[Marcello] Arkansas super booster John Tyson when asked why he can't do for Arkansas football what Cody Campbell is doing for Texas Tech: "He's got oil, I've got chickens."

[u/redwave2505]

https://x.com/bmarcello/status/2107163032639955392?s=46&t=BnbVRJKuTJ91_xw0Gc4vwg

[u/Beneficial_Present29]

Not with that attitude he can't but also iirc he likes Calipari way more than football

[u/ESPbeN → u/Beneficial_Present29]

NILnomics has an interesting series going on right now diving into the misconceptions about Arkansas' funding of football versus men's basketball.

[u/anonymous_otter28 → u/ESPbeN]

Yeah hopefully they do something about the fucking flashlight of a website.

They could've solved every crime known and I'd never find out.

[u/WTAP1 → u/Beneficial_Present29]

They were really cool BEFORE Cal came over.

[u/Normal-Hornet8548]

Kind of ridiculous that someone actually gets asked ‘why don’t you spend your money where Arkansas football fans want you to spend it rather than how you want to spend it?’

[u/olduvai_man → u/Normal-Hornet8548]

Yeah, it was a stupid question.

This guy is paying for both Coach Cal and the army of 5*'s this year so I don't care if he gives a single cent to football. Make someone else pay for us to be mediocre there.

[u/Background_Body2696 → u/olduvai_man]

Coach cal being the lessor expense ironically

[u/Normal-Hornet8548 → u/olduvai_man]

Yep, and from what I understand the Walmart family has spent a ton on improving NW Arkansas, including charities in the area, etc.

[u/FloggingJonna → u/Normal-Hornet8548]

Mostly just Alice. And uh there’s a reason it’s the Walton College of Business. The money just doesn’t make it to athletics.

[u/meta_irl → u/FloggingJonna]

No, not just Alice. The Waltons set up four $100MM funds for restaurants and nightlife venues in each of the four cities in NWA. One of the kids was really into mountain biking, so he hired the best trail builder in the PNW to build incredible trails in the Ozarks.

Once Walmart decided a few years ago to keep the HQ in NWA instead of moving to Dallas or KC, they decided to make the area attractive enough to compete with Amazon for talent. They've made a ton of investments. There are a lot of things to criticize Walmart for, but the Waltons, from Sam on down, have used their money to lift up that entire region.

[u/swellfie → u/meta_irl]

The education system there is actually insanely good, too, and there are free museums funded by the family. That area is insanely high QOL.

[u/GhostOfDrTobaggan → u/swellfie]

The Waltons are absolutely not to thank for the education system of Northwest Arkansas (at least not public education). They routinely advocate for voucher systems for private schools to take money away from public schooling and give it to private (Christian) schools. In Arkansas, over 90% of the vouchers went to kids who were already in private school.

Walmart's success as a company has created a biproduct of increasing property value in the area which helps education transitively through property taxes and increasing funding for education; however, their advocacy is directly contrary to public education in the state. They believe a significant portion of the increased tax revenue in Northwest Arkansas should be funneled back to schools that really only help the children of their upper management. That cannot be overlooked.

[u/meta_irl → u/swellfie]

Yeah, a friend of mine almost moved there for a fantastic-sounding job working for Crystal Bridges. I consulted with her a bit. It has a surprisingly high amount of amenities, but it would probably be difficult for her to find the sort of community that she typically surrounds herself with.

[u/carlmoss666 → u/meta_irl]

They have more people on food stamps than any other private employer in the country. It is an enormous propaganda machine that convinces people that money doesn’t work when poor people spend it, but any money spent by a billionaire is the hand of god showing favor on the wretched, poor, working class.

[u/dontshoot4301 → u/FloggingJonna]

Sam didn’t even go to Arkansas - also we sold that for an embarrassingly low price compared to what it costs to name a business school these days…

[u/desymond → u/dontshoot4301]

kind of funny to poorly negotiate a business school name

[u/AldermanMcCheese → u/desymond]

They were contractually obligated to sell it for an Every Day Low Price.

[u/monoDK13 → u/AldermanMcCheese]

The Walton Family bought it on Rollback.

[u/srs_house → u/desymond]

You'd be surprised at how often a school has subject matter experts and then does dumb things because god forbid you actually involve those people.

[u/Normal-Hornet8548 → u/dontshoot4301]

Yeah it’s not like they built Arkansas a palace for basketball that has the name Walton on it.

[u/FloggingJonna → u/dontshoot4301]

Where did Jim and Rob go? Bud didn’t go to Arkansas either and his name is on Arena.

[u/booxterhooey → u/FloggingJonna]

Rob owns the Broncos. So same deal with Jerry, can't contribute due to conflict of interest

[u/IMASHIRT → u/FloggingJonna]

They both went to U of A.

[u/FloggingJonna → u/IMASHIRT]

That’s exactly right. It’s how I was refuting the “Sam didn’t go there” thing. Everyone always brings up Mizzou but those are Buds daughters not Sam’s. And Sam’s kids have more money.

[u/dontshoot4301 → u/FloggingJonna]

I just find it funny that Sam’s name is on the college - it’s the Sam M Walton College of business

[u/khoelzeman → u/dontshoot4301]

At the time it was the largest donation to a business college, but it was also nearly 30 years ago.

[u/olduvai_man → u/Normal-Hornet8548]

They have given a lot to the surrounding area and to the university, but their priority for athletics is Mizzou and professional teams.

There's been some articles that insinuate that they've held off supporting as much due to not getting the chancellor they preferred years ago but no idea on the truth of that or whether it would have even moved the needle.

[u/FuckChadMorris → u/olduvai_man]

There were 2 finalists for chancellor a few years ago. One was supported by Tyson and Johnelle Hunt, and one was supported by Stuart Walton. They went with the first one

[u/olduvai_man → u/FuckChadMorris]

Would explain why we are competitive in both baseball and basketball and abysmal in the sport that shall not be named.

[u/RCocaineBurner → u/olduvai_man]

RIP Paige Laurie Arena we’ll never forget you

[u/jaxonya → u/Normal-Hornet8548]

Nwa is lit as fuck.. i love this place

[u/Normal-Hornet8548 → u/jaxonya]

I have visited, at one time or another, every SEC campus town and for my money, Fayetteville is the best college town of the lot. Absolutely gorgeous.

(It’s also interesting how they engineered it so everywhere you walk is uphill both ways, or seems so. It’s like if MC Escher did the landscaping.)

[u/Smoocci-Mane → u/Normal-Hornet8548]

At Arkansas, the Freshman 15 actually refers to the amount of muscle mass you gain in your legs.

[u/BeatNavyAgain → u/Normal-Hornet8548]

they must have duplicated West Point's layout then -- I always recommend to visitors to WP that they prepare for walking uphill regardless of starting and ending points

[u/RCocaineBurner → u/Normal-Hornet8548]

Little Rock is the most fun job interview I’ve ever gone on, like going to the bars after. Man they hated Chad Morris.

[u/RagePoop → u/Normal-Hornet8548]

I for one love how we depend on the whims of billionaires to improve our college football teams and overall living environment lol

[u/buffinator2 → u/Normal-Hornet8548]

https://x.com/SarahHuckabee/status/2107148846677803244?s=20

$100 million for something about healthy moms and babies. Anyone saying the Waltons need to give more can kindly shut up too because, yeah, they do a ton for NWA already - they just don't directly support paying the football players. I don't blame them though, have you seen our players and coaches? They're all overpaid already.

[u/randomwalktoFI → u/olduvai_man]

also I mean these guys could throw 100M/year and someone is going to lose and probably to the guy who spent 110. Most of these guys arent rich because they throw money at fruitless ventures

I also wouldn't be surprised if eventually they want some returnon these investments

[u/Munster172 → u/Normal-Hornet8548]

Exactly. It’s the same reason why the majority of college students don’t pay for alumni association clubs. I already went there now I have my own middle class life, but now you think you’re entitled to some of that income?? This is just that on a grander scale and he can do whatever he wants

[u/miss-nomad → u/Munster172]

What’s even worse is working for a university and still getting the fundraising emails. Like I’m not giving you back some of the money you paid me for doing my job…

[u/MC_chrome → u/miss-nomad]

Also got to love how universities will send emails to staff saying they will deduct several hundred dollars from your salary if you want to park on campus....fucking ghouls

[u/ewest → u/Normal-Hornet8548]

I'm glad someone else said this. Not that I have a ton of sympathy for very wealthy people, but I'm trying to think of any other phase of life where someone would be subjected to a question like this. I've never had someone in my life say 'Why don't you just buy [thing you've shown no interest in and can't necessarily afford]'? It'd be like someone pressuring me to buy a vacation home or a boat.

[u/MidlandsBraves → u/ewest]

Not just that but I’m sure his “investment to happiness” is well earned watching / spending on Arkansas basketball being a dang good team. And already being friends with the coach he gets as much access as anyone could want. Watched them win the SEC and made a sweet 16.

[u/Tarmacked → u/ewest]

I get Cody Campbell wants to blow cash on Tech, but it also just looks dumb to single-handedly prop up a program like that.

The only one that ever made sense was Phil Knight dropping donations here and there, largely because Oregon’s high level track, football, and basketball teams would go out and actually act as marketing arms through the AD’s partnership. He basically got a massive return off of it

[u/Xx_TBONES_xX]

Idk. Id rather eat chicken than oil

[u/Schmenza → u/Xx_TBONES_xX]

What about chicken deep fried in oil?

[u/Murica19 → u/Schmenza]

Not the kind campbell has lol

[u/sporkemon → u/Murica19]

deep fried in that sweet sweet crude😋

[u/Dangerous_Golf_7417 → u/sporkemon]

Brent's Fried Chicken - Light and Sweet!

[u/btroberts011 → u/Murica19]

Eat it once and you'd be full for the rest of your life!

[u/SpicyDMLookALike → u/Murica19]

WHY IS IT CALLED ‘SWEET’ OR ‘SOUR’ CRUDE IF I AM NOT MEANT TO EAT IT?!

[u/HerkulezRokkafeller → u/Xx_TBONES_xX]

Hasn't Tyson chicken been recalled a bunch lately?

[u/CFBHurts → u/HerkulezRokkafeller]

Has any major food brand not been recalled lately?

[u/srs_house → u/CFBHurts]

They had to issue a recall for fucking salt this summer.

[u/TheNastyCasty → u/HerkulezRokkafeller]

I haven’t seen anything about Tyson recalls. Maybe you’re thinking of Taylor Farms that had a bunch?

[u/CFBHurts]

Bro needs to learn a thing or two from Leroy Jenkins

[u/saltytradewinds → u/CFBHurts]

LEROYYYY JENKINS

[u/Revolver_Oshawott_ → u/saltytradewinds]

^{Least I got chicken}

[u/extraqueso → u/Revolver_Oshawott_]

Did not expect the top comment to be a 20 yr old wow meme but I'm here for it. 

I did not fare well my first semester at Tech raiding on Archimonde. For the Horde!

[u/overandoverandagain → u/extraqueso]

Forever has it back in the zeitgeist a bit

[u/Colavs9601 → u/CFBHurts]

I don't think anyone should be learning much from Colorado this week.

[u/andareev]

Tyson's the only reason we got Calipari in basketball, he's doing his part

[u/zenverak → u/andareev]

Yeah, like outside of football I feel like Arkansas is more than setup to compete at a high level.

[u/RegretAccumulator72 → u/andareev]

Now if we only had an AD that did their part instead of basically ceding entire programs to billionaires.

[u/OnTheFenceGuy]

I really don’t understand why Jerry Jones can’t do what Campbell has done, three times over for Arky.

I guess he just doesn’t care about their program?

Don’t get me wrong: I sincerely hope they never get a cent. But, it’s surprising.

Edit: got my answer. He isn’t legally allowed to.
Although that doesn’t really stop most of rich people from doing whatever the hell they want these days.

With the recent news, I’m ready to read “Tony Romo LLC donates $130MM to the university of Arkansas because he just thinks they’re super cool.

[u/Nacho_cheese_guapo → u/OnTheFenceGuy]

NFL owners are not allowed to contribute to NIL funds afaik

[u/thisonesnottaken → u/Nacho_cheese_guapo]

Does anyone know the stated basis for the rule? I assume the real reason is something like “donating that much money would kill our bargaining positions against the NFLPA and state/local entities for stadium deals”, but I don’t see how it’s competitively unfair to the NFL owners if they have to draft players anyway.

[u/PolloMagnifico → u/thisonesnottaken]

I would assume it's out of concern that the NFL would start recruiting high schoolers. "Hey Kid, I'm Barry McThrowenrun-Handofferson with the Dallas Cowboys. I know you don't want to play for Arkansas/TCU/SMU/Baylor/North Texas, but if you do play for one of them, we'll give you [dollar amount] and instead of declaring for the draft we'll give you a place with the Cowboys in free agency".

But I'm not a lawyer. Hell I'm barely a football fan. I don't know what all the rules are.

[u/iwearatophat → u/PolloMagnifico]

Isn't it a rule that they have to go through the draft? Otherwise the draft would be pointless because players would bypass it because who the hell wants to go to the Jets or Browns or something like that. I don't know if it is possible to funnel a player to a certain team.

I think it is just anti-trust stuff and not bypassing it.

[u/gmr548 → u/iwearatophat]

You definitely have to go through the draft. Every top prospect would skip the rookie wage scale and go straight to free agency if they could.

[u/Different-Trainer-21 → u/PolloMagnifico]

You have to go through the NFL draft in order to be eligible for free agency

[u/slider8949 → u/thisonesnottaken]

My guess is that it's related to the NFL's cross-ownership rule that prevents owners from having teams in other sports outside of their home market. It's why the Nuggets and Avalanche are technically owned by Ann Walton Kroenke and not Stan.

[u/wysiwygperson → u/OnTheFenceGuy]

IIRC, the NFL actually has rules that prevent it

[u/ShaolinMaster → u/wysiwygperson]

Yes, the NFL has a CBA, unlike the NCAA.

[u/TheJimReaper6 → u/OnTheFenceGuy]

I thought he couldn’t because he’s an NFL owner?

[u/Smoocci-Mane → u/TheJimReaper6]

This is correct but people tend to ignore it and keep asking why he isn’t helping,

[u/FloggingJonna → u/OnTheFenceGuy]

Jerry cares. His name is on a facility or two. (And a cowboys star ugh). The Hunts (JB Hunt Trucking) and Stephens (private investment bank) are also boosters. Here’s the rub there’s talk that Chad Morris was Jerry’s guy so that soured some stuff. It’s also seemingly been impossible to get them all on the same page for the same coach which NEEDS to happen. The elephant in the room is always Jim and Rob Walton who both went to Arkansas and getting them to pitch in. They’re both worth around 150 billion.

Also Tyson is being flippant he’s worth more than Campbell. Or at worst close.

[u/putsch80 → u/FloggingJonna]

John Tyson spent like a total of 2 years at the U of A, and doesn't hold a degree from there. The money he's donated to basketball is because he's from Springdale and likes the hogs. I don't think it's even in the realm of fairness for the media to imply he should be doing more than he already has.

[u/ivandragostwin → u/OnTheFenceGuy]

I’d imagine some business owners just don’t see the return as worth it.

Like with the Cowboys he has arguably one of the best assets in the country, much less in sports.

Donating to NIL basically gives you bragging rights and pride for your Alma mater at the end of the day? Don’t get me wrong I’m very glad the Ryan’s for instance have been willing and able to help build up this program at NU little by little but I can totally see why not all rich guys get into this.

[u/Terriblyboard → u/OnTheFenceGuy]

Jerry Jones could care fuck less about the Razorbacks. He aint spending that money.

[u/SantosCalzonesBatman → u/Terriblyboard]

Even if he cared he cant per NFL rules

[u/Dangerous_Golf_7417 → u/Terriblyboard]

He cares a bit or he wouldn't have set them up to play us in Dallas for a decade.

[u/Smoocci-Mane → u/Dangerous_Golf_7417]

I remember going to one of the first games Arkansas played there. He was at the pep rally saying he built that stadium in part to be a second home for the hogs. He loves Arkansas, he can’t contribute to the program due to NFL rules. He’s been involved in hiring coaches before.

Anyone saying otherwise doesn’t know what they’re talking about.

[u/Dangerous_Golf_7417 → u/Smoocci-Mane]

Should be third home, no? Do you guys not play games in War Memorial anymore?

[u/Smoocci-Mane → u/Dangerous_Golf_7417]

Sort of. It’s been a dump for so long we have to get out of it. The last good game we played there was 16 years ago and it’s only gotten worse

I’m a LR born Arkansas grad and even I know it’s hurting us to play there at this point.

[u/blotsfan → u/Smoocci-Mane]

Maybe I’m wrong, but my understanding is that you have a ton of major boosters who have made it clear they won’t give a penny if you get rid of the Little Rock game.

Edit: actually it looks like you aren’t playing a game there this year. Did the University actually stop?

[u/Smoocci-Mane → u/blotsfan]

That’s partially true but at some point we needed to call their bluff. We can’t bring recruits there, the stadium is an absolute dump, and it creates an extra road game every year in terms of travel and impact on the players and coaches. Before A&M moved to home and home we essentially lost two home games every year from these stupid agreements.

I think if the city of Little Rock was interested in investing more in the stadium we could have that discussion, but they seem content to let it fall into the ground eventually. Plus, the money’s shifting. There’s old money in LR but the more NWA grows the less sense it makes and the less impact those old money boosters have.

Saw your edit - agreement ended last year and we have no new plans to go back, though they haven’t formally said we’re not doing it again.

[u/cardbross → u/Dangerous_Golf_7417]

He cares about getting college games in Jerryworld. He's been trying to get the RRS moved there for years now, and by all accounts if he had to drop the aTm vs. Ark game to do it, he wouldn't think twice. The man only cares about his NFL empire, and raising the profile of the stadium is an extension of that.

[u/GoldenFrog14 → u/OnTheFenceGuy]

I mean, he can't. No NFL owner can

[u/huazzy → u/OnTheFenceGuy]

Jerry should focus on the Cowboys first.

[u/OnTheFenceGuy → u/huazzy]

I think the problem is that he HAS focused on the Cowboys too much.

[u/Bussman500]

Got me thinking, do I consume more chicken or oil in a month?

[u/Possible-Cheetah-703 → u/Bussman500]

I’m gonna guess oil. It is in almost everything. Synthetic fabrics, shoes, eyeglasses, toothpaste, lotion, tupperware, trash bags, soaps, detergents, paints, pharmaceuticals, pleather, tires, asphalt, etc.

[u/erasers047 → u/Possible-Cheetah-703]

It’s also used to move chickens, and everything else. So even if it’s not in the product, it’s still tied to it (and its price).

[u/Xy13 → u/Possible-Cheetah-703]

Yep, even if we didn't use diesel or gasoline for any kind of vehicle or power generation any longer, and they all became EVs, we'd still process lots of oil for everything else.

[u/GP_ADD → u/Bussman500]

By pound/volume/value? Oil almost guaranteed

[u/HoneycombJackass → u/Bussman500]

There’s seven stages of oil refinement, and each stage contributes to nearly everything we consume commercially.

[u/tenoclockrobot]

🎵 Who could ask for anything more 🎵

[u/fuxicles]

Always find it funny when people are super comfortable asking rich people "well why don't you do XYZ?" And then I'm equally surprised when said person doesn't respond with "Because I don't fucking want to."

[u/Vast_Bowl247 → u/fuxicles]

He already has the patches on all sports jerseys. What more could he possibly benefit from giving even more money to football

[u/johnyahn → u/fuxicles]

There’s a pretty big difference between being rich and being worth 2.7 Billion dollars lol. I mean sure asking them why they aren’t spending it on football is silly, but that’s an unfathomable amount of money.

[u/Bixler17 → u/johnyahn]

Being worth 2.7 billion in tyson stock does not mean he has hundreds of millions to throw around and build rosters for years on end. He owns a chicken business and a bunch of luxury items like a mansion and yachts, he doesn't just have bank accounts filled with billions of dollars. He's not going to fuck his family legacy over so arkansas football fans can feel good.

[u/Individual_Rest_4542 → u/Bixler17]

Redditors think when someone is "worth" any money, they just have that money in cash ready to spend on whatever they want

[u/fuxicles → u/johnyahn]

Eat the billionaires etc etc blah blah blah give me my reddit upvotes etc... asking a billionaire "hey why don't you blow some money on my favorite football team so I can be happy" is fucking hilarious to me.

[u/Khalil_Sack → u/fuxicles]

Seriously of all ways to pressure a billionaire to spend his absurd fortune, make my football team better is so unserious

[u/srs_house → u/Khalil_Sack]

Counter - billionaires dumping money on college kids is probably better for society than how most of them like to spend it by tampering with politics or other things.

[u/LeoFireGod → u/fuxicles]

Money can’t buy wins just look at the Mets or Texas a&M

[u/baconator_out]

Have you tried burying the chickens underground for ~100 million years or so?

[u/R_Raider86 → u/baconator_out]

Never wrong. Just early

[u/BillButtlickerII → u/baconator_out]

For real. What an idiot.

[u/CantaloupeCamper]

What’s up with the volume of “why not Arkansas???” media these days?

[u/cooterdick → u/CantaloupeCamper]

Mostly because they dominate in track, have an incredibly successful baseball team, and are investing heavily in basketball.

Add to that names like Tyson, Walton, and Jerry Jones, and people are left wondering what the hell is so wrong with the football program that people involved aren’t advocating for it or supporting it the same way they do other sports.

[u/M_Mitchell08 → u/cooterdick]

Well, if Jerry is involved with football at all, that’s your answer. Look at the Cowboys for the last 30 years.

[u/heavywafflezombie → u/cooterdick]

JB Hunt based in Northwest Arkansas as well

[u/ShrekBackShots → u/CantaloupeCamper]

They’ve been the doormat for awhile. Even Vandy has done better than them lol

[u/Cometguy7 → u/CantaloupeCamper]

Why not why not Arkansas?

[u/More_Shoulder5634 → u/CantaloupeCamper]

Your minnesota starting qb, drake Lindsey, is from Fayetteville. His grandpa jim lindsey owns 9000 apartment units in northwest Arkansas. Not trying to say anything in particular. Just interesting. I remember drake Lindsey at Fayetteville didn't know he ended up kicking butt in Minnesota. I used to live in a Lindsey management apartment

[u/Ididntdodiddly]

I buy Tyson chicken, I expect more from Arkansas football as an NIL contributor. Also lol at buying Nike.

[u/Healthy_Article_2237]

Last I checked, chickens were kinda pricey too! A barrel of chicken meat will cost you more than a barrel of oil.

[u/YOwololoO → u/Healthy_Article_2237]

And the cost to create a barrel of chicken meat is more than the cost to acquire a barrel of oil

[u/rockiesfan4ever]

Is there any rule about chickens playing college football?

[u/Chicobean95]

⛽️ 🐓

[u/TJ_Will → u/Chicobean95]

Chickens and oil.

Sounds like a recipe for a Col. Sanders.

[u/defensecowboy]

I fear the chicken booster

[u/Zloggt]

I mean...you could always train an army of chickens to lay waste to your enemies and become an avian-powered warlord?

[u/Toothlessdovahkin → u/Zloggt]

The Legend of Zelda has taught us chickens can be very dangerous 

[u/Normal-Hornet8548 → u/Zloggt]

You’ve got drones.

We have chickens.

[u/Normal-Hornet8548]

Texas A&M actually has a place called Chicken Oil Co.

Should be stacking natties with that.

[u/OnTheFenceGuy → u/Normal-Hornet8548]

Not to mention the Von Miller chicken empire

[u/que-n-blues]

Oil? Who said anything about oil? Bitch you cookin?

[u/Toothlessdovahkin]

If we only lived in the Legend of Zelda universe…. Cuccos would rule the world!

[u/doubleyou-tee-hache → u/Toothlessdovahkin]

Hyrule super Hylian Link when asked why he can't do for Kakariko Village what Ganondorf did for Gerudo Town: "Hyaaah!"

[u/deadtofall12]

I realize this question was to the chicken man, but doesn't Arkansas also have Walmart (the Walton's) and Jerry Jones? Or are they not boosters?

[u/perinone → u/deadtofall12]

Jerry Jones is an NFL owner (not allowed to donate to NIL) and the Waltons couldn’t give less of a shit about us.

[u/MoosilaukeFlyer → u/perinone]

Waltons are NFL owners too though, right?

[u/Notext2 → u/MoosilaukeFlyer]

Yes, at least 1 owns the Broncos

[u/msgkc94 → u/perinone]

I read that Bud Walton donated a lot of the money used to build the basketball arena (hence the name Bud Walton Arena). Is it just the younger Walton generations that don’t care about Arkansas athletics?

[u/PBurns20 → u/msgkc94]

The part of the family that likes sports donates to Mizzou or is involved in pro-sports ownership.

The “Arkansas” portion of the family is 3rd generation billionaires that don’t care about college sports. The grandparents are building museums and doing pet projects, the parents sending grandkids to Ivies and the families have zero interest in college football and little connection to the university of Arkansas at this point

[u/iceoldtea → u/PBurns20]

So you’re saying all Arkansas needs to do is become an “Ivy League” level education? Sounds like a simple solution

[u/PBurns20 → u/iceoldtea]

It’s been said that the University of Arkansas is the Harvard of Washington County

[u/DeadliftsnDonuts → u/perinone]

The Waltons also are Mizzou boosters

[u/ShatteredAnus → u/deadtofall12]

There are supposedly a Arkansas faction and a Missouri faction of the Waltons. The Arkansas side doesn't care about sports but does donate for academic and for the arts.

[u/Expensive_Team_5072 → u/ShatteredAnus]

"You see, Lisa, there are two types of trillionaire college boosters. Jocks and Nerds...."

[u/Ghiggs_Boson → u/Expensive_Team_5072]

This but unironically. And the sports Walton’s are Mizzou fans

[u/Squirrel_of_Fury → u/ShatteredAnus]

The Arkansas faction opened a new medical school in Bentonville, so not a bad trade off.

[u/Expensive_Team_5072 → u/Squirrel_of_Fury]

I don't see how that wins any football games.

[u/thisalsomightbemine → u/deadtofall12]

My understanding is there are rules how much you can give to a college team when you own an nfl team.

The waltons invested in acedemic parts of the university more than the sports

[u/Rock_man_bears_fan → u/deadtofall12]

Jerry Jones can give to the school, which is why his name is on a practice facility there, but the NFL bylaws prevent him from contributing to NIL funds. The Waltons either own pro sports teams they care way more about or went to Purdue. They’ve invested in the business school, but don’t have any interest in the athletic program

[u/LemonZestify → u/deadtofall12]

The Walton’s that care about sports are Mizzou boosters

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/deadtofall12]

They are Mizzou people

[u/wowthisislong]

That and Arkansas plays the schedule of doom and despair every year

[u/csince1988]

He said that like chickens are an endangered species now.

You can just say you don’t wanna, it’s fine lol.

[u/AntFearless6009]

“We're prepared to offer you full concession conversion. Chicken dogs, chicken twists, and instead of beer, alcoholic chicken”

[u/Own-Lavishness4029]

The waltons could wave their pinky and it'd be lights out.

[u/LemonZestify → u/Own-Lavishness4029]

The Waltons who give a shit about college sports are Mizzou boosters

[u/Rock_man_bears_fan → u/Own-Lavishness4029]

The Waltons who care didn’t go to Arkansas.

[u/dirty_old_priest_4 → u/Own-Lavishness4029]

Bezos could rotate his billions and give each team a championship. The ultimate altruism.

[u/Expensive_Team_5072 → u/dirty_old_priest_4]

If I was a trillionaire, I think I would spend $100M just to see if I could get some G6 team a title.

[u/azsoup]

I have a MBA but it’s only through sports, I realized how much stupid money is thrown around and how these guys stumbled ass backwards into fortunes. Here I am analyzing the chip sector when I should be investing in oversized cookies and mattresses.

[u/mncabinman]

Doesn’t Arkansas have the Walmart family? Why are they picking on the chicken guy?

[u/Smoocci-Mane → u/mncabinman]

The Walton’s donate academically to the UofA because they need graduates in their corporate offices.

They donate athletically to Mizzou becuase they want Mizzou to win games.

[u/KaiserSote → u/mncabinman]

Also JB Hunt. 3 of the country's largest corporations in that little area

[u/JohnPaulDavyJones → u/mncabinman]

Arkansas’ two wealthiest alumni by a mile are both precluded from donating to Arkansas’ NIL collective by the NFL’s moratorium on any owners with a stake larger than something like 20% donating to collegiate NIL (although NFL owners are going to talk about killing that rule after this season).

Jerry Jones is worth a cool ~$8B, so approximately double Cody Campbell, and then Rob Walton is worth between ~$145B. Neither of them is allowed to donate to Arkansas’ NIL unless they want to sell off the Cowboys and the Broncos, respectively.

Arkansas is, bar none, the college program most hampered by that rule, although I imagine that SMU would sure like the Hunts (the kids are all prohibited from donating because of how they structured the family ownership in the Chiefs) and Carlie Irsay (not an SMU alum, but her dad played there and she’s a fan) be donating to the ponies. 

[u/ValleyNoticer → u/JohnPaulDavyJones]

(although NFL owners are going to talk about killing that rule after this season).

My guess is they keep it. They want to avoid the idea that an NFL franchise can bankroll a collegiate team.

[u/StateDawg78 → u/mncabinman]

Doesn’t Arkansas have the Walmart family?

I think a lot of the Waltons went to Missouri

[u/Golden3131 → u/mncabinman]

They give all the money to the Denver Broncos

[u/FloggingJonna → u/Golden3131]

That’s just one. All four of Sam’s kids are worth 150 billion or so. Bud (Sam’s brother) had two daughters worth considerably less and it was enough for Laurie and Kroenke to give to Mizzou.

[u/Smoocci-Mane → u/FloggingJonna]

Also, Walmarts so big they just bring in people from other companies with no ties to Arkansas to run the budgets that could go towards NIL.

Plenty of Arkansas grads at Walmart, very few with any clout or ability to control how the real money’s spent.

[u/helpmeredditimbored → u/mncabinman]

The Waltons don’t care about college athletics. They’d rather send their money to the academic programs

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/mncabinman]

They give their money to Mizzou athletics. Only the business school gets money from them

[u/R1ckMartel → u/Dry-Membership3867]

That's the Lauries, mostly

[u/hunghome]

Bro the chicken consumption in this country is increasing like crazy. I don’t wanna hear no excuses.

[u/ElGranQuesoRojo]

Guys, guys, guys... Forbes only estimates his wealth to be around $2.7 billion. How can he possibly keep up?

[u/Expensive_Team_5072 → u/ElGranQuesoRojo]

"That's all I have? Let's stop treating these chickens so well...."

[u/AlphaH4wk]

Just replace all the concessions at Yankee stadium with chicken products

[u/atypicalcarl]

Arkansas has the best football team chicken can buy.

[u/AuK07]

He’s making us into a basketball school which I’m fine with tbh. I can explain my flairs as me supporting the football team of my undergrad and the basketball team of my grad

[u/pieface100]

Probably an unpopular opinion on this sub but I would respect these mega donors a lot more if they were donating the money towards the academic sides of the universities rather than to pay the salaries of the football teams

[u/Penguinsteve]

I just want to vent that in mid 2000s, Tyson was great. They had these tequila lime frozen wings that were still some of the best wing I ever had.

Cant find them now and every bag of chicken I get from then is 30% less than the bag size and price would allow you to assume. A buffalo tenders bag is like 5 actual tenders, 6 nubs, and 20 chunks of just breading.

I boycotted them long ago.

[u/whistleridge]

TIL Cody Campbell is doing something for TT.

Last year aside, they haven’t won fewer than 4 or more than 9 since 1983, with a median of just over 7 wins.

A 1.25 season hot streak does not “something” make. Not yet.

[u/R_Raider86 → u/whistleridge]

Yeah we're not the best example to follow.

[u/Enough-One4975]

And man, the oil business is booming

[u/defroach84]

They still do a great job at making record profits out of American consumers...

[u/barrelclown]

There’s money in rubber chickens if you got in early.

[u/karl_manutzitsch]

Better sell more chickens then pal

Once this chicken treadmill-powered energy source takes off, Arkansas will be rolling in it and we won’t need oil anymore

[u/Life_Act_6887]

There’s a whole lotta money in chicken — he’s being humble

[u/reddit_names → u/Life_Act_6887]

Our biggest booster is a chicken guy. Probably buys his chicken from Tyson. He has no excuse. 

[u/ParadoxicalIrony99]

Him giving $10 million to Arkansas NIL would be like me giving $400.

[u/ALotOfIdeas]

Now that I think about it, people should combine chicken and oil. I wonder what you would get

[u/tw0tonet → u/ALotOfIdeas]

Kentucky Football

[u/traderncc]

salary cap has to exist for CFB to be fun

[u/ImpossibleBear8176]

If you see a Tyson chicken truck driving on the highway, it may turn you off from large scale chicken products lol.

Buy from a local farm, I promise the markup is worth it.

ETA: he also needs to save his money to continually bail out John R.

[u/LaserQuest_Legend]

Seems like there is an uphill battle for football anyway with his love of the basketball program, at least as long as Coach Cal is there.

[u/Competitive_Feed_402]

"I mean, who even eats chicken anymore?"

[u/Quick-Expert-4608]

What if you combined the two?

[u/YodaForceGhost]

I guess he doesn’t have a big enough cock to compete with other schools in the SEC

[u/im_a_stapler]

That's what college football needs to be made great again; oil and chickens.

[u/Suspicious-Spend3982]

his net worth is several billion, he just doesn’t care enough, which is perfectly acceptable

[u/ElMondoH]

"He's got oil, I've got chickens."

Find us a flour magnate and we have ourselves a good dinner.

Well, except for the fact the oil's crude, not canola.