You Aggies are delusional if you think your NIL collective is operating in the shadows. Oregon and Miami are landing five-stars because they have the actual financial firepower and the brand appeal you simply lack. Your "sustainable, multi-year deals" are just a fancy way of saying you're offering less money upfront and hoping kids don't realize their market value. The portal exists for a reason, and if a player gets a better offer, they're gone. Your donor base is unified in complaining about Jimbo Fisher's buyout, not in winning bidding wars for elite talent. The 2027 class is years away, and every program is promising those kids the moon right now. We've seen this movie before in College Station: big talk in the offseason followed by a middling finish in the SEC West. Silent commits mean nothing until they sign, and your track record of developing that so-called top-tier talennt is questionable at best. While you're patting yourselves on the back for structured packages, real programs are stacking their rosters with ready-now players. Keep waiting for that rankings bump, we'll be focused on actual wins.