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I just heard from the ENMU Head Coach Tye Hiatt. He was very warm and supportive. He said that Kason will join them this summer and have two years of eligibility. He said that they had high expectations! I am pleased. The Coach said he could help us get tickets for us to see him play. Good news for a good young man indeed. GMG

Go Kason go !

SMU has cash…in other news, we need oxygen to breathe. Look, if $$$ is the only thing that matters, SMU should be fine. They ought to sue the NCAA for billions of dollars for killing their program for reasons that are now deemed legal. As for us, we have no cash. We couldn’t buy out a coach who has not shown anything without Graham Harrell, so we saved an extra $1.3 million. It is what it is. The NIL pool and the portal are not friends to a program with no money, not enough fans, and a losing legacy.

I saw a link on TCU's board for their NIL program, you can donate as little as 25 dollars a month. UNT's enrollment and alumni base, dwarfs TCU and SMU's combined. UNT could easily compete with them, if they stopped complaining and got busy.

Hilarious. That horse left the barn long ago.

The new staff is actually significantly outperforming the Dykes staff. Dykes did not have the benefit of NIL like we do now. What you're seeing now is probably structural. Dykes has experience working the portal and the "come home to Dallas ..err...uhh...DFW" pitch, plus now Big12 clout. The new staff has NIL and a better overall recruiting staff.

The lack of money is from the boosters and business community. Plus we are in a conference with little if any national exposure currently. If we win in the AAC then we might get some DFW businesses to approach our players for ads and such. But please stop equating NT’s financial resources with the lack of NIL. Our alumni, including many cheap ones right here, don’t even fund the athletes’ scholarships. Unrealistic to think they will pay for NIL funds. Need to win consistently and get more TV time so that businesses will invest in our players.

Bullshit

everyone will pay the price but the big boys, that how the NCAA rolls.

Once upon a time, back when Ray still roamed the backyard of a legendary NT QB, one word was more offensive than all others around GMG.com. That word is included in the word "quite". It was determined that no NT player could be called by this abomination of a word, regardless of how that player left the program. I myself, even succumbed to this malpractice (Vizza absolutely was one). So the powers that be (ahem: @Cerebus) decided to implement a text replacement for whenever this word was typed. In it's stead, "Transfer" would be substituted. However, the board's software was unable to parse other words that might contain that specific sequence of letters, and would simply replace those 4 letters no matter when they appeared. This obviously led to much confusion when using the word "quite". And we all had hearty laughs. If you hover over "quite", you'll see why it would be funny when thinking on how the AKA word would sit in the middle of a sentence.

Thanks, seems like a good player with low risk and high potential.

https://footballscoop.com/news/ncaa-plans-to-enforce-nil-rules If the NCAA is somehow able to crack down on this, what are they odd that they will go after a G5 program first to test the waters? NIL was never supposed to be about pay-to-play

If he has a velocity issue why was he signed as a QB for NT? It seems we signed 15 QBs under Seth then decide most are not worthy of playing time once they reach the practice field. Someone is a poor QB evaluator before or after they get to NT.

I mean, he's not wrong. You've got to compete in the market you're in, whether you like the market or not. If I own a Ford dealership and the market demands small SUVs, I can't keep showing the market F250's and complain that I don't like the market.

Appears to be a PWO 6'1" 200lbs. https://www.hudl.com/profile/12280867/Bryce-Montgomery

Best to Kason. Never really understood why he was not given a chance here.

I hope he lights it up out there and makes Seth wonder why he never gave him a chance to start.

And not to mention that SMU has had years of practicing and experience with paying players

AUSTIN (Nexstar)— By 2030, it’s projected that 62% of all jobs in Texas will require some sort of education after high school, according to a Georgetown University researcher Anthony Carnevale. That’s why worry was expressed during a State Higher Education Interim Committee meeting on Tuesday. Texas is seeing fewer high school students go straight to college — an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. read more: https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/college-enrollment-down-with-62-of-texas-jobs-to-require-post-high-school-education-in-10-years/amp/

Does anyone know the origin of the word quite being underlined? My search yielded no useful results.

I don't think that he'll be available. He's playing in a summer basketball league in Slovakia.

We essentially pulled Johnson's offer when he wouldn't sign early. Why continue to honor Kason's offer if his only purpose was as a gateway to someone whose offer we pulled?

If you want the cold hard truth. https://247sports.com/Player/Garrison-Johnson-46036011/high-school-203400/ We signed Kason, Syracuse hired his head coach, Kason’s dad. Johnson decommitted from us and signed with Syracuse. Johnson didn’t end up being the player he was supposed to be in college but you can take it to the bank that signing Kason was our play to get him. Martin stuck around because he was smart, a good hype man, and his now-wife was a Mean Green volleyball player.

Guess I should have been more specific concerning where the NIL funds come from. Also, if you think winning in the AAC will garner more TV time which will equate to more NIL donations from area businesses you haven’t been paying attention.

It used to be a scholarship (free college education plus room & board) was the payment for playing a sport for a school. Now this whole thing has blown up and is going down a road the NFL has already established: contracts and endorsements. The NCAA just needs to set a player salary cap for FBS schools. Like the NFL this includes binding player contracts, limited roster sizes, and any personal endorsement contracts are free market. An initial signing school owns a player's rights for duration of the contract period, unless traded. Contracts could be for various lengths depending on negotiations with the player, just like the NFL. However it ends the transfer portal as is. If a player wants to transfer (be traded), and his school agrees, the contract can be picked up by another school, if still under the cap, just like the NFL. Done.

Lets see how he feels once he signs a starting forward one day that makes 4 times the money he does.... I mean seriously...We all know the issues that will happen with this movement going forward, and it's going to be funny when people act like "well I cant believe we didnt see this coming..." But what happens when you have a kid making 3 million from endorsements (and no, the school isnt paying that money, but you KNOW they're going to help broker those deals with vendors to attract kids. So what happens when you get a 3 million dollar kid with an attitude saying he refuses to play because Coach isnt giving him the ball enough? Who gets pressure to bear from the vendor? The kid? The School?

Amazing that money would screw good intentions like this up....."Show Me The Money!!"

I’m assuming he’s benefited from the lack of regulation. 🤷🏽‍♂️

UTSA certainly is, McCormick was getting $1k per month from a dentist office and had another NIL deal with McCombs Ford but I haven’t seem the financials on that one.

Very good points. Build the pipeline - stop taking swipes at Denton area kids who come for any reason.

https://meangreensports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/armani-flannigan/102 "Armani Flash" is his Twitter handle. Marcus Smart was recruited here pretty hard back when he was at FM Marcus. It was Coach Jones's last season here, and he just landed that class of Mitchell, JWilliams, Jones, & Robinson, plus bringing Roger Franklin home... NT had assembled somewhat of a DFW All-Star team, so it wasn't just a pipe dream to land him at the time. He and Phil Forte attended a few games at the Super Pit, but they both wound up at OKSt.

Like an old episode of Paul Harvey's "The Rest of the Story". Thank you!!

Maybe if we had SMU-level boosters we could too. Our fans, including me, have a whole lot of we should/you should without providing the substantial resources necessary while SMU fans (as few as there may be) just slap the money down on the table and say come to SMU. P5 transfers like cash and we aren’t paying.

Y'all pump out a billion grads a year. Most don't make much money, yes, but you must have a couple very successful alumni. That alone could fund some NIL. Stone Cold & Phil McGraw could each easily find your whole program if all the articles on NIL spending levels are correct.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/insider/story/_/id/33882331/conference-usa-college-football-preview-part-2-burning-questions-favorite-players-projections

A few key players, but they still return a lot. Plus they're getting P5 transfers every other day while we're getting PWO's and D2 kids.

Didn't UTSA lose a ton of starters from last year?

TBIII on board!

https://www.trec.texas.gov/apps/license-holder-search/?detail_id=880168068 https://twelfthstepministry.org/about/ The most famous of all seems alive and well.

It should be evident to all that UNT will not be able to compete in the NIL market. (Lack of money) Add to that an incompetent head coach and any forward progress made over the years with improved athletic facilities will quickly erode away. Just saying. Prove me wrong.

DENTON, Texas – North Texas Athletics and The Brandr Group (TBG) have established a group licensing agreement for the university’s student-athletes covering all the Mean Green’s 16 sports. Joining an exclusive list of Division I TBG partners, the University of North Texas now affords its student-athletes the opportunity to combine their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) with official trademarks and logos as part of the group licensing program. “We are happy to announce today a partnership with The Brandr Group and open the door to group licensing opportunities for our student-athletes as the next phase of Paramount, our name, image and likeness program,” UNT Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker said. “This relationship reinforces our commitment to Building Champions and Preparing Leaders here at UNT and will allow our student-athletes to participate in exciting opportunities in the ever-changing and growing landscape of NIL. “We believe this program will provide multiple advantages to our student-athletes and create new avenues for our tremendous fans to support the Mean Green. We are incredibly excited about this next phase, and we will continue to explore additional ways to grow opportunities here at UNT.” The partnership with TBG allows for the collective use of student-athletes' NIL in licensing and marketing programs, co-branded with University of North Texas logos and marks. Student-athletes will have the option to voluntarily join a group licensing program. TBG will facilitate group licensing opportunities on behalf of the student-athletes, and the program does not limit individual NIL rights. Potential licensees interested in learning more should contact Jim Neish at TBG. TBG, a brand management, marketing and licensing agency, will manage and administer the program as well as develop licensing opportunities on behalf of the student-athletes. With decades of collective management experience for some of the world's largest brands, TBG also manages the group rights program for the NFL, NBA and MLB players' associations in the college space. The company will develop and facilitate group licensing opportunities on behalf of current student-athletes. Some examples of group licensing include athlete’s inclusion in trading card programs, video games, and co-branded jerseys, which would include the student-athlete’s name and number, as well as University of North Texas trademarks and logos. “NIL opens up new avenues for student-athletes across college sports, and this group licensing agreement with the University of North Texas will enable its athletes to take advantage of this new environment,” said Rick Perko, Vice President of Program Development at TBG. “Through co-branded opportunities across the University of North Texas’ merchandising and sponsor portfolio, Mean Green student-athletes can benefit from their NIL. We’re excited to be working together to bring this new program to life for University of North Texas student-athletes, as well as their passionate fans who now have new ways to support their favorite players.” While no specific timeline is set, fans can expect to be able to purchase official University of North Texas merchandise as soon as TBG enters into agreements with applicable University of North Texas trademark licensees. About The Brandr Group The Brandr Group (TBG) is a brand management, marketing and licensing agency powered by a team with decades of collective management experience for some of the world’s largest brands. TBG has emerged as the leading agency in group licensing programs, with rights to over 40 college athletic programs and their student athletes in the Name, Image and Likeness category including the biggest brands in college athletics. TBG partners with prominent brands, colleges, sponsors, corporate trademarks, athletes and events to cultivate, diversify and monetize intellectual property through professional brand management and licensing endeavors. For more information, please visit tbgusa.com.

Brandr is the Grindr of licensing.

so this is how they'll license the new NCAA football 2023 game eh

If we never cheered "MASON! ... FINE!" There is no possible way I'd cheer for a dude who only has 1 foot in the door here and is likely gone after this season whether we win 4 games or 9. C'mon people.

if it Tony Denton you will need 10 players so he substitute after someone makes a shot.

Lets hope not.

Y'all, I think we're really going to enjoy this cannon!

how we missed the list I will never know

I don’t believe that bottom six. La Tech simply re-loads every year.