2016 acc cg appearance and then in 2019 if we beat UVA it would have been another (so we were close). And thats it (dismal since 2012). I am sure spending more on players will have an increased chance that more talented players will play in Blacksburg.

it on major facilities, coaches, staffs, support staffs to support their athletes. Just go check out all their athletic facility info on their site. We are and continue to be decade plus behind peers. And this link is but ONE of their new facilities. Surf around and see their soccer, rowing, softball, football additions among others. Compare that to VT where we are begging the BoV for $52M and can't even get Cassell renovation off the ground or some wifi and LED lights in Lane (which programs were installing across the country in 2014 - google that one too). SMU funded an endzone enclosure for $50M completely funded by a former player!! THAT's what VT is up against and that's just in the craptastic ACC.

No its reality 1. Professional fund raisers and positions . Professionals make 60-80k at the start not some local clerk from the area. thats one point 2. Recruiting staffs scout the entire nation, they are data analysts who assess the market and determine who is good, they use national daa management services (that most all of power 2 uses easily over 100k a year. plus team who asses the data and makes recommendations to contact candidates then give the staff the target the recruit. 3. Management of Nil, knowing value of players negotiations with agents (i.e. famillies) its not give a bag. But the biggest thing is a value of a national uiniversity is its total value of athletics academics and R&D. Eadh school are 1-2 billion dollar industries and they are all integrated. and also what do many of folks think of the value of the degree from VT. Right now the degree is delivering top notch entry salaries for VT graduates and in some fields highest in the state. WIth value comes branding, all soft words to local small business. and this goes into AAU and being grouped with the top elite programs. and yes there is difference in reputation from some schools than others,. SO is VT a major land grant, equal to PSU Purdue NC State clemson, or coastal carolina, ODU east ten state. It is a 35 plus enrollment and the largest employer in the region.