Re: Has the NIL/Portal completely ruined College Football for anyone else?

Clemson will continue to win.

Yep. Before COVID even, my mother-in-law, who lives with us and is a big fan, is in her 80's and was for the first time ever skipping games, mostly the early season (hottest) non-conference games. Then COVID showed us all that a big TV and handy bathroom beats lugging 1/2 ton of stuff to setup a tailgate that consumes 12+ hours. NIL made us rethink our donations...already not buying season tickets anymore so now if the players already can make $millions in NIL they don't need our donations.

Had already given up basketball, it was just too hard to make the trips from Atlanta for every game, but we did that for about 15 years. Getting screwed in the first reseating made us mad, getting screwed in the second reseating was the last straw.

Ironically, we are on the cusp of retirement, and have moved to within 30 minute drive of campus (just like we always planned!) and now NIL and other actions have made us not be killing ourselves to get to games, saving thousands and thousands of dollars in the process.

Went to the football game vs BC last year, looking at hitting some baseball maybe softball games this spring, but don't expect to ever be like we were pre-COVID, pre-NIL.

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No. It hasn't ruined a thing. Yet.

Apr 1, 2022, 6:44 PM

Right now feels like a giant wave of chaos roiling through with how it's playing out with little to zero parameters, so I really appreciate the rock that our program sits on, as a foundation, while this blows through and settles. That's thanks to Dabo and Iptay and the AD and all of Clemson nation really.

We're taking a pro approach with an emphasis on training kids how to be smart with image and all that comes with by creating a program and office and facilities. If recent history is any gauge it will be an A+ outfit in terms of quality.

Winning in college isn't all about the talent, though you have to have your share, especially QB, it's about playing lights out for each other as a unit with a common, selfless goal, and never quitting til the end. I feel like Dabo and Company will continue to attract dudes and hosses with major game that are in it to win it. Once this initial NIL wave rolls out or settles, we'll be standing tall ready to roll, still.

If we can't establish some competitive guidelines though as an NCAA collective over these next few years, then I do worry about the whole thing eating itself. The biggest obstacle I see is greed, and not from the kids (or their parents), but from the institutions that have the size and alumni base to sustain rampant expenditures and resist a model that keeps the whole shebang happy and healthy.

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Has the NIL/Portal completely ruined College Football for anyone else?