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It's actually a very interesting question. I like the response bluffton gave.

I don't think it's moving too fast. A couple things. Imo the shift is moving towards more involvement for more teams. Less than 20 years ago, our loss to uga would have eliminated us from any championship talk, let alone a BYU or Boise St but the big thing was how big a bowl we could make.

Now to your point on becoming the NFL, I think you're correct. With the decisions made in the last decade, portal and nil, it's forcing a quick change to adopt the NFL model because it's totally out of control and now openly corrupt where pay for play is the norm.

I never grew up in an NFL environment. Saying, I had no ties, no invested interest in any team. Would watch Atlanta or the redskins and hoped they won, but I didn't give it a 2nd thought if they lost. Never dreamed of purchasing merchandise to support an NFL team. But cities such as Dallas or Boston that had no college team were invested in the NFL. That to those people were like college sports to us.

To me, the shock was the Nate interview. He pulled back the curtain and gave us insight into what, and how much, college football IS changing. That was a shock to many who were hanging on to the model that CFB was still just the same ametuer sports we loved. It's an interesting debate and at the same time, disturbing.

So yes, I think we will have to admit and each decide whether we want to be supportive of the new model, or do we just become the ivy league?

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Oct 30, 2024, 11:02 AM

change in college football. Fundamental concepts of the sport, such as amateurism, have been completely destroyed. Assumed concepts such as recruits mostly committing to a school for their playing days (or...not to sound too corny...their education) are also demolished.

This may be over-romanticizing the "good old days", so I welcome the counter-argument, but before the TV money became soooo large, it seems like the sport more so served the fan. Pragmatically, having a good football team built school spirit, positive relationships and experiences, and a long term bond with students that would connect to them to the school long term and hopefully result in more donations. It provided a way for a school's name to be mentioned for a few hours on a Saturday. Now, it's hard to say it serves anything above tv revenue. Students aren't guaranteed a seat anymore. Because it doesn't generate enough revenue...which is considered more important than that student's connection to the school.

It is pretty crazy to think about...I'm on record as being very pro-Dabo in terms of the model he is following. But I look at fans like UGA and think...what are you cheering for? A team that is loosely associated with your school? Full of players that are there because they were paid well to do it, who will leave if they get a better offer, who probably don't go to class (just my speculation) and who rarely graduate (not speculation). Again, I might be misremembering, but I swear the official Clemson football roster used to show the players' majors. Now it just shows their social media accounts. UGAs does the same, only they also show what school they transferred in from (seriously).

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