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<blockquote data-quote="TechCubed" data-source="post: 463690" data-attributes="member: 491"><p>IMO, there are three defining moments in the last 50 years of college football:</p><p></p><p>-- Integration in 60-70s</p><p>-- Introduction of APR in mid-2000s</p><p>-- Conference networks/TV money in mid-2010s</p><p></p><p>Each of these significantly shifted the landscape of the sport, and there are schools/conferences who adapted and thrived while others were behind the curve.</p><p></p><p>Specifically for APR, you could not longer "hide" kids taking a bunch of electives who need 100 more hours when 4 years of eligibility expired. The schools that adapted to the rule created new majors to continue to hide players. Georgia Tech did not (and we should take pride in that).</p><p></p><p>With SEC, Big 10 and Pac 12 networks launching, it created a new stream of revenue (not so much for P-12 though) that hadn't previously existed. You take an extra 5-15 million per year, and there's a lot more money to invest in facilities, staffing, amenities. That created a new arms race, and for the most part the ACC was left behind. </p><p></p><p>It's shocking to think when Richt was hired by Georgia in 2001, O'Leary had a higher salary. The total budgets were about the same. Ralph Friedgen was once among the highest-paid coordinators in that nation. That era is not long gone. </p><p></p><p> The gap between the top 10-15 programs and everyone else has grown so wide over that last 10 years. Georgia Tech is like a lot of other Power-5 schools -- you want to win more than you lose and hope to catch lightning in a bottle every 4-5 years to win 9, 10 or 11 games. </p><p></p><p>There are a lot of approaches to compete, and most involve throwing money and people at the problem. Like any business, that works if you spend in the right areas and hire the right people. Otherwise, it's rinse and repeat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TechCubed, post: 463690, member: 491"] IMO, there are three defining moments in the last 50 years of college football: -- Integration in 60-70s -- Introduction of APR in mid-2000s -- Conference networks/TV money in mid-2010s Each of these significantly shifted the landscape of the sport, and there are schools/conferences who adapted and thrived while others were behind the curve. Specifically for APR, you could not longer "hide" kids taking a bunch of electives who need 100 more hours when 4 years of eligibility expired. The schools that adapted to the rule created new majors to continue to hide players. Georgia Tech did not (and we should take pride in that). With SEC, Big 10 and Pac 12 networks launching, it created a new stream of revenue (not so much for P-12 though) that hadn't previously existed. You take an extra 5-15 million per year, and there's a lot more money to invest in facilities, staffing, amenities. That created a new arms race, and for the most part the ACC was left behind. It's shocking to think when Richt was hired by Georgia in 2001, O'Leary had a higher salary. The total budgets were about the same. Ralph Friedgen was once among the highest-paid coordinators in that nation. That era is not long gone. The gap between the top 10-15 programs and everyone else has grown so wide over that last 10 years. Georgia Tech is like a lot of other Power-5 schools -- you want to win more than you lose and hope to catch lightning in a bottle every 4-5 years to win 9, 10 or 11 games. There are a lot of approaches to compete, and most involve throwing money and people at the problem. Like any business, that works if you spend in the right areas and hire the right people. Otherwise, it's rinse and repeat. [/QUOTE]
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