Re: What do you think is the real situation?

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I do not believe this - college football is clearly PROFESSIONAL FOR-PROFIT

Jul 6, 2024, 1:55 AM

Dabo is MORALLY ABOVE the present free-for-all, money-grab that defines college football.

Hate Saban as you may, but Saban walked away from college football for the morally bereft conditions that we are presently witnessing.

I personally admire Saban for what he did.

I have ENORMOUS difficulty accepting the present state of college football, so much so that I WANT Clemson to WALK AWAY from this corrupt environment.

The SEC and BIG would gladly accept Clemson due to Clemson’s “prominence”, “reputation”, “popularity”, “market draw”?? Seriously??

Get a grip. Look around at what college football has become. This is purely about MONEY. NOTHING ELSE!

Clemson’s market value, while in a lower echelon of the Top 20 in market attractiveness, or whatever metric was recently measured is TOO SMALL and INSIGNIFICANT to “force” the SEC or BIG to accept Clemson. First, the BIG is NOT going to break with their precious AAU accreditation to accept a new geographically remote institution. This AAU accreditation is the BIG’s MORAL CRUTCH that soothes and comforts the BIG’s respective members that they maintain a MORAL SUPERIORITY as educational institutions of higher learning in the face of their FINANCIAL DEBAUCHERY.

While we here at Tigernet have effectively extremely limited inside knowledge, we know one thing for sure, and it is this: CLEMSON NEEDS A LOT MORE MONEY to try to maintain even a semblance of pace with the SEC and BIG and getting out of the ACC is the FIRST STEP in the process of TREADING WATER instead of immediately SINKING.

However, I do NOT think this will work, and Dabo is too committed to the VALUES he built Clemson football upon to dirty himself TOO MUCH more than he has already done to himself.

I do NOT think that Clemson has some mythical “landing spot” in the SEC, much less the BIG. IMHO, none of this ends well for Clemson football. I think Dabo will see what Saban saw. It is just going to take CDS another year to see it clearly.

My prediction: Clemson MOVES DOWN to “Division II” football, where college athletics still resembles the original college model.

I’ve always maintained over the past three (3) years, that Clemson is just NOT able to financially compete with this new PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE. There is plenty of money available in the budget for facilities and competive coaching salaries, but these expenses PALE in comparison to an entire $30M/year (probably closer to $50M/year when this is all said and done with new revenue sharing lawsuits that are already being filed) roster payroll.

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J. Marc Edwards
Cary, NC

guaranteed parity due to the structure of the N.C. collegiate system.

It's somewhat a matter of the state looking out for both, much as Virginia did for VT during the ACC expansion. The Virginia Governor along with prominent politicians leveled a major threat, involving UVA, that in effect demanded that VT got an ACC invitation. Despite feelings toward WVU, I believed they got a raw deal being left out when their main rival, Pitt, received an invitation. WVU had no one in their corner, which to me reeked of an effete elitism among the ACC members. Then, what happens? Maryland withdraws and Louisville gets an invitation, and I say that without any disparagenent against the Cards: they are good people. I blame Swofford directly for a lack of agressiveness with the expansion.

Now, I understand all this crap about TV viewership. But I repeat a contention I have made all along: it would be sheer stupidity for the SEC to sit idly and allow two programs like Clemson and FSU be gobbled up by the B1G...no different than the US of A allowing Russia to establish missile bases in Mexico or Canada, for God's Sake! Do they really want B1G schools playing sports, particularly football, all year long in the South? Do they want to watch the B1G take advantage of the southern inroads in recruiting? Only a numbnutted nonsensical nimwit would entertain those kinds of thoughts. Ask yourselves which would attract the greatest national audience: UNC vs UGA or Clemson vs UGA? UNC vs LSU or FSU vs LSU? There would be no contest...period!

I have believed from the onset that both Clemson and FSU entered the lawsuits ONLY because there had been behind-the-scenes' discussions with the SEC and B1G. And I believe the most successful of those chitchats were with people with Southern drawls.

What do you think is the real situation?