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To me, as far as I can tell, it's the NCAA taking another loss. Not as big of one as they could have if they fought it in court, but something that is moving the whole college athletic landscape into a revenue sharing area. That's what it is. And if that's not a professional model, I don't know what it is. Didn't Jim Harbaugh tell us this was going to happen? Don't we need to owe him? I think he deserves some apologies and some flowers, because he saw this coming. It's been what? Two years since the beginning in IL, two and a half maybe. And this is just the-- when you don't set all the rules, the ground rules early on, and people kind of go by their own rules and kind of the wild, wild west, this kind of stuff that happens. It's always full circle, and it comes around to bite you. And so I feel like this is something-- it's not done. I think this is just something that's just going to continue to press on, because I know now they want to go to Congress with it and see how that rolls. I really don't like the idea of government hanging out in college sports. Maybe that's just me. I'm not a big Politico, as you guys know. But I really don't want the government having anything to do with my college football. And so yeah, I do know a couple of our buddies that might be getting a paycheck here in the next few months, which I think that's pretty cool. But this is just another step of a ladder that's 20 steps higher. And I think that's-- they're just checking off each time they go. You know, you can look over on on three, Pete Nacos, Eric Prisbel, all the guys who are with the on three NIL vertical. They've done a great job of reporting a bunch of different aspects about this case. I think any big college football newsbreaker writer has kind of been on this case. And there are a lot of different details about how big the settlement is and what it means for former athletes who played between 2016 and the beginning of NIL. But I think the long story short-- and I think what our viewers want to know-- is Texas going to be OK? And when you are the most-- when your athletic department produces the most revenue, also produces a lot of expenses, but is able to bring home a lot of money, you figure out how to do this. And a lot of the figures thrown out I've seen include a $22 million per year revenue distribution model. That's still a significant sum of money. And there are a lot of athletic departments, even among the Power 5, that are going to struggle to do that on a yearly basis. But I feel like Texas, as it pertains to all this house stuff, especially now that they're heading to the SEC, getting some larger payouts, they're going to be in good shape. But one thing that's interesting-- and, Charlie, I'm going to throw it to you on this, is that this doesn't get rid of NIL. If there is a sort of, for lack of a better term, a salary cap that says, if you're Texas, if you're LSU, if you're Oklahoma, if you're every member of the SEC, you have X amount of dollars to give to your football roster. That doesn't differentiate anybody. Everybody's got that, whether you're Texas, or whether you're Vanderbilt. What is going to change and what keeps NIL important is the fact that collectives can come in and probably sweeten the pot at this point. And it seems like Texas is uniquely situated among Power 5 programs and even Power 2 programs to be able to thrive in that environment. Yeah, definitely. You look at it-- I call it NFL Junior, because that's what it's becoming, honestly. And you look at those guys who have the big contracts, who can pay, and they get their endorsement deals. Well, Texas is probably going to get a ton of endorsement deals and be able to spread it amongst the wealth to get the best players in the country, right? So it's almost a rich, get richer type of deal, honestly, which is a good thing for Texas. But I feel like it'll play out exactly just like that. You're the Texas, like the New York Yankees. It's probably kind of unlimited. I'm going to go out and buy the best and get the best. And it's just part of the deal. I think some of the group of five schools may really, really struggle. Some of the lower power four, you want to say power four, and instead of power five, schools may struggle to kind of compete and be able to do that. But those schools in the SEC and the big 10 will be OK, and I think-- I don't know. I know we talked about just maybe some shows back. Do they eventually break away and just have their own lead because of stuff like this? And some of the other reading on this-- the elimination of scholarship cap going above the 85. If that doesn't say while West of the '60s and '70s and early '80s, I don't know what does. You eliminate scholarship caps. Man, that-- you talk about rich, get richer. That's what when Coach said that. That's the first thing that popped in my mind. I'm thinking, if you do that, then that's a major, major issue. I'm curious about your thoughts on that, Joe. Yeah, it's one of the things that has obviously brought parity to college football-- Texas and even Oklahoma. And then I think the best case is Nebraska. They rose to college football prominence because they could sign all the best players. They could take so many players in a certain class and leave kind of the scraps to the rest of college football. 85 helped to create some parity to where you can sign this 70-person class, which I think was something in the bygone era that they could do. Now you get rid of the functional cap. I guess the duer cap. Even though there's no 85 limit, people want playing time. People want the opportunity to develop. People want to go where they're going to be wanted. And so maybe you don't have to function under the 85. But at the same time, you're not going to find a lot of players more so than you do now who are going to go somewhere, be snatched up by one of the big programs, and then just sit all five years that they're able to be on a college roster. But it does allow programs if they do get rid of the scholarship limit in football specifically to go to 90, to go to 92, or 93, maybe even reward some walk-ons, have more opportunities for Michael Taft's jet bushes to get scholarships. It does allow for that. I don't know what effect that may have on Ivy Leagues, and academies, and lower G5s. But it definitely helps Texas. And I think that just feeds into the overall point that all this is happening. And it's a seismic shift in how we view college athletics and how the NCAA manages things. But Texas is still in a position to be able to succeed. They're able to pay these players. And it's not just football. They're going to be able to pay women's basketball. People like Rory Harmon, base ball. People like Max Blue, you know, all the different superstars that have been on that volleyball team, like in the national champions at that. Like, Texas is going to be able to handle that. Other schools, who knows? Texas is going to be able to issue scholarships and have the means to get to 90, 95, 100, if they're able to draw that many players interested in being on a roster. But again, they're going to want to go where they can play. Not all schools can do that. So I think it's just a real-- it is a massive shift. But it's one massive shift that all the way from people to, you know, Kevin Eltive, Jay Hartzel, and Chris Del Conte, they seem to be prepared for it. They seem to know that it's coming and they will have, obviously, the money needed in order to manage it. I think there are a lot more details that need to get straightened out. Of course, the case has to be accepted in that California courtroom to where, you know, the settlement is approved by the judge. But, you know, it's all of it to say, no matter where you read, no matter what detail you see, Texas is in a good position to be OK and to continue to thrive with whatever is happening. Before we talk a little bit about some of the non-early enrollees who will be on campus as the calendar turns from May to June, got to talk about Laura Baker. Laura Baker is a member of the elite Andy Allen team over with Keller Williams Realty here in Austin. Big time Longhorn fan, big time supporter of Inside Texas, has obviously helped our friend Ian Boyd get out of the Great White North and head towards Texas, helped with his home buying process. Laura Baker is who you need to go to for your real estate needs. Give her a call at 512-784-0505 or email her at LauraLAURA at AndyAllenTeam.com. She's been a great supporter of Inside Texas and we cannot thank her enough for helping with the Saturday round table. Let's get to some on-field stuff. We talked a lot about Texas 2024 recruiting class, highlighted by guys like Colin Simmons, Ryan Wingo, Kobe Black, Brandon Baker. Texas has four guys from that class who did not enroll early. There's one headliner, kind of two guys who are working their way, have some years probably of seasoning to get through the system. And then a guy who is not heralded at all but could be the first to start from that 2024 class. So let's go ahead Justin and go off the top. One of those guys is Santana Wilson. He is the son of former All-Pro Safety and current Carolina Panthers executive Adrienne Wilson. And his on three was extremely high on him, had him as a top 150 player in the country. And while he may not come in and compete for playing time right away, he seems like a player who's going to compete with some of those younger defensive backs, younger corner backs for the first among that second group here in his first semester on campus. He might be the one that's not talked about enough, Joe. I mean, his tape is spectacular. And he does so many good things from his footwork to his technique to just everything he gets it. And I guess when your dad's an All-Pro and works in football, some of that's going to rub off. And so I think Santana's a kid too that doesn't necessarily have to have immediate playing time, doesn't necessarily have to have reps. His dad's told him, you've got to get there and earn it. You've got to get there and work to get on the field. And I think that's going to be his mentality. I love his recruitment because it was easy. Once Texas got in the boat, he was in, he jumped in. There was no more fishing. There was no more visits. This guy was done. And so I think Santana's kind of the sleeper of this entire class. And not to mention, four are enrolling in June, early June. Only four. That means 17 came in early. That's a sign of the times when we're only talking about four guys coming in in June or 18, 18, 18. We're talking about four guys when 18 of these dudes have already showed up. And so to me, I think that's the even bigger story. Usually in the past, we would always be eager for June 1, June 2, because everyone would enroll. And it was moving day for everyone. Now, Texas is going to send a couple staffers down to the dorms to get the kids locked in because most of this class is already playing football in Austin. Of course, they are bringing in the transfers. We'll probably talk about those guys next week. Those are guys who are experienced with college football. Some of them are on their third school, namely Bill Norton, Jermaine Lillet. I mean, even Tia Sevea falls into that category. Silas Bolden, of course, this will be his second school. But coach, when you think about these summer enrollees, and of course, like we said, not all of them can enroll early. From Arizona, I think there are some state laws that make it very difficult to graduate early. But what are some of the big adjustments and some of the things that programs do within that first weekend, first week on campus for some of these early enrollees guys, or late enrollees guys, sorry. Well, the good thing is they get to install one over. I know they went to install one during the spring, but everybody gets to start over to install one again. It'll be install one eight. So those guys get a chance to kind of learn exactly what everybody else is learning at the exact same time. You know, kids forget a lot. They learn a lot. And so during the spring, during the summer, they'll be able to go through install one A, one B, then two A, two B, and kind of digest the playbook, just like the other guys did, had a chance in the spring. I think for those guys, you want to just, what we call two A days. I know most teams don't have two A days anymore. These incoming guys, you want to catch up? Do two A days and they'll get some extra feel where to get some extra film work and really learn to playbook and really learn what it is you need to be doing, learning your role. I think Santana Wilson will be able to approach it like approaches because who his dad is. I think they give him an advantage. He'll understand what it is to understand the playbook and what he needs to do in order to get catch up and be able to play. The other guys find somebody to attach to. If that's another freshman who enrolled early or a veteran who's been there, like Michael Taft, if you're a DB, give him Michael Taft, go learn everything he knows, right? Or whatever your position is, get with those guys and learn. Give it the GAs, give it the interns and analysts and just go through everything. I think, you know, since this four, I think you have an opportunity to do that versus, you know, back in the day where everybody would come in and freshmen would have their own practice away from veterans, right? - Good point. - Give him a chance to learn things. So since it's only four, you have opportunity to really give with, you know, different coaches and different staffers to learn and get yourself caught up. I think that's the benefit of having only four. - We have a couple more, I guess, regular non-special teams players to go over. We have Nate Kibble from Unbelotaz, Casita, part of a very deep run, again, as usual, for Unbelotaz, Casita. They only lost by six to North Shore. That was in the regional finals. So they were two games away. - Oh, I knew. - Pretty much. - Yeah, it was Sam Cosmey and-- - Cam Dubury. - Cam Dubury, whom I think of-- - There's a lot of-- - Texas A&M and the Texans. I should know this. - Kenyon Green. - There we go. So we got a couple, I mean, that's three right there. Nate Kibble hopes to be the next in that line, of course, following Cosmey as a Longhorn. But another latent release, someone who seems interior, not seems, is interior all the way and provides a little bit of meanness and some versatility maybe upon being a guy who trains at guard a lot, but maybe like a Cole Hudson could work out at center a little bit down the road too, right, Justin? - He absolutely, he was at the spring game on the late April and I got to catch up with him a little bit before the game. And he's another one where we just really enjoyed that recruitment. There wasn't a whole lot of drama, there wasn't a whole lot of mystery. Once Texas kind of focused in and made him a priority, he jumped in the boat and he's a lot like Santana. Nate's the kind of kid that you bring him in and put him in the oven for two years. You don't have to eat right now. Let him cook, let him marinate, let him simmer, let him get ready because in two years, his body's gonna look different than it does now. And he has that disposition, that oleimann really need to thrive. He is that bulldog in the pit. He's the nicest, sweetest kid until he snaps his chin strap. And he's a different dude. I think Kibble's a perfect kid for that development stage. I think he's a guard just like you said, but he's excited, he's coming in. Him and his family were really, really happy to watch the spring game. And just think about it, this offensive line, they're about to put some more in the NFL than 2025 draft and maybe even another one in 2026, that all goes to Kyle Flood and Kibble and those guys. They paid attention to that. - Along the same line, you know, we always talk about how the further you are from the football, maybe the closer to the easier it is to play early. And when you're talking about a guard or a center or on the other side with someone like Melvin Hills, a defensive line take in the 2024 class, these are guys who are going to need a little bit of work. So coach kind of in the same vein with Hills, who's going to be maybe a little bit, he's going to be an interior defensive lineman, could occupy a few different roles, may not be the zero technique that, you know, you think Tavondre Sweat would fill at the next level and sometimes did at Texas, but Melvin Hills, Nate Kibble, these are guys that their focus this summer really needs to be, hey, get ready for the next three years because we're probably not going to need you this year. - Yeah, definitely, and it's a learning curve. Not, it's so much mentally but physically and just from a strength standpoint, like, in the trenches, it gets dirty. You got to be strong, you got to understand, you know, fighting off double teams, you know, where guys are coming from, reading your keys. It's like moving a lot faster, closer to the ball. So I think those guys just, like I said, give them time, give them a year, you know, just to learn what to do, let them get physically ready 'cause you're not needed and that's okay, go ahead and double up on some classes and get ahead academically while you got a chance to, but yeah, give those guys a chance to reassure, get physically ready, from the mental part, you can kind of get there and then take all your opportunities on the scout team, right? That's what I would do, you know, as an incoming freshman. If I'm not going to play much, get on that scout team and impress the coaches, show them what you can do so they have some of the work tours and work, you know, know what you can do in, you know, in the next coming up season when they do need you. - Joe, you know, we talked about Santana and Kibble and Melvin Hills, but it takes a punter to talk about a punter. They're like pitchers in baseball. They're their own creed, their own type of dude. Tell me about Michael Kern and how quickly he might need to get ready to play out of all these guys. Michael Kern might be a one that actually sees the field before the others. - You know, I think in mid-April and even into the very earliest parts of May, we were thinking, okay, they're looking for, you know, defensive tackle, defensive tackle and Terrence Brooks enters the portal. It's like, okay, they're looking for a corner. Another spot we were thinking about was they may be looking for a punter. You like what you have with Will Stone doing kickoffs. You like what you got with Bert Arburn as your kicker, one of the better ones probably in the country, but you just lost Ryan Sandborn to his undrafted free agent deal. So now you're trying to maybe kick around for a punter. Texas didn't go that route. They signed Michael Kern out of St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale, one of the strongest high school programs in the country and they could have gone and got somebody. They could have brought somebody in or tried, but they didn't. They didn't seem to make much of an effort for one. They obviously did not bring one in. And now that means that scholarship-wise there is one punter on the roster and it is Michael Kern. That tells me all I really need to know about their confidence. And yeah, there are times when you may be a little bit concerned about a freshman and who is catching the ball and has focused on him from 21 other people on a given play, but as long as he can boot it, I think they'll be confident in him. It's a spot he's got to earn. It's a spot that you can build confidence in or you can quickly lose confidence in depending what you do on the practice field. 'Cause we all have heard that story about Michael Dixon, who's a multi-time all-pro, won the Ray Guy award, won of his first punts at a practice, an open practice, just veered way off onto Red River Street. So a long attendance. Yeah, and it's like, oh, this guy's punning. And then that guy goes and wins a bowl game MVP award. So not saying that's what's gonna happen to Kern. I have the richest contract for a punter in NFL history. He's getting paid to kick balls better than anybody else, maybe except for someone like Justin Tucker or Harrison Butker or anybody else in that league is doing. So not to give Levy those type of expectations onto Kern, but the fact that they didn't go and get somebody, another Sanborn, something like that, they had Sanborn last year. They knew they needed to stop over till Kern got there and now they have enough confidence in Kern to go ahead and take that spot. Hopefully this is the most in-depth analysis we give on Michael Kern for, you know, another few years till we're talking about his undrafted free agent or a fake punt that works out well or else, you know, maybe they'll be searching again soon. But another guy who's gonna show up, I remember writing, he showed up to all the events and was part of it. Good teammate, good member of the class and gonna have an opportunity come the fall to-- You've heard St. Thomas Aquinas, you've got some athleticism. That's just the way that is. And even if you weren't born with it, I guarantee some of it may have rubbed off on you. So Michael Kern, I love that they didn't go to the portal. They're gonna trust in that guy. Jeff Banks, I'm not questioning him when it comes to special teams. The third phase of the game, as is important as the first and second, Jeff Banks, Michael Kern, all from the punter himself, Joe Cook. And someone who deserves some credit flies under the radar, but I know that Texas believes strongly in him. It's Jeff Crosby, who is the quality control or their analyst that works with the specialist. Jeff Banks recruits those guys. He cares a lot. You never see somebody celebrate a ball down inside the 10, like you see Jeff Banks. But Jeff Crosby is one of those guys who helps the kickers and punters and even the long snappers with like the intricate part, because Jeff Banks has to help his tight ends during practice. Kickers are on their own a lot. Crosby helps out in the ways that he can and it's a big part of Texas success. Gentlemen, another great Saturday round table. Of course, we've got to thank Laura Baker one more time. Elite Andy Allen team for all your real estate needs in Austin. Give her a call at 512-784-0505. Of course, like this video, subscribe to the channel. 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