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<blockquote data-quote="GTFLETCH" data-source="post: 255076" data-attributes="member: 1668"><p>Agree I think BBall would like UA, or Nike... But here is the deal, GT is strapped for cash, the ACC ADs just refused to go to a 9 game FB schedule so every school will get 500K less a year from the ESPN TV deal, I know not that it is not thatmuch of a hit... However lets say RA does not want to reup with GT and so we lose our 2M plus a year deal with them. Nike offers 1M to 1.5 M over 8-10 Years... We will have the lowest deal in the ACC and be behind school by 5-7M... than tack on the annually 500K loss form the tV deal...Where does GT make up that money??</p><p></p><p>And does anyone really think that having the Nike Swoosh will bring in 5 star Basketball prospects who considers college nothing more than "the NBA minor league" and are looking for the easiest route to that ultimate goal, the NBA, going to wrestle with the academic rigors at GT since we have the swoosh???</p><p></p><p>I am not convinced that it will, what I think will happen is that when we are spurned by such an athlete the excuse will be for another reason....just a thought, however I also do not think GT gear will sell to fans faster either since you can already buy Nike and UA gear... So what is going to happen is that we may lose RA $$ accept less from Someone else unless adidas come in (which does nothing for bball recruiting) and we fall behind other ACC schools in money since we do not have the donor support to cover the transition from RA to a lesser deal like Nike or UA.. That will really hurt us in recruiting when we are trying to show recruits how great our campus and programs/facilities are... Train wreck is coming...I called it here first</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTFLETCH, post: 255076, member: 1668"] Agree I think BBall would like UA, or Nike... But here is the deal, GT is strapped for cash, the ACC ADs just refused to go to a 9 game FB schedule so every school will get 500K less a year from the ESPN TV deal, I know not that it is not thatmuch of a hit... However lets say RA does not want to reup with GT and so we lose our 2M plus a year deal with them. Nike offers 1M to 1.5 M over 8-10 Years... We will have the lowest deal in the ACC and be behind school by 5-7M... than tack on the annually 500K loss form the tV deal...Where does GT make up that money?? And does anyone really think that having the Nike Swoosh will bring in 5 star Basketball prospects who considers college nothing more than "the NBA minor league" and are looking for the easiest route to that ultimate goal, the NBA, going to wrestle with the academic rigors at GT since we have the swoosh??? I am not convinced that it will, what I think will happen is that when we are spurned by such an athlete the excuse will be for another reason....just a thought, however I also do not think GT gear will sell to fans faster either since you can already buy Nike and UA gear... So what is going to happen is that we may lose RA $$ accept less from Someone else unless adidas come in (which does nothing for bball recruiting) and we fall behind other ACC schools in money since we do not have the donor support to cover the transition from RA to a lesser deal like Nike or UA.. That will really hurt us in recruiting when we are trying to show recruits how great our campus and programs/facilities are... Train wreck is coming...I called it here first [/QUOTE]
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