We reached a #1 ranking as recently as 2007, and have
Posted on: September 13, 2019 at 11:21:52 CT
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played in 4 conference championship games in the past 12 years, with legitimate *national* title chances in 2007 and 2013.
You could kiss seasons like that goodbye if "endorsement deals" (i.e. pay-for-play) is allowed, as there's no way our average media markets, average fan base, and average network of donors/boosters could not compete in the bidding wars and endorsement opportunities of schools like Texas, Texas A&M, LSU, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio State, Florida State, Clemson, Oregon, USC... and probably 10 or 15 other schools.
We would have virtually no chance of landing top 250 recruits in football, or top 50 recruits in basketball.
Not only that, our best players (the so-called "diamonds in the rough") would transfer out to more "lucrative" programs (i.e. those with richer boosters, media markets, and endorsement deal opportunities).
Edited by zounami at 12:27:20 on 09/13/19