The ACC has been in decline for years now. All the money shifted to the Big Ten and SEC which resulted in better coaches and now better players. TV deals put all this in motion.
Football brings in the money and those two conferences dominate the football landscape.
I have been reading about our NIL woes on this board. What is the solution? How many on this board has contributed?
When my kids were in high school I tried to get them interested in in my alma mater. I sponsored a few scholarships through the rams club for four season tickets. It was not cheap. But I was glad to do it. After a few years and a lot of money spent on flights and hotels they left for colleges. One went to a school in Boston. The other went to a PAC 12 school. So now I still follow but limit my financial support. I gave up my rights to the tickets to my brother.
The point is I was glad to give when there was a good reason. My brother spends money supporting UNC because he now has good reasons. He took his family of four for the Maui classic. He wants his kids at UNC.
Where does Kentucky get its NIL money? Duke? Kansas? How does UNC generate its NIL funds? Is it a lack of interest?
Ugly, I'm rooting hard that the bloodbath doesn't continue. If the ACC is non competitive throughout this challenge the strength of schedule in conference is going to be pathetic.
I've posted before that MANY years ago when the idea of Trump running for president was posed, he said he didn't think he would ever do that UNLESS it was to stop other countries from taking advantage of us. He isn't the bullshitter that you lefties try to make him out to be. He is now doing exactly what he said he would do, which is to level the playing field.
