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re: JFF on the Cover of Time-"It's time to pay college athletes"
Posted on 9/5/13 at 12:28 pm to aggressor
Posted on 9/5/13 at 12:28 pm to aggressor
You are sadly mistaken if you think Texas has such
Alumni is not the same as fanbase. Texas has a population of over 26 million; your alumni totals between both schools is, what, 3% of that? Do you believe that only 3% of the state's population cheer for Texas or Texas A&M?
Facebook data seems to imply that Texas still retains a stranglehold on the state in regards to overall fanbase.
And please note, I'm not referring to cheating. I'm referring to building in a formula where a player gets money directly related to merchandising. The largest FANBASES (not Alumni groups) will dictate where all but the most loyal player plays. Even the richest almuni will falter if their principle rival can open up an extra 1 million wallets.
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an overwhelming money advantage over A&M that we can't compete with them. Texas has 450k living alumni, A&M has about 380k. The average A&M alumni makes more than the average Texas alumni and we are now larger than they are and producing more graduates per year. A&M also has more than enough BMA's to buy whatever is needed if that is the issue, maybe you missed how we are dropping $450 mill on rebuilding Kyle and it is already sold out and the money is accounted for to pay for it.
Alumni is not the same as fanbase. Texas has a population of over 26 million; your alumni totals between both schools is, what, 3% of that? Do you believe that only 3% of the state's population cheer for Texas or Texas A&M?
Facebook data seems to imply that Texas still retains a stranglehold on the state in regards to overall fanbase.
And please note, I'm not referring to cheating. I'm referring to building in a formula where a player gets money directly related to merchandising. The largest FANBASES (not Alumni groups) will dictate where all but the most loyal player plays. Even the richest almuni will falter if their principle rival can open up an extra 1 million wallets.
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Posted on 9/5/13 at 12:33 pm to skrayper
That map only shows the top school per county. That assumes that A&M has zero fans in all of the orange counties....and counties in New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona.
Posted on 9/5/13 at 12:45 pm to skrayper
Who gets "likes" on Facebook is hardly a good judge of fandom. Facebook isn't even a place I would think most college football fans necessarily spend a lot of time.
Here is a much more scientific study from the NYT:
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I won't argue that Texas has more casual fans than A&M but I will disagree the divide is some massive chasm, it has also closed considerably in the last year and with A&M in the SEC and Texas in the Big Joke the roles may reverse as they did in the late '80s and early '90s. You couldn't find anyone wearing Texas gear back then while you had A&M stuff everywhere.
The point though is that A&M would certainly not get steamrolled by Texas in recruiting because of popularity. It's just a foolish and uninformed statement.
Here is a much more scientific study from the NYT:
LINK
I won't argue that Texas has more casual fans than A&M but I will disagree the divide is some massive chasm, it has also closed considerably in the last year and with A&M in the SEC and Texas in the Big Joke the roles may reverse as they did in the late '80s and early '90s. You couldn't find anyone wearing Texas gear back then while you had A&M stuff everywhere.
The point though is that A&M would certainly not get steamrolled by Texas in recruiting because of popularity. It's just a foolish and uninformed statement.
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