I could not imagine a struggling college kid working his ass off and struggling to make something of himself having to walk by this. I guess a real world lesson with where we are now.
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Ultimately, these young adults are going to enter the real world to a true rude awakening & wont know how to deal with adversity. You cannot be coddled and told youâre great forever.
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Exactly.
Guess TMZ will be happy covering these down falls in the future.
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Itâs going to be a rude awakening for some of them when they realize the Lamborghinis were just for show and they donât actually get one when they sign up.
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Just wait until the kid loses the game to their hated rival via a turnover or boneheaded play and the Collective repos the Lambo.
You know itâs going to happen.
clt says we have croots take pics with Biffâs Rolls Royce
FWIW, the Lambos arenât up front perks but something Longhorns can later aspire to, as there is an academic component in a addition to on the field prowess. Plus the program with the Austin dealership actually started in 2022. Would be interesting to see how the contracts read as concerns player liability etc.
As chapel hill has demonstrated academic requirements are a joke. If they want the kids to get one they will make sure their grades are ok.
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Well, suppose Texas could be providing false academic info to Lamborghini of Austin or it could just be that not every one uses UNC-CH as a model for doing things. Of course, anything is possible during a time when dishonesty is a badge of honor.
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I really see no difference in the aspirations of modern day paid athletes and rockstars. What if a kid likes cocaine will the athletic department help with that too?
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Louisville is way ahead of you on that one.
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Excellent take from an NIL agent:
https://x.com/DanielPoneman/status/1799580557682356347
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https://x.com/CJVogel_OTF/status/1799461741958516991
Guess weâll see if olâ Sark responds to the blowback from the video. As mentioned earlier, the Longhorn + Lambo program actually started a couple of years ago and only 4 football players have been âgiven the keysâ for academic and athletic excellence after a period of enrollment at UT Austin.
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And prominent sports law attorney chimes in:
How can anyone donate to that? Even if you have hundreds of millions in net worth, I donât see the rationale. If youâre a small donor I would think youâd pull back to the minimum to keep/get seats.
Edit: I see itâs the dealership doing that but still itâs poor optics at best.
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Poor, poor Texas!!! From 247Sports:
And a sampling of other headlines over the past few years:
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Man just put a fork in college sports. Itâs over.
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