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(07-07-2021 09:47 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  This will have massive ramifications. University of Miami is already lining up boosters with hundreds of thousands just handing out to players.

I can understand why players want to get paid over and above all they are given but its probably going to be the death of college athletics.

And people thought I was nuts when I said thats where I saw it all going. Its so obvious to me thats what would happen. ODU has some very generous donors, but they aren't in large enough numbers for us to compete in that arms race. It was hard enough to stay competitive in facilities. I could see us paying a few folks big money to have a couple of ringers, but I dont see any way we can pay all of our football and basketball players tens (if not hundreds) of thousands each. If anything, the investment is better in basketball where one or two guys can make all the difference.

As far as a death sentence, I think we just will all have to accept we are at a lower level and not pay our folks like that. We wont be the only ones in that camp. I figure most if not all of the G5 will join us. Maybe this is what forces the separation.