If you dig into what has leaked out concerning the likes of UNC, Clemson and Florida State you will find one common theme. They are doing a lot of background preparation, not only to be viable in the new college pay for play environment but they are preparing to leave the conference; commissioning studies, hiring consultants, etc. Unless Virginia Tech has some super secret background channels that cannot be accessed by freedom of information act by any news media then it is very apparent that Virginia Tech is doing absolutely nothing. In fact, everything they’ve done just to prepare for this upcoming year has been a slog. Just listening to Whit Babcock in one of his only recent interviews, it was apparently quite the struggle just to come up with the money to pay players this first year of the settlement. Whit Babcock has been running this athletic department like it was more of a G5 program than a power 4 program. They simply lack the infrastructure, the aptitude or the will to do much more than they’re doing right now which means they are not going to be a target of the power 2. And I don’t think the administration cares to be quite frankly, regardless of what the donor/fanbase thinks or wants. Perhaps it boils down to a simple funding problem that no one is willing or capable of fixing. I know it sucks, but that is what it is. You don’t hear a peep out of VT administration about any of this which is quite telling. ** Edited by Poultrygeist at 7/25/2025, 12:54:42 PM ** Edited by Poultrygeist at 7/25/2025, 12:57:49 PM ** Edited by Poultrygeist at 7/25/2025, 1:05:40 PM