Bay Jilas was ALWAYS a leading proponent of essentially unfettered free market capitalism in college athletics. I'm thinking he may have overvalued Dook Hoops' actual value in the grand scheme of things once this genie has been let out of the bottle.
Totally. We are in the midst of literally every shred of 100+ years of history, relationships and meaning in the second biggest sport in America being sacrificed on the altar of potential earnings (ie, power) to please a select handful of people in a select handful of schools and Uncle Jay just realized his Coach K and Roy Williams-less group of nepotistic chums are going to be left out in the bitter cold with a shovel and a form for making blocks of ice.
Larger state school, low academic standards, fanbase that fits within framework of SEC. UF is also much more likely to go along with FSU coming into the fold, because over the last 20 years, they have become mirror images of each other in regards to how they are managed and outlook.
The thing with traditions, new ones will be created and the old forgotten over time.
WVU provides nothing of value for the ACC. Go after one of the Texas schools. That gives the ACC exposure in Texas and access to the 2nd best state for recruiting.
I don't necessarily disagree with much of what he's been a proponent for or what is happening now with the NIL. And I could be wrong about Dook's value or basketball schools in general. I'm just more inclined to think Bilas and Dookies could be in for a rude awakening when their school's artificially inflated power within the ACC is taken away and their overall "value" to a conference is actually explored. This is a pretty delicious time for Coach Ratface to be retiring too.
That's a distinct possibility, it's also the same thing USC is facing, sometimes, you are a victim of circumstances beyond your control. Doesn't mean you have to accept your fate, you should do everything possible, but there's a good chance Miami as an urban school, with a small donor pool may be stuck on the outside looking in, because the good old boy schools may not want to let us in. The best we can do is do everything we can to keep our seat at the table for as long as possible.
And he sucks at that.
I promise you, I know much more than you think. Your condescending tone is entirely unnecessary. And that goes for @Canedude08 and the recently banned one too.
Gonna be like a Kremlin election.
