As the summer months slowly begin to dwindle, it means that it will soon be time to turn the page toward a full slate of exciting college sports that includes football, basketball, and the lead-up to baseball.
TexAgs recently held their 2023 Preseason Kickoff Event this weekend, which benefits the Kidz 1st Fund. The fund was established by Coach Jimbo Fisher & Candi Fisher after their son was diagnosed with Fanconi anemia. The Kidz1stFund raises awareness & funds for FA research.
Football Head coach Jimbo Fisher, basketball head coach Buzz Williams, and baseball Assistant Coach Nolan Cain took the stage to field questions about their teams’ respective offseasons and the expectations for each program heading into the fall. Before the event concluded, one more special guest was to join the stage: Texas A&M Director of Athletics Ross Bjork.
Bjork provided his insight on what should be an exciting year of Aggie athletics while also teasing some exciting developments in front of new sports facilities coming to College Station. Additionally, with the ever-evolving outlook of name, image, and likeness and the subsequent debate over legislation at the state level, Bjork indicated how Texas A&M plans to move forward in the immediate landscape.
Here is everything Ross Bjork had to say at the TexAgs 2023 Preseason Kickoff Event:
Consistency is the goal for Texas A&M Athletics
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“We need to be consistent. There is a measurement of what’s called the Director’s Cup, and we finished 24th this year. We’ve finished higher at Texas A&M, and we need to get back into the top ten. If you’re in the top ten, you’re winning national championships.”
Bjork is confident that the new suites at Kyle Field will be ready come start of the season
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“Our suites, the 23 new suites on the south end of Kyle Field, those will be complete – let’s just say kickoff is 6 p.m. on September 2 – those will be complete at 6 p.m.”
Indoor track, soccer, and baseball are next in line for a facilities upgrade
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“That (indoor track) building is going to be just a ‘wow’ factor for our track programs. And then we’re working on soccer and baseball. Those will be our next two projects up.”
The reigning SEC tennis champs will be getting a new complex in the future
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“On Monday, the City of Bryan’s city council is approving an indoor tennis complex that will be home of Texas A&M tennis.”
NIL is the present and the future, while the government takes its shot at future regulation
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“NIL is part of the stratosphere and part of our ecosystem now. Eventually, whether Congress or the NCAA or somebody, we have to define that economic model because, until then, we’re going to be chasing and going in this cycle for a little while.”
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