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My thoughts on this are that most AA's will try to do this. They will attempt to pass this cost along to the consumer to the extent that the consumer will accept it.
Also, all this just further shows that the more things change the more things stay the same.
I don't think NIL/pay to play - whatever you want to call it is going to make things more competitive, at least at the top. It is likely to be the same 10-12 schools that have mostly been playing for championships that will continue to play for championships. That is just how the sport is set up and every decision that has been made is designed to keep that hierarchy in place.
With it more out in the open there is more money going into the system in the short term to pay players, whether that is sustainable is a question mark.
You can argue that below the top tier that all this makes things more competitive but i'm not sure that is really true. I think it is more that the same 40ish schools are still all relatively competitive with each other, they are just spending more to be that way.
Is all this change - NIL/transfer portal, etc. more likely to make GT able to compete for championships - no. It simply allows GT to stay in that group of 40 or so schools that are fighting tooth and nail every year to try to get to a good bowl and every once in a while (every 5 or 10 years) get one of the last playoff slots.
Also, all this just further shows that the more things change the more things stay the same.
I don't think NIL/pay to play - whatever you want to call it is going to make things more competitive, at least at the top. It is likely to be the same 10-12 schools that have mostly been playing for championships that will continue to play for championships. That is just how the sport is set up and every decision that has been made is designed to keep that hierarchy in place.
With it more out in the open there is more money going into the system in the short term to pay players, whether that is sustainable is a question mark.
You can argue that below the top tier that all this makes things more competitive but i'm not sure that is really true. I think it is more that the same 40ish schools are still all relatively competitive with each other, they are just spending more to be that way.
Is all this change - NIL/transfer portal, etc. more likely to make GT able to compete for championships - no. It simply allows GT to stay in that group of 40 or so schools that are fighting tooth and nail every year to try to get to a good bowl and every once in a while (every 5 or 10 years) get one of the last playoff slots.