Joel D Harper

Digital Product Leader at  Apple | Texas McCombs Leadership Fellow

[Joel D Harper @JD_Harper]

@JoshPateCFB could you imagine if the Cowboys decided to leave the NFC East and join the NFC West because they wanted to play in tougher division? And then the East had 3 teams and West had 5 teams and that was just the way it was? And the NFC West was run by ESPN, East by Fox?

[Joel D Harper @JD_Harper]

@JoshPateCFB College football could have three tiers, each with their own playoff system, with promotion/relegation, e.g. Texas Tech could jump from Tier 2 to Tier 1 with continued investment and success.

[Joel D Harper @JD_Harper]

@JoshPateCFB any future of college football that only includes SEC and Big 10 breaking away from the rest of the country would be a financial miss. The future needs to include the entire country in it's governance strategy in order to maximize interest and revenue.

[Joel D Harper @JD_Harper]

@JoshPateCFB one easy, low hanging fruit, quick win is for conferences to own scheduling for all teams in their conference. Including non-conference games.

[Joel D Harper @JD_Harper]

@JoshPateCFB all of this talk about the CFP (12, 16, or 24) is totally irrelevant until we fix governance. Common sense conference structure and scheduling. Could you imagine if Kansas City got to make their own schedule and chose to schedule light, vs Buffalo scheduling hard?

[Joel D Harper @JD_Harper]

@JoshPateCFB if $$ is the primary objective of college football, then competitive balance is the primary way to get there. It's the #1 ingredient to every successful sports league.

[Texas Football @TexasFootball]

We'll never get tired of this 🤘

[Joel D Harper @JD_Harper]

@ILoveBlueBell I called two HEB's in my area in Austin and they do not have this new flavor yet. Is there a better way than calling each store to find which stores it is available?

[Joel D Harper @JD_Harper]

Case studies on negotiating media rights deals at the league level: NFL and the Indian Premier League in Cricket. Both massively successful business models for media rights distribution at league level

[Joel D Harper @JD_Harper]

@JoshPateCFB a 🧵 on the Big 10/SEC vs the CFB world

Austin, TX

[Joel D Harper @JD_Harper]

The streaming giants turn distribution of media rights into a global discussion. Where as current US networks are already constrained/saturated in the US market.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Sean McVay shares a universal truth about adversity and resilience.

"You're either in it, you're coming out of it, or you're gonna go back into it in a short period of time."

That's the reality. Adversity isn't a one-time event - it's a cycle.

"The separator is people's ability to handle that. How long can you stay in some of those uncomfortable spots and knowing that real growth is occurring?"

The question isn't whether adversity will come. Because it will.

The question is: can you stay in the discomfort long enough to grow from it?

"Adversity's inevitable. That's what's so great about sports. We learn so many things that test you in ways that are reflective of what you go through in a bunch of different arenas."

You don't grow despite adversity - you grow because of it.

The best aren't fearless - they just keep showing up.
(🎥@pureathleteinc )

[Joel D Harper @JD_Harper]

@JoshPateCFB for the "Well if college football is so broken, why are the TV ratings are so high?" crowd...

If we get this right, college football will surpass NFL TV ratings.

College football is (potentially) the most valuable product in America. It's pure magic.

[Joel D Harper @JD_Harper]

@criquetshirts script Texas on chest + Longhorn on collar. Could name this 'The Darrell' or 'The Wishbone'. I might make the script Texas a little bigger.

[Joel D Harper @JD_Harper]

A few big time college players who were backups for two years before starting: Barry Sanders (behind Thurman Thomas), Arch Manning (behind Quinn Ewers). @thegirlherd @kyleumlang @CJVogel_OTF @BobbyBurtonOTF @ChipBrown247 https://t.co/OcddCMCE4V

[Chris Del Conte @_delconte]

God, we ask for your peace to descend upon those affected by this tragedy. Calm their hearts and minds, and let them feel your soothing presence. Help them find solace in your own wavering love…🙏🏽