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Pete Thamel talks about the ruling and everyone agrees the new sports commission's focus on approving for compliance seems virtually impossible to avoid litigation in the future.

That's awesome! Well deserved and good for Dylan Volantis. No doubt, he was huge for the Horns and quickly established himself as the shut down closer. Hook em!! 🤘🐂🧡

Omg, talk about a crazy blessing in disguise for your grandpa.

After watching this video from a few years back, it reminded me to make sure my annual physical was scheduled this summer.

Agree that it's the only thing they can brag about, it seems. Says alot about their coaches and culture if they spend all this money and don't have any championships to show for it. Will be interesting to see where the chips all fall by end of this next year. Bottom line, this seems very short-sighted as they can't continue at this pace of spending it would seem, given the end of 'pay for play' through the collectives should theoretically end with new oversight being put in place by Deloitte and commissioners office.

Good reminder, I was watching this ESPN story earlier today about Sark's surprising diagnosis of heart aneurism in 'widow maker' artery at routine annual physical that led to urgent open heart surgery the summer of 2020, in advance of Sark helping Saban produce one of the most dominant national champions in recent memory. He's got a long scar down the front of his chest as a reminder now. So important to get annual physical, especially focused on early signs of heat disease or potential for cancer. For all of us men above 55, heart disease is the dominant #1 cause of death and cancer is #2. Well done story by ESPN.🧡🤘🐂

Even the Texas Tech beat writers are laughing at $55m being spent on college athletics out in Lubbock, not much to show for it. Lol. 😂

Agree. Will be interesting to see how Tech performs in 2025/2026 across all sports, but especially football, given their supposed #1 class from the transfer portal. For all of Joey McGuire’s big talk over the past several years about championships running through west Texas, he’s yet to do anything on the field where it matters/. In softball, their strategy almost worked till it imploded in the first inning of game 3 and ran out of gas.

No way Tech gets anywhere near as far this season without riding Canaday. Brilliant move imho. Equally brilliant to I’ll deal on Friday with Canaday for next season, meaning the deal cannot be reviewed or revoked by Deloitte/. They get another shot to go for it in 2026.

https://apple.news/A2oQpQQiVSBeEJRZPD6l3ww The pressure is on Joey McGuire to deliver results finally. No excuses with the amount the Red Raiders have invested. They should be clear favorite in Big12. Odd they didn’t upgrade QB as Gerry and Bobby have noted.

Ok, as I'm reading more on the terms of the House -v- NCAA, a few additional points I think I now understand. Today is my first day back from vacation so I'm catching up a bit on my daily OTF. lol. A few points for additional clarity. Gerry or Bobby, please correct me if I'm misrepresenting anything here: 1) Any NIL deal signed under contract prior to last Friday night at midnight will not be challenged. Those deals are effective and in place and they do not count against the $20.5m cap because they are from the collective and not from the school. Is that correct? So theoretically, the team currently could have $25m worth of contracts in place with the NIL and all of those are still in effect IN ADDITION to the fact that the University can now begin paying an the $20.5m for this upcoming school year. That is different than what I originally understood but it makes sense as a bridge to the future. For Canaday as an example, since she signed her NIL last Friday for another $1m next year from the collective, it's good and enforceable and won't conflict with the payments from the university. 2) All new NIL deals (whether it's from collectives or from companies directly) will have to be submitted into the review / approval process for Deloitte to administer and approve if the total value exceeds $600. So for Arch, his Redbull contract won't get reviewed that he's already executed; however if his next deal is ready to be signed this week, he'll need sign-off by the new sports commission and Deloitte before he can officially execute the agreement and receive payment. 3) This seems to be a clear case of WTF when it comes to Deloitte determining 'market value' for these NIL deals. Arch signing a $5m deal with Rolex may be easier to approve than a $1m deal with Ray's Used Cars for weekly 11p commercial spot. Btw, that $1m from Ray's Used Cars probably got funded from a booster and how is Deloitte going to make that discovery to realize the NIL payor is actually just the middle man and the billion dollar booster is the true funding source? How in the heck will Deloitte have any chance of actually maintaining some kind of market integrity? What does that even mean to be in compliance?

I always enjoy Dan Patrick's style of interviewing. Wish he would do more college football. In the recent past, DP has seemed to be a fan of Sark.

As I speculated in my prior note, I'm officially brain dead today after returning from vacation last week. Thanks for clarifying. That makes the UOV look even better. 🤘🏼

Interesting that Lamar Brown's trip mid-week is an unofficial visit in 9 days. Is that Texas keeping their official visit available for the fall? Curious why it's a UOV? Maybe Gerry already explained or I'm being slow on a Monday afternoon. lol.

With Greg Sankey and Pete Bevacqua (ND AD) meeting with Trump yesterday, it will be interesting to see if there's federal anti-trust legislation or some type of federal protections put in place that would give universities and this new College Sports Commission the protections and authority they need to support this new proposed financial structure with caps as outlined. Otherwise, the lawsuits are likely to be out of control this fall between title IX and any player claiming they are being harmed financially as a result of the new rules.

Dan Patrick and Paul Finebaum cover a wide range of topics, including the NCAA overall, NIL, Transfer Portal, the House -v- NCAA final agreement, the future of college football more broadly. Good stuff.

Thanks Bobby. Appreciate how on top of all this you and your team are. Hook em!! 🐂🤘🏼🧡

I know this has been getting talked about since last fall when the initial ruling came out, but now that it's official, this is going to be fascinating to watch unfold. Given the effective date of July 1, 2025, there is no grace period it appears. It is IMMEDIATELY in effect this school year regardless of what NIL agreements schools have with their players going into the 2025/2026 school year. Is that others' understanding as well? How will universities have the contractual right to revise or even terminate agreements that are binding contracts with its players?

Awesome!! Thanks for posting. Love it. Would be great for Ojo to commit after this coming weekend!! 🧡🐂🤘

A brief summary from ChatGPT outlining key elements of the House -v- NCAA Settlement. This ruling goes into effect on July 1, 2025 and all universities must comply for this upcoming school year. In other words, if a university has total financial commitments for its athletes that exceed $20.5m across all sports (yes, Texas Tech, I'm talking about you with your $1m annual payment to a single pitcher in Canaday plus your extreme overpayments in the transfer portal), their total payments must be adjusted this summer in order to be in compliance. Otherwise, lack of compliance appears to create opening for massive penalties and other punitive actions. Also, it's important to note the ruling does not provide any contractual relief or carve-out provisions that would contractually allow universities to revise signed agreements. Seems to be a Catch-22. It's easy to see all of this quickly leading back into the courtroom as players will understandably feel they have an enforceable contract that cannot simply be terminated or adjusted without offsetting remedies to the player being harmed financially. Question for @Bobby Burton and @Gerry Hamilton. Will you have your expert back on OTF in the near future that you had on the show a month or two ago re: the settlement impacts? I can't recall the guy's name but I seem to recall Bobby made the connection in the spring and he answered a lot of questions in advance of the final ruling coming out. Would be great to get a credible perspective on how this all will unfold for Texas and others. I feel good knowing how CDC is prepared and proactive to address things like this. Seems like UT will likely benefit more than most, given legitimate NIL upside for players in all sports beyond the $20.5m cap. Hook em!! 🧡🐂🤘

Love it!! 🧡🐂🤘🏼

Summary article from ESPN… https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/45467505/judge-grants-final-approval-house-v-ncaa-settlement New Commissioner of College Sports announced…NCAA no longer in charge of rule enforcement. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/45468012/mlb-exec-bryan-seeley-ceo-new-college-sports-commission?consent_mode=ccpa

Yes!!!!! Way to go Horns!!!🐂🧡🤘🏼

I f’ing hate this obstruction rule in softball

Katie Stewart that was an awesome catch!!