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<blockquote data-quote="MtnWasp" data-source="post: 874701" data-attributes="member: 4110"><p>No way to blame the NCAA for this mess. This is the last thing they wanted. They are corrupt but they had a corner on the corruption. NIL opens the floodgates for all sorts of outside parties to swoosh in for a piece of the pie. The NCAA is now a mere bystander watching this circus just like we are. </p><p></p><p>What we are seeing is the opening of a previously legally sheltered industry to the forces of the open market. This is a laboratory exercise in un-bridled capitalism, which usually moves in the direction of consolidation for reasons of efficiency (the economy of scale). </p><p></p><p>Before the NIL, there was a lot of ink about the schism between the big budget (>$100Mil per annum) schools (the Factory Schools) and the majority that are scraping-by, and how their interests are hopelessly at odds with one another. The thought is that they are going to split sooner or later.</p><p></p><p>I think the fallout of the NIL will only hasten that split. Schools like GT are squarely in limbo between the two factions. Gt faces some tough decisions: Do they drop out of the ACC and the Power 5 rat race and downsize the GTAA? Do they stay in the Power 5 and ramp-up their efforts to compete on the level of the competition and drop all the out-dated Ivory Tower "We are Harvard Monday-Friday and FSU on Saturday" routine. The worst case scenario is that Gt persists in it's present "lost in limbo" trajectory where they compete against the big boys but don't engage in the same semi-pro strategy being employed by the competition. This will leave GT in perpetual dog mat status in the Power 5. </p><p></p><p>Hopefully ,when the schism finally results in an actual fracture of the NCAA, then GT will be forced to choose one side, unequivocally, or the other.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MtnWasp, post: 874701, member: 4110"] No way to blame the NCAA for this mess. This is the last thing they wanted. They are corrupt but they had a corner on the corruption. NIL opens the floodgates for all sorts of outside parties to swoosh in for a piece of the pie. The NCAA is now a mere bystander watching this circus just like we are. What we are seeing is the opening of a previously legally sheltered industry to the forces of the open market. This is a laboratory exercise in un-bridled capitalism, which usually moves in the direction of consolidation for reasons of efficiency (the economy of scale). Before the NIL, there was a lot of ink about the schism between the big budget (>$100Mil per annum) schools (the Factory Schools) and the majority that are scraping-by, and how their interests are hopelessly at odds with one another. The thought is that they are going to split sooner or later. I think the fallout of the NIL will only hasten that split. Schools like GT are squarely in limbo between the two factions. Gt faces some tough decisions: Do they drop out of the ACC and the Power 5 rat race and downsize the GTAA? Do they stay in the Power 5 and ramp-up their efforts to compete on the level of the competition and drop all the out-dated Ivory Tower "We are Harvard Monday-Friday and FSU on Saturday" routine. The worst case scenario is that Gt persists in it's present "lost in limbo" trajectory where they compete against the big boys but don't engage in the same semi-pro strategy being employed by the competition. This will leave GT in perpetual dog mat status in the Power 5. Hopefully ,when the schism finally results in an actual fracture of the NCAA, then GT will be forced to choose one side, unequivocally, or the other. [/QUOTE]
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