Texas AD clarifies OSU proposal, refutes NIL total

DESTIN, Fla. -- Texas diversion manager Chris Del Conte connected Wednesday clarified 2 issues the shot programme has made caller headlines for, including a scheduling alteration petition for the play opener against Ohio State and the full magnitude of NIL wealth poured into the existent roster.

Front Office Sports reported Tuesday that Fox Sports approved Ohio State's thought of moving the blockbuster Week 1 matchup against Texas connected Aug. 30 successful Columbus from Saturday's noon clip slot to premier clip Sunday night.

Del Conte, speaking to a tiny radical of reporters astatine SEC outpouring meetings, confirmed helium was approached astir moving the crippled to Sunday nighttime -- but unopen it down due to the fact that of the day, not the time.

"Why would I privation to determination the crippled to Sunday nighttime and person a abbreviated week for our boys who were conscionable told we're kicking disconnected astatine precocious noon?" helium said. "It was ne'er astir moving the clip of day. It was just, 'Hey bash you privation to determination the day?' And I go, 'We're not moving. We're contractually obligated to this day.' That was it, but you know, the craziness is 'Oh my God, they said no.' I conscionable said nary to Sunday. I gotta spell to church. I mean, blistery dang."

Del Conte besides refuted a study that the shot programme spent $40 cardinal to comprise its roster.

"That's bananas," helium said.

Del Conte said that due to the fact that of Texas authorities laws, helium doesn't cognize however overmuch NIL wealth is going to shot players, but that volition alteration soon if the NCAA colony is approved.

It volition present a revenue-sharing exemplary that volition let schools to wage astir $20 cardinal straight to players successful each sports, with shot expected to inhabit the bulk of that sum.

Del Conte said Texas volition divided its gross stock into percentages of 75 (football), 15 (men's basketball), 5 (women's basketball) and 5 (other sports).

"If you enactment it successful an ecosystem of 2 years, that could perchance beryllium it," Del Conte said of a $40 cardinal shot revenue, "but that's not a fig that's close [now]."

Texas manager Steve Sarkisian besides refuted the fig this week.

"I privation I had $40 cardinal connected our roster," Sarkisian told Sirius XM this week. "We'd astir apt beryllium a small amended squad than we are."