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Our top 4 run is probably over for a while, and so it goes.
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Our top 4 run is probably over for a while, and so it goes.


Nov 27, 2022, 12:02 PM

Erosion of overall recruiting and coaching skills/decision-making has had an impact. Add in a couple of of players that didn't live up to their potential as well as some bad luck and we are what we are. Still though, I can't get too worked up about it as I have seen us win 3 nattys in my lifetime...Grateful for that.
At any rate, we're not going to make the playoffs again as long as there is only 4 teams. When they expand to 12 in a few years, we'll have another shot then and who knows? We might just end up back in the top 4 again before I take the great dirt nap.

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Re: Adjustment to the NIL (financial limitations) is problem


Nov 27, 2022, 12:35 PM

You are correct in that our run of Top 4 finishes may be eroding into the past.

The adjustment which we are trying to make in this world of NIL isn't as simple as it seems.

How much money does our typical 'high end' donor give to IPTAY? By 'high end,' I'm not talking about $10K per year. I'm talking about $200K+ per year.

Mark Avent and Mitchell Scott come to mind as far as high end donors. There are undoubtedly numerous others who are high end donors.

(As for Academic donors, Clemson is fortunate for the Powers, Pelham, [also again, Mitchell Scott], and others. But many of our biggest donors focus their money on the overall university, and not just the academic side.)

Clemson's high end donors to the athletic programs are neither as plentiful as in places such as Texas A&M, nor as monolithically committed to athletics as Auburn's Jimmy Rane and Bobby Lowder.

Early in my professional career I had met Al Warrington (donor to U of Florida). He owned a regional waste management company that got bought out by the Fortune 500 company Waste Management, Inc. About 10 years ago, Warrington donated ~ $100 MM to U of FL. (He was also a big time donor to FL's athletic programs.

Phil Knight at Oregon. Everyone knows that he makes enormous donations to U of OR athletics.

Summary is that Clemson cannot compete on a $ for $ basis against schools that will spend the most money on these NIL deals.

Clemson athletic programs (including football) must find other ways to be attractive to student athletes. Dabo has gone the 'culture' route, which quite frankly is both the most honorable and the best competitive path for Clemson to take.

While Clemson has the chance to remain competitive (i.e., Top 15) among the more-than-25 other programs that have more money than we do, but it is unrealistic that we will get big time money hungry transfers such as Caleb Williams, Jordan Addison, B.Hooker, etc etc etc that can transform a mediocre program into a contender nearly overnight.

We are going to have to be patient and enjoy the 10 win seasons when we can get them.

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