You may not know this, but Mattress Mac gave us a million dollars for the football program back in 2006. He and Darrell Dickey were apparently close and Coach got him to donate. Well, we fired Dickey, as the program really began to fall back. That pissed off Mattress Mac, so he agreed to only let the money go if we named the practice fields after Darrell Dickey, a coach who went 42-64. After this, he has never shown even a hint of interest in our athletic program ever again.
I suspect that he will never give another cent to our program.
Lifer, I hear you....but of course Chandler Morris is worth the money. The reason I know that he is worth the money is someone is willing to pay it.
I don't think the portal is out of control. I think the portal is behaving in a way that was inevitable. We can't say "these damn 20 year olds are old enough to make their own decisions...quit holding their hands" and then get upset when they do. Are they good decisions? Who knows. Good for some, not good for others. They'll find out.
What I don't want to see is we then turn around and treat them like victims when it doesn't go well or they don't protect themselves and get taken advantage of.
Weigh the risks and rewards, make the decision, live with the consequences or do something different...you know like normal every day adults do every day.
When they graduate/leave school they will have opportunities to go on the open market, leave their job for more pay, get fired, laid off, start their own business, fail, start again, make a mistake leaving one situation to go to another, etc.
The transfer portal is no different.
Very good info you shared. I found it very interesting. I just wish some of the UNT forefathers had been more forward looking. A good example would be why did no one ever call on Mattress Mack? The guys is worth Billions and he played football at UNT!
Sadly I think I'll have to watch this one from home. Five games in five night at The Pit and I plan to go to the women's game against SMU, and men against App State and HCU.
Hope we see a lot of Cotton, Mason, and Vice.
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