Texas All American defensive back, Michael Taaffe, sits down to chat about his football journey at Texas, the locker room dynamic with NIL, the current state of NIL, the importance of buying into the culture of a program over money, and more! 🔥 New Episodes Every Monday Subscribe today! Connect with us on Social Media:📱 Follow us on X: ⁠ / athletesassets ⁠📷 Check out our Instagram: ⁠ / athletesandassets ⁠💼 Connect with us on LinkedIn: ⁠ / the-athletes-and-assets📘 Subscribe on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/7AFiLDXSwUMoQgOA3ZNGZB🔊 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/athletes-assets-with-noah-lack/id155049077200:00- Intro 00:32- Lambo 01:39- Friday Night Lights 02:32- Bleed UT 06:47- Playing early on 08:10- Milk Check 09:12- Walk on vs NIL 15:15- Locker room dynamic with NIL20:59- Current State of NIL26:00- Transfer Portal 28:26- Quin Ewers 30:45- Culture over money 33:15- Commitment graphics 34:00- Personal NIL deals37:49- Vayner39:22- Equity Deals45:38- Audience question 1 48:08- Audience question 249:03- Outro #Texasfootball #NIL #Business