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re: Texas Tech Board of Regents member going to war vs SEC & Big10
Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:19 pm to OldNo.7
Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:19 pm to OldNo.7
Key word is "MAYBE".
"Maybe" a scholarship.
"MAYBE" pay The head coach.
"MAYBE" even have a team.
There is absolutely no way this current system is maintainable past 3 more years at most without putting an end to every sport that is not Football and Men's Basketball.
And, before people say, LSU will fund baseball to guarantee they have a team.
Who the hell will they play? Intrasquad games? Purple and Gold World Series?
"Maybe" a scholarship.
"MAYBE" pay The head coach.
"MAYBE" even have a team.
There is absolutely no way this current system is maintainable past 3 more years at most without putting an end to every sport that is not Football and Men's Basketball.
And, before people say, LSU will fund baseball to guarantee they have a team.
Who the hell will they play? Intrasquad games? Purple and Gold World Series?
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Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:45 pm to TigerintheNO
Isn't Texas Tech the same school that gave $1 million to a softball pitcher?
Posted on 2/27/26 at 1:06 pm to TigerDCC11
Totally agree, as I think most do, that the system is broken. Not arguing with you there.
I’m simply saying count me in the camp of let it crumble. My grandad ran track in the 30s, and he didn’t need billion dollar tv deals, or million dollar donors to get his spot in the high jump.
Not so long ago everyone used to pretend that student came first in student athlete because that was the most important thing. This switch to money being the focus is what makes it unsustainable. So let it die, get back to attracting high achieving students, and that being the need or desire for the school to fund the program
I’m simply saying count me in the camp of let it crumble. My grandad ran track in the 30s, and he didn’t need billion dollar tv deals, or million dollar donors to get his spot in the high jump.
Not so long ago everyone used to pretend that student came first in student athlete because that was the most important thing. This switch to money being the focus is what makes it unsustainable. So let it die, get back to attracting high achieving students, and that being the need or desire for the school to fund the program
This post was edited on 2/27/26 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 2/27/26 at 1:39 pm to OldNo.7
quote:
Not so long ago everyone used to pretend that student came first in student athlete because that was the most important thing. This switch to money being the focus is what makes it unsustainable. So let it die, get back to attracting high achieving students, and that being the need or desire for the school to fund the program
I see what you are saying. However, In those times no one was paid in ANY sport (well, maybe they had some under the table and handshake payments).
Football and Men's basketball players will get paid. That's a a given.
So, you think the other sports players will just say,"Well, we will just take a scholarship and be happy with it".
Those days are over. What they will do is sue the school or conference or whatever and the courts will say (especially women's sports because of title 9) "You must pay those students also".
The schools are conferences will say, "This is too much of a headache and we are losing money", so they will just cut those sports or have them "club" sports.
Even then, Women will probably sue.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 4:55 pm to SoDakHawk
Tech's big money man an oil & gas billionaire, openly bragged 2 years ago, that he going "to buy the best players out there.& am going to poach each teams' best players". That year he paid the country's best OL man $5 M. The past 2 seasons Tech is in the top 5 of NIL- paid players in the country.
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