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The bake sale in my office lobby is more profitable than the LHN

lhn is extremely profitable for texas. espn, not so much.

Yeah, I guess 300,000,000 isn't a whole lot in today's economy.

Son, you might want to get out of your bubble. I don't think Saban will come to Texas, but don't pretend Bama is in the same league when it comes to Texas and money.

We have more than a few boosters unlike other schools with their one big dog. And with a university that consistetly holds a 50k~ enrollment, the number is growing rapidly. And for those that talk about the LHN, as much as a mess the distribution has been, we're still getting paid. A lot.

Yep. And you can't oversign recruits at just any school. Only the SEC.

Says who? If Texas is truly serious, they won't hesitate to open the checkbook. That is the point of the bidding war scenario; we have more firepower if it came down to that. We could offer a more lucrative contract while simultaneously feed his ego. But like I said I don't think it will come to that; good for Bama.

With all the cuts to education, there would be a tremendous backlash against any school that raised coaches salaries higher than they already are. The Texas faculty was pissed about paying Mack Brown 5 million per year. I would love to see the faculties reaction if they decided to pay Saban 30 million per year

Why don't you take the time to read what rollingtide2004 said. He/she said that Alabama had the boosters/money to match anything Texas could throw at him. That post was not about a limit because of what coaches are making.

Correct and Bama has the boosters to match anything Tejas could throw at Saban.

So, Texas will offer 40-50 mil? At what point does the bidding war reach its limit? I can almost guarantee it will take 20+ mil before Alabama would deny trying to match....Texas even pushing it to this extreme would be preposterous, since it would triple the current highest salary in the land (regardless of how much money your "boosters" have).

Easier? Haha, no it wouldn't. Football is a pretty big deal in other parts of the country besides Texas. But go right on thinking what you want.

We'll have to just disagree because there is no way the Alabama could hope to even stay in the ballpark with our boosters if we wanted to open the vault. If you know anything about insurance companies I will put it like this. In terms of size. Alabama would be a small insurance company. Texas would be what they call a reinsurance company.

Yes, easier. I've already linked WSJ article detailing our booster composition, which is "hands down, the nation's biggest, wealthiest and most eccentric collection of college football boosters." That in addition to our athletic budget allows us to offer a record-breaking lucrative contract much easier than other programs. Including yours. That's just simple math, when you compare the numbers. But you can stick to your fallacies and avoid the evidence, I've done my part in tearing up that premise.

In regards to the main topic, as Chuckie stated, it will be up to Saban. If he satisfied with his legacy, he will stay at Bama. If he is attracted to the idea of winning three championships at different programs, a feat never achieved in college football, then maybe he will listen to Texas' offer. Money will be secondary.