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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
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Nov 12, 2025, 4:03 PM
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Wow, I wonder who finally asked that question? They’ll probably be banned from campus lol.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
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Nov 12, 2025, 4:10 PM
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Was thinking the same thing. Would love to see that question posed to Dabo. Does anyone think he'd answer the question.
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Yes Dabs would answer it.
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Nov 12, 2025, 4:15 PM
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He would talk about how successful he has been and how Neff can fire him if he is tired if all the winning.
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Gawd, Dabs really pierced your black soul...
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Nov 12, 2025, 4:48 PM
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...didn't he?
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Re: Yes Dabs would answer it.
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Nov 12, 2025, 6:22 PM
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Something our basketball coach couldn’t do!
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
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Nov 12, 2025, 4:06 PM
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Thanks ..Neff agrees, too many friends and family on the gravy train ..
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
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Nov 12, 2025, 9:04 PM
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Neff is literally a “friends and family” hire with no outside experience relevant to his current position. This board is profoundly stupid.
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Clemson Sports Icon [54040]
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It must cause you great stress and frustration
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bring so much smarter than everyone else.
How do you deal with all of the morons every day?
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Game Changer [1905]
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Re: It must cause you great stress and frustration
Nov 13, 2025, 12:27 PM
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So I can’t speak for viztiz, but I mostly deal by taking pity on you guys
It’s not your fault that whatever happened to you, happened
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Re: It must cause you great stress and frustration
Nov 13, 2025, 9:38 PM
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Honestly I come to this board to laugh at how stupid most of our fans are, glad you could check in. There are no actual good opinions here
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Re: It must cause you great stress and frustration
Nov 14, 2025, 7:55 PM
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It literally does. Try to wrap your tiny brain around being smarter than 97-98% of the people you interact with.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
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Nov 13, 2025, 12:03 AM
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Neff came with Rad from Ga Tech, correct? Served roles in Clemson’s athletics department for a spell, then associate AD. That was what, 2015 or so?
THEN in 21 became AD.
I’d say those years spent were very productive and gave Clemson reason to hire him. Athletics overall look pretty dang good right now. Wimmens LaCrosse has a facility like no other. I have friends from across the country commenting to me about that facility.
Even if he was/is a friends and family hire, some of them are warranted and work out. Sane fans would be ok with some, heck, all of them if the team were performing.
Side note: you seem angry constantly. I bet/hope it’s just an online persona. I guess it plays the way you want it to, so good(?) for you.
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ATTENTION - EVERYONE PLEASE STEP AWAY FROM THE FOOTBALL CLIFF - HAVE
Nov 13, 2025, 9:54 AM
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YOU SEEN OUR WIMMINS LACROSSE FACILITY ? ? WE ARE PERFECTLY FINE ! ! !
Are you sure you aren't DSP's scok ? Or was it GWP with the lacrosse cross they were bearing - for all to see ? ?
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Re: ATTENTION - EVERYONE PLEASE STEP AWAY FROM THE FOOTBALL CLIFF - HAVE
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It was an example. It is the only standalone in the country. It does not make money, but: Title IX.
Did I say we are fine? Nope. The discussion is about friends and family hires. Neff is possibly not one of them he has credentials that predate Clemson. Does that make him the best for the job? Of course not.
The problem with 99.99999% of you all is your emotional inability to separate fact from fiction. If it is fact and counter to your side, it’s all caps time and time to lose it. If it’s pseudo fact or fiction and it sounds good to support your views, it’s fact.
Neff is possibly not a nepo hire. Could be. Could just be the easiest path after Rad left. But he’s making moves. The vast majority of the sports programs are flourishing.
But I’m really glad I could pull that hair trigger you have. Made my day.
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Re: ATTENTION - EVERYONE PLEASE STEP AWAY FROM THE FOOTBALL CLIFF - HAVE
Nov 14, 2025, 7:59 PM
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Your going out on an awfully big limb based on nothing but your conjecture when you could have simply used Google and realized you’re completely wrong.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
Nov 14, 2025, 7:57 PM
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No. Head went to Ga Tech. He spent one year at Middle Tennessee State University before taking a job a Clemson. Neff is grossly unprepared for his job by any standard ever applied to Dabo’s hires.
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I'm calling BS. Neff had experience at East Tennessee State and served in key athletic administration roles before he was hired in 2013 as an assistant at Clemson that worked under DRAD.. Many of Dabo's Nepo/ F&F hires don't even have FCS experience.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
Nov 14, 2025, 8:00 PM
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He had one year at Middle Tennessee (way to do your homework) before coming here in a junior position in the athletic department. If you don’t understand that makes him exactly what you’ve people are complaining about that’s on you.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
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😲😲😲
Pretty good answer. But to clarify, he's saying a staff that's stuck together, like during our run, has appeal to some parents and recruits. But NOT an inexperienced group of coaches.
Interesting he says we operate on one side of the extreme. Wow. I like him. When was this interview???
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
Nov 13, 2025, 8:04 AM
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😲😲😲 Pretty good answer. But to clarify, he's saying a staff that's stuck together, like during our run, has appeal to some parents and recruits. But NOT an inexperienced group of coaches. Interesting he says we operate on one side of the extreme. Wow. I like him. When was this interview??? smillsap1
Per the article linked in the X post this is a very recent event on campus:
On Oct. 29, Neff participated in a panel hosted by Clemson’s Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism called “Will Capitalism Save College Sports?” During the Q&A portion of the lecture, a Clemson student pressed Neff on the lack of outside experience on the football coaching staff
Read more at: https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/acc/clemson-university/article312886917.html#storylink=cpy
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Ankles? we showing those in this weather? Are my knee high socks out of style?
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I can’t keep up with trends.
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I bet he has to leave those shoes outside. Fonnnkkkkeee***
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maybe there's some promising things gonna happen?
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Nov 12, 2025, 4:31 PM
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tbd
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
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waaaaayyyyy too many hand gestures to 'explain' the narrative.
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Gavin Newscum would be able to interpret.
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I still don't know how Dabo was able to hire his two sons as
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"player development/assistant tight ends/wide receivers coach".
Dabo is a SC public employee of a SC public (i.e. taxpayer funded) University. While only the smallest portion of his salary is paid by the State of SC (rest from other AD sources), I can't see how he is not still subject to the SC Public Employee nepotism law - "Ethics, Government Accountability, and Campaign Reform Act of 1991".
According to SC Law "No public official, public member, or public employee may cause the employment, appointment, promotion, transfer, or advancement of a family member to a state or local office or position in which the public official, public member, or public employee supervises or manages." (Section 8-13-750 SC Code).
Maybe one of you lawyer types can explain how hiring is sons doesn't violate this law??
Why Dabo didn't just call one of his many FBS/smaller college football programs to assist them with getting a job away from "Daddy" to learn the ropes is beyond me. I'm sure there are programs like PC, Newberry or some other small school whose head coach would be more than happy to take them on staff should Dabo ask. Let them cut their chops in the small leagues and when they have put the work in - then maybe give them a shot at the big boy leagues. But this stuff of hiring the head coaches inexperienced children smells rotten and at some point either we donors or the taxpayers are subsidizing it.
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Re: I still don't know how Dabo was able to hire his two sons as
Nov 12, 2025, 6:19 PM
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Might have to ask Mama! 😉
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Re: I still don't know how Dabo was able to hire his two sons as
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Just a gut feeling here. I think we'll see less and less of this for two reasons:
1. Plenty of Tiger fans and supporters don't like the nepo stuff. That could mean less $$$ coming in. Especially since the team stinks this year.
2. Dabo is running out of kids.
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Re: I still don't know how Dabo was able to hire his two sons as
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Are there any grand kids yet that haven't scored or coached?
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Nov 12, 2025, 6:49 PM
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Hope he means “better balance”.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
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Nov 12, 2025, 7:08 PM
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Calm down everyone.
That’s not new.
It’s from a conference over the summer, before this season even started.
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I think everyone is calm - are you?
It probably hurts hearing the AD insinuate what several posters on here have been saying the last several years, only to be bashed for it.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
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Did the AD acknowledge that he is an inside hire with no outside experience relevant to his current position? If not, perhaps an interviewer should ask why it’s acceptable for him. Maybe he’ll resign to show how seriously he took this line of questioning.
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Nov 12, 2025, 9:58 PM
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Sounded like a politically correct answer. Said a lot of words without answering the question.
Neff should leave the AD job and run for Governor.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
Nov 14, 2025, 8:01 PM
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He has more relevant experience for that job.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
Nov 12, 2025, 11:42 PM
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Neff is one person. He succeeded at his original position to the point of he is promoted to his current position. It’s not anything similar to the football staff having 20 to 30 inexperienced hires.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
Nov 14, 2025, 8:02 PM
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It’s identical. He has been promoted from within entirely.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
Nov 13, 2025, 8:39 PM
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Middle Tennessee State
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Neff began his administrative career at Middle Tennessee State University in their athletics department serving in several senior administrative roles, with emphasis in finance, facilities and external operations.
Clemson
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In 2013, Neff joined Clemson University as their associate athletic director of finance and facilities, working closely with athletic director Dan Radakovich.
In 2014, Radakovich promoted Neff to deputy athletic director. During his tenure as deputy athletic director, Neff has overseen more than $200 million in capital projects, assisted in the negotiation of several high-value contracts and helped shape Clemson’s athletic department physically, operationally and financially.
Neff has also helped develop several key areas of the department, including the financial philosophy, fundraising, student-athlete welfare, and external operations management, and in 2019 was named one of Sports Business Daily’s Power Players.[3]
Per wiki. Looks like he had prior experience to me.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
Nov 14, 2025, 8:03 PM
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JFC - he has one year of experience at Middle Tennessee State before coming to Clemson. He had zero experience as an athletic director at a major power 4 conference program. You guys are twisting yourself into pretzels pretending this isn’t exactly what you’ve been crying about.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
Nov 13, 2025, 8:12 AM
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Calm down everyone.
That’s not new.
It’s from a conference over the summer, before this season even started.
Actually it was Oct 29th at an on-campus event per Fowler’s article. It was a student who pressed Neff with the question during the Q&A.
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Wrong.***
Nov 13, 2025, 8:19 PM
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Re: Wrong.***
Nov 13, 2025, 8:43 PM
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Prove it.
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Re: Wrong.***
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From Fowler’s article. If you don’t believe him then call him out as a liar, but please provide proof.
“On Oct. 29, Neff participated in a panel hosted by Clemson’s Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism called “Will Capitalism Save College Sports?” During the Q&A portion of the lecture, a Clemson student pressed Neff on the lack of outside experience on the football coaching staff.”
Read more at: https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/acc/clemson-university/article312886917.html#storylink=cpy
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
Nov 12, 2025, 11:37 PM
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He's never played, nor coached football... How would he determine someones ability to coach?
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Funny you mention Neff has zero coaching experience. Oh the irony.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
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If the never played or never coached was an issue then Wes should have never been DC. So it appears precedence has been set. Let's just hope it doesn't continue.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
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Fowler writes for The State newspaper. They're just publishing it now. I don't subscribe to it anymore but it'd be nice to see the article.
The Q & A took place on October 29th on campus with various journalism students and other media. I don't think any of the Clemson media attended. CU media like hood or larry Williams.
The State article may go into more depth. Kudos to Andy, a Clemson student, for asking the question. Neff knew exactly what he was asking and believe me, Neff and the BOT have received an earful. People can say what they want about Dabo's equity, but Dabo does have a boss.
So, row86 and his cronies need to get their facts straight.
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Qualk and Ben from the ROAR were there.***
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Red pilled Neff. Nice to see.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
Nov 13, 2025, 9:05 AM
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more like brown pilled
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My speculation continues to be that after the SC game....
Nov 13, 2025, 9:09 AM
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...Tom Allen and Dabo will have a deep conversation about the defensive staff (which they probably have already started) and Allen will have significant input into the decision about which coaches will be fired and who will replace them.
I suspect the same conversation will be had with Garrett Riley and while it won't be as much, Riely will also have significant input into the decisions made.
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Re: Neff speaks about better balance on the football staff
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Don't say like Neff is an advocate of the " Friends and Family Plan ". This should make things very interesting in the months after the season is complete.
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Dan Rad was AD for the dynasty
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this is the AD version of Dabo and Venables
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Neff has no credibility after keeping a coach for 12+ years and never winning.
Nov 13, 2025, 10:11 PM
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Dabo has 2 natties, multiple playoffs, many conf championships.
Another Clemson coach to remain nameless.
0 natties
0 regular season championships
0 conf championships
Seldom finishing above middle of the pack in a horrid ACC.
Yet, Neff has something to say regarding football and not basketball.
And don’t try the pay excuse - both are highly paid. One has a great record, one does not.
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Re: Neff has no credibility after keeping a coach for 12+ years and never winning.
Nov 14, 2025, 8:04 PM
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Because football is the cash cow that feeds Basketball.
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