DALLAS — The only SMU quarterback to lead teams to consecutive top-five finishes, the guy who went 34-5-1 in his four seasons during the early ‘80s, has finished his favorite cole slaw at S & D Oyster Co., is working his way through mine and minutes away from ordering a third when the subject of the new Boulevard Collective is raised.
Just days ago it was announced that all SMU football players would receive $36,000 per season, and that’s just from one collective. There are other deals to be made. But the Boulevard figure tops, for example, the $25,000 that Texas Tech’s Matador Collective will pay its Red Raiders.
“It’s a moving target. It’s crazy, I can’t see how it will be good,” Lance McIlhenny said, the words tumbling out as fast as the cole slaw is going in. “I don’t know enough. Boulevard Collective, I get it. But does everyone get paid? Walk-ons too? Are they one-year contracts, do players get paid if they go into the transfer portal?
