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Message: [QUOTE="Scrutineer, post: 5070449, member: 8240"] I agree to an extent. It's his responsibility to find the "right" players, develop them and win in order to attract fans and generate the revenue needed to sustain the program. But, with the rules changes recently enacted, the focus of players will increasingly be on how much we'll pay to sign them. Gone will be the players' love for the program they rooted for growing up, or they got to know from several years of interaction with the staff while being recruited. Sure, that's a romantic notion and old fashioned, but soon the criticism of fans who boo the players will also be a thing of the past. We used to get to know the kids as they progressed through their years on the team. We saw them grow as players and as people. We cheered hardest for guys like Kendall Reyes and Christian Haynes, who were relatively unheralded out of high school, as they developed over their time at UConn. Where does it all lead? My guess is the universities will spin off their athletic departments into separate corporations in order to insulate themselves from the insanity. That may be why some are talking about "private equity" on the horizon. [/QUOTE]