Nope...

I can remember a time when getting a four star to commit to Clemson was a big deal! Now some fans whine and ##### and moan if several five stars don’t commit. NIL this and NIL that, it was created and I understand that, you gotta dance with the one who brung ya. Clemson will not compete against Ohio State, Texas, A&M, Michigan, Bama, etc without rule changes and governance from a toothless NCAA. Recruiting is cyclical in many ways including which five stars are available and want to commit to your school. If money is the deciding factor then Clemson won’t compete, they would leave and go to the highest bidder anyway as Clemson doesn’t have the money to outbid big oil and huge fan bases. The sky isn’t falling Clemson will compete by following Dabo’s philosophy. If you don’t like it and it affects how you feel about Clemson you are not a fan anyway. I hear South Carolina is a good place for you people to go be fans! They change coaches every couple years use the #### out of the portal and win 5-6 games a year on a consistent basis.

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Jul 5, 2024, 2:30 PM

Dabo's approach to pay Clemson coaches the maximum, to restrict NIL payments for high school recruits (if accurate), and to not utilize the transfer portal may or may not be a successful adaptive approach. But that's why Dabo makes the big bucks and sets the philosophy. It's worked amazingly well in pre-portal/pre-NIL days.

In reply to TigerChrisL® post, money looks to be the "deciding factor" in the short term, but he's right about cyclical patterns. Realignment to the P2 will bring additional TV revenue to the equation and should help the next cycle. That may be the needed "Get Out of Jail Free Card", and the cycles will continue tochange.

I'm optimistic Clemson Football will play and outperform with a big chip on their shoulder in 2024. I'm all in on this 2024 team being hungry, improved and aggressive. But expecting any assistance or clarity from the NCAA does not seem realistic at this time. Greg Sankey and recently appointed B1G commissioner Tony Petitti (long time senior executive at CBS Sports and ABC Sports who has overseen rights acquisition deals for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, regular season men’s basketball, college football, NFL, PGA Tour, the Masters, U.S. Open Tennis Championships, and the Little League World Series, and creation of the college football Bowl Championship Series to determine college football’s national champion) will be calling most of the shots with the networks not the NCAA.

Let's pull in some O-Linemen who want to be at Clemson. Go Tigers! Beat UGA!