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Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
It comes down to the fact that everyone is not rowing in the same direction. We have one subset of fans, and not enough, that know what it takes to be competitive so they give what they can and let the NIL folks and recruiting folks do the work. There is another subset that is vehemently against NIL so they very proudly proclaim they are not giving but bitch and complain every time we lose and say we do not have enough talent or our talent sucks. The last subset are folks who do not even know what the Bulldog Initiative is. They come for the tailgate and the social aspect of things. We have a factioned and fractured fan base. You have more people that care about a damn logo from the 90s than NIL.
That is the difference between us and The School Up North. They get it. They understand this is the new way of college athletics. They are not waiting for the NCAA to do something or waiting for their big boosters to do something. They are all giving. They are all rowing in the same direction. It is not an administration issue. It?s a mindset issue. They are operating like SMU in the 80s and we are operating like TCU.
Absolutely, my favorite is people explaining what our big donors should do while also bitching about those big donors getting involved. Just shut your mouth and either pony up or don't bitch when the product is terrible it is that simple. I don't understand how dense someone has to be to not understand the concept.
This is the way the game is played now, is what it is.
If you don't like it you don't have to partake but you also can't bitch when we look like a G5 team and have a G5 fan experience. We have fans that expect our big boosters to keep the facilities up to date, cover NIL, and everything else without lifting a finger to do anything to help much less actually attending a game (heaven forbid you don't get to watch it on TV in the comfort of your living room) and then we complain about those big boosters for being too "involved". If it weren't for those "too involved" we wouldn't have a program at all.
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