Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian denies $40 million rumor

The University of Texas at the Austin Athletic Department has long been announced because of an approach to seemingly incomparable financial resources.

AND Texas Longhorns Football The program maintains probably some of the best – if not top -notch – the benefits in the country.

From the appearance of names, images and similarities (NIL), there was a noticeable progress in the amount of funding programs in the United States assigned to football, basketball and other sports.

Ohio State He allegedly built one of the most expensive lists of land on the way to January of the national championship.

Some claimed that Texas’s consumption started campaign in 2025 as compared to or even surpassed $ 20 million that the Buckeyi had spent.

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Texas coach Steve Sarkisian rejected a $ 40 million -related price to Longhorn.

Sarkisian referred to a recent Column Houston Chronicle This highlighted the Texas list of salaries. The column explained the division of revenue and collective payment of Texas Nil. According to the point of sale, the revenue distribution funds amounted to $ 20.5 million. A total of spent on the football team reported that it was between $ 35 to $ 40 million.

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Sarkisian suggested that $ 25 million was a more precise number for investing in Texas. He also hinted that the $ 40 million figure was the result of “irresponsible reporting”.

“There was an anonymous source who said it was our list. I wish I had $ 40 million on our list. We would probably be a little better team than we do,” the coach said during a recent appearance on Siriusxm sports radio.

Sarkisian then addressed the current landscape of college football.

“The idea to think that many other schools are not spending money to get players? That’s the current state of college. That’s what it is,” he said.

Texas progressed to College Football Playoff For the past two seasons. Longhorns lost 37-31 in Washington in the 2023–24 playoffs.

After defeating Clemson in the first round last season, Texas survived a double over-time thriller against Arizona State in the quarterfinals. But Longhorns could not cross the state of Ohio in the semifinals.

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“It was a great running. I wish I had about $ 15 million or something else. We may have a better list,” Sarkisian said.

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