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Happy Dog
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Not so sure about that

My son is a two sport athlete in one of the D2 super conferences. His school has no big football TV deals, but they somehow manage to fully fund scholarships for every single varsity sport, and for a small 2500 student school, they have more sports than most D1 schools (embarrassingly, Clemson does not even have swimming, one of the most popular and highly participated sports with worldwide prestige). I personally would like to see SALT talks with football reducing scholarships to 65 to slow this arms race down.
Posted: 07/12/2022 at 05:15 PM ET
(In response to this post by EDGEMAN)

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Why do we care if VT gets picked up by a Tier 1 conference?
VT ChemE 1986 • 07/12/22 10:20 AM ET
Where is the minus button? That there's loser talk.
Maroon Effect • 07/12/22 05:06 PM ET
Why? **
133743Hokie • 07/12/22 08:10 PM ET
VT location is "remote" and far from a lot of alumni
HokieAl • 07/12/22 01:37 PM ET
It would be status quo. Same team, same players, same opponents as we face
133743Hokie • 07/12/22 08:12 PM ET
We generally don't play SEC and B1G teams now
Pylons • 07/12/22 03:49 PM ET
Not just the athletic department will suffer.
hokieball • 07/12/22 03:05 PM ET
Why would they go away? No different than now. **
133743Hokie • 07/12/22 08:14 PM ET
I hope our Leadership doesn't think this way.
RiverVT • 07/12/22 01:09 PM ET
JMU, ODU, ECU, Liberty are not middle tier. Pitt, WVa, NCSU, etc. are
133743Hokie • 07/12/22 08:16 PM ET
Sorry, but vomit
extremehokie • 07/12/22 12:40 PM ET
I tend to agree with you especially,'that ship has sailed' comment***
A3genhokie • 07/12/22 12:38 PM ET
I really don't understand this desire for mediocrity some fans have.
hokieball • 07/12/22 01:27 PM ET
The view may not be based on success/failure of the team though.
VTHokie2000 • 07/12/22 08:27 PM ET
I don't want middle tier.
RTFC • 07/12/22 11:10 AM ET
i keep saying we dont have the fanbase to pay SEC money to compete
VaPoly07 • 07/12/22 10:45 AM ET
Because staying in “middle tier” would hurt other VT sports
geevt92 • 07/12/22 10:43 AM ET
Even in the mid-tier...
Old Line Hokie • 07/12/22 12:56 PM ET
P2 money has an impact far beyond football
EDGEMAN • 07/12/22 10:38 AM ET
Don't fool yourself, that money will go to the football arms race
Happy Dog • 07/12/22 10:57 AM ET
Of course the majority will go to the engine that produces the money
EDGEMAN • 07/12/22 11:46 AM ET
Not so sure about that ◄
Happy Dog • 07/12/22 05:15 PM ET
This is a healthy train of thought I believe. But the competitor and the ra
goldendomer • 07/12/22 10:33 AM ET
I’ve always been all in on this approach.**
cricket77 • 07/12/22 10:27 AM ET