2025.

If promising contingent NIL pending rules change is illegal, then we now know why Tech was so adamant that Ojo’s agent was incorrect about the terms of his deal. My understanding from what’s been reported (which admittedly could be incorrect) is that the $5M deal Ojo’s own agent announced publicly was heavily contingent. If so, then Tech could be in some serious trouble.

Full on bag game is what some are effectively doing now with "illegal" promises and payments. We have stubborn administrators refusing to admit that the only way to get a handle on this is to make high value athletes employees and negotiate deals. It doesn't matter if they don't like it.

Thanks for sharing - a good explanation of the shenanigans going on. I predicate some schools are going to have a PR issue when they are unable to provide what they promised players. We may lose some recruits in the short term, but maintaining a reputation of being honest will have long term benefits.