***Texas Baseball Portal Thread (Updated on Thursday, 6/12, 3:45 p.m.)

[Jeff Howe]

One thing to keep in mind is that the NIL resources one would assume would be going to portal prospects could be used to get draftable high school signees to campus. Texas having the ability to fight against losing high school prospects to the draft is a big deal.

[GoHorns1]

Patience everyone patience, trust Schloss and his staff.

[qaertyisthatdude]

14 minutes ago, Bevohorns said:

We may not have the money for any top guys

We've heard this many times about men's basketball and now baseball.  These HCs have the money, but they're being strategic in how they use it.  Have to let this all play out.

[Assistant Regional Manager]

1 minute ago, qaertyisthatdude said:

We've heard this many times about men's basketball and now baseball.  These HCs have the money, but they're being strategic in how they use it.  Have to let this all play out.

These non-football sports don't have the money fairies some people think they do. Pierce wasn't the best at generating excitement or NIL funds, but it wasn't like there were a bunch of "baseball boosters" waiting on their yachts for a call. I think that NIL is in a better place than a year or two ago, but we aren't that far removed from losing portal prospects to Oklahoma State in baseball over money.

The house settlement adds another layer to everything, as certain schools are carving out larger chunks of the $20.5 million for baseball than Texas is. So any dollar that doesn't come from the house settlement has to be made up for in outside NIL. 

But you are absolutely right. Let it play out. 

[CJ Vogel]

Texas kicked the tires here fwiw. 

[Bevohorns]

5 minutes ago, Assistant Regional Manager said:

These non-football sports don't have the money fairies some people think they do. Pierce wasn't the best at generating excitement or NIL funds, but it wasn't like there were a bunch of "baseball boosters" waiting on their yachts for a call. I think that NIL is in a better place than a year or two ago, but we aren't that far removed from losing portal prospects to Oklahoma State in baseball over money.

The house settlement adds another layer to everything, as certain schools are carving out larger chunks of the $20.5 million for baseball than Texas is. So any dollar that doesn't come from the house settlement has to be made up for in outside NIL. 

But you are absolutely right. Let it play out. 

I get that but doesnt make sense when other sec schools are doing it look at TN,UF,AU

[Assistant Regional Manager]

3 minutes ago, Bevohorns said:

I get that but doesnt make sense when other sec schools are doing it look at TN,UF,AU

Auburn allocated a larger chunk of revenue share money to baseball than most SEC schools. Same with South Carolina.

Tennessee, LSU, Arkansas have been leading the NIL arms race for a while. That isn’t new.

Edited Wednesday at 11:30 PM by Assistant Regional Manager

[Danimal]

33 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

One thing to keep in mind is that the NIL resources one would assume would be going to portal prospects could be used to get draftable high school signees to campus. Texas having the ability to fight against losing high school prospects to the draft is a big deal.

Given that 1-2 round picks (including compensation and competitive balance) get $1M - $11M, I would assume any high school guys we have projected in those rounds are good as gone. Below that, there might be a chance?

[Bevohorns]

3 minutes ago, Danimal said:

Given that 1-2 round picks (including compensation and competitive balance) get $1M - $11M, I would assume any high school guys we have projected in those rounds are good as gone. Below that, there might be a chance?

Kayson Cunningham isn’t making isnt making it to campus and he would be our ss 

[Ojeezy]

3 minutes ago, Bevohorns said:

Kayson Cunningham isn’t making isnt making it to campus and he would be our ss 

It’s about more than just money. You can’t say oh he would make $1M if he goes but only $500k at Texas, so he’s gone. The minor league baseball life is hard. Look at some of the towns those triple-A, double-A, High-A teams are in and who they play against. Not many fans in the crowd, nothing to do in your free time, and if you are good you likely are bouncing around being called up/down based on what the organization needs.
 

Blake said previously there’s about a 20% chance Kayson makes it so it’s not very likely, but it’s not a 1-to-1 money decision. 

[Hashtag]

Not going to panic yet but if you’re not near the top in NIL in baseball and men’s basketball then I don’t see how you can expect to compete for national championships 

[CJ Vogel]

Texas is going to be fine in the portal.

[Caden Kuykendall]

1 minute ago, CJ Vogel said:

Texas is going to be fine in the portal.

Do you have anymore insight info you can give us?

[McCoyColt]

14 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

Texas is going to be fine in the portal.

But I want to be “more than fine”, CJ 😒

[Levi]

19 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

Not going to panic yet but if you’re not near the top in NIL in baseball and men’s basketball then I don’t see how you can expect to compete for national championships 

I mean, tell that to half the CWS field this year. 

Edited yesterday at 12:30 AM by Levi

[Hashtag]

7 minutes ago, Levi said:

I mean, tell that to half the CWS field this year. 

Pierce made CWS 3 times but never competed for a title. I’m not talking about making CWS, I’m talking about winning a title in this era of college sports in that specific sport. 

[NoDakHornsFan]

1 hour ago, Jeff Howe said:

One thing to keep in mind is that the NIL resources one would assume would be going to portal prospects could be used to get draftable high school signees to campus. Texas having the ability to fight against losing high school prospects to the draft is a big deal.

Cunningham welcome 😁

[THookem]

 

[Levi]

23 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

Pierce made CWS 3 times but never competed for a title. I’m not talking about making CWS, I’m talking about winning a title in this era of college sports in that specific sport. 

Sure, and at Texas that should ultimately be the standard. There are still teams with bigger NIL than half the field that are no longer competing for a national title. Honestly Ark and LSU are the only big swingers compared to the rest of the bracket. And while it’s unfortunate the way they got seeded, only one of them will compete for a title. 

[Caden Kuykendall]

🤔🤔

[arghookem56]

4 minutes ago, Caden Kuykendall said:

🤔🤔

Seems like a commit or no?

[Caden Kuykendall]

5 minutes ago, arghookem56 said:

Seems like a commit or no?

That’s what I’m hoping 

[qaertyisthatdude]

5 minutes ago, arghookem56 said:

Seems like a commit or no?

He read through this thread and said take that lol

[Bevohorns]

7 minutes ago, arghookem56 said:

Seems like a commit or no?

Definitely is a commit the comment he put was #Texasfight 

[Assistant Regional Manager]

Maybe he’s just celebrating being a Longhorn and not an Aggie?