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No, it is not a "necessary evil". College football was just fine before this NIL bullsh*t.

Been a Mean Green fan for well over 50 years. Like many of you I have green blood flowing in my veins. But I must admit that if I were to win a $500,000,000 (cash value) lotto I would not contribute or donate one cent to UNT Athletics under the current system in place. ( NIL, Portal) Not one cent.

Coming soon....a TV ad from some lawyer like Jim Adler ("The Texas Hammer") where he asks...."Do you have a NIL case? You may be due huge money".... Just kidding.....but not really.

Get ready!

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Be happy that he thinks highly enough of UNT to list them with everyone else. Some recruits only list P4 offers, as in the could have 20 G5 offers and Vanderbilt but only talk about Vanderbilt.

And I still haven't gotten a satisfactory answer as to why we have two collectives. Is one football only and the other for basketball and everyone else? Which one serves the greater good?

I think that McCarney’s exit just burned the decision makers here to ever pay for a name coach with actual experience as a successful FBS coach from a previous stop. Like I’ve always said, this place needed a head coach that would galvanize the entire UNT Family. Make us want to follow him because we have seen that he can do something. Make us believe that we aren’t just some spare place on the CFB map, like most media and fans think outside of gmg.com. But the portal and NIL sort of burns all of that up now. When you can’t keep talent because it can be bought away at any time, the coaches at a place like this can’t afford to miss on recruiting, development, or coaching hires. It makes it really hard to build momentum in any fashion, knowing that your players and coaches are bought the moment that a Power School calls.

I also give to the collectives and would like my money back from every athlete that transferred. I know it doesn’t work that way though. After losing ALMOST all of our good players from the football team AND basketball team to the transfer portal, I do question why I continue to give to the collectives. The answer, I guess, is that maybe it helps us attract new players to replace the good players that we used to have who left us through the portal. That is the only reason I am still giving. Anyone have any other reasons to help justify it?

Name an upside...any. I wanted litrell gone more than most, but we settled for thrift store coach instead? Sure, he speaks instead of mumbles, but there are no results

I have given to Harry's collective as did others and still saw our roster decimated by other poaching schools. I realize this is a necessary evil, but it's discouraging to give hard earned money when an athlete is going to leave regardless.

The UNT athletic department is headed for tough times in the near future...

Thanks for reminding me.

You're going to run out of coaching candidates if every time one doesn't work, you exclude future candidates who meet the same criteria as failed ones.

Thank you!

My friend who is really into golf....tells me that the Saudis will keep supporting it. I'm not sure. I know the Saudis have billions.....but no one likes losing money. And they're bleeding money. Spending millions and millions......and they can't be taking in that much. I told my friend....that watching was akin to watching the UFL/XFL compared to the NFL. It's like the fans that are that......are really trying to get into it......but they're almost kinda faking it.

I am not a fan of their format, loud music, shotgun starts, etc... but I also want Ortiz and Munoz to do well. I thought the same about the gallery. It is amazing how much money is being thrown at that tour and they aren't drawing flies.

To be blunt...if you do not donate, if you do not buy tickets and if you do not follow the Mean Green, we are not interested in your thoughts. Enticing fans of other programs to join us is far fetched, as they already have an agenda and that agenda is to demean North Texas and poke fun at those who do care about North Texas and its future.

This came out today https://meangreensports.com/news/2024/6/10/general-from-the-desk-of-jared-mosley

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/carlos-ortiz--wins-fhis-first-liv-golf-tournament--laments-that-?

he sure is

My niece lives in SA and attends UTSA. He plan is to transfer to UT eventually. Anyway, they had Jeff Traylor send out this email and my sister sent it to me because she knows I am a big Cowboy fan and love Emmitt. UTSA Fans: Just like you, I am really looking forward to the upcoming football season. You don't win as many games as we've won during our time here without having a lot of different guys step up. Over the next few months, I am excited to see who will separate themselves, earn the privilege of wearing the 2-1-0 and lead us to another great season. In order for us to continue to reach our goals, it really is going to take all of us moving in the same direction. We count on your support of our guys to help this program continue to achieve more firsts and milestones. They represent you - the best fans in the country! I encourage you to attend the Roadrunners Kickoff Luncheon to support our student-athlete NIL efforts. This event will feature Emmitt Smith as the keynote speaker and will take place Friday, August 23 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel. Click here to purchase your sponsorship or a seat that will directly impact our student-athletes. Thank you for all you continue to do for our student-athletes. Birds Up! Jeff Traylor

Impressive. I recall kids trying to make field goals at halftime of Lake Travis playoff run ... scary how easy he makes that look.

55 yards is too far to drive.