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Money has ruined college sports. First coaches and now players. All are getting rich at the expense of us naive fans. This is all simple math. There are no more games to win than in the past. Someone has to win and someone has to lose. It will always be this way, a cumulative 50/50 proposition. There is also a finite source of players. More kids play today at the youth level than 50 years ago, but on a proportional basis there probably aren’t more “game changing” players. There are 134 division 1 schools trying for 12 playoff spots so based on math a 9% chance of making the playoff before you factor in other variables. There are 350 division 1 schools trying for 68 spots in basketballs march madness or a 19 pct chance of making it before you factor in other variables. The point is it is hard to win unless you are one of the elite with unlimited resources. Everyone at our wannabe level is paying their coach $4 million and have multi million player budgets. From a pure business standpoint fans paying for all this is foolish. The odds are way stacked against it. There are no more wins or good players to go around then there was years ago. All you have now are rich beyond belief below average coaches and 3 star athletes making more in college than many of us will make in years of working. Why do we do it. And don’t get me wrong I want us to succeed as much as anyone else.
Posted: 09/22/2024 at 11:00 AM ET

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Battlesuggs 09/22/24 11:00 AM ET
Fuente got $20-24 million from AD Whit**
Hokie 23451 09/22/24 11:52 AM ET
Most times, you get what you pay for....
Old Line Hokie 09/22/24 11:35 AM ET
Big Ten
Battlesuggs 09/22/24 12:12 PM ET
Eh. JMU blowing out UNC. Etc. I just think we suck, mostly coaching, LB, OL**
CPVT3 09/22/24 11:54 AM ET
JMU
Battlesuggs 09/22/24 12:10 PM ET
But in any given game, just not consistently**
VTCALS72 09/22/24 12:25 PM ET
Agree. I don't see how this current situation lasts for long.
cajun_hokie 09/22/24 11:05 AM ET
Having an arms race with the sec and big 10 is a fools game.
GreenvilleVT 09/22/24 12:10 PM ET