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Message: [QUOTE="LStudfellow, post: 5041995, member: 5436"] The truth is becoming more and more clear: IF (big if) and until we ever get into a power conference, NIL and the way these men "play" the system behind the scenes is far and away the most important thing that will keep us competitive, particularly in college basketball and to a lesser extent football. This may become true of several other sports as well (baseball, ice hockey and soccer). We are very, very lucky that Marc D'Amelio and a few others decided to get so forcefully involved in this process when they did. One other key point: unlike the piss-poor job our administration (including AD's right up and beyond the President and Board of Trustees) did in playing the conference realignment game of musical chairs (it was an abject failure), this behind the scenes group of men dictating our NIL policies, procedures and fund raising have done a highly, highly effective job of not only getting us out at the front of the pack, but continuing to push forward to keep us ultra-competitive. Look no further than the new contract Dan Hurley just signed and the significant raises all of his assistants received. No way does this happen without the work and significant fund raising behind the scenes of these NIL men. NO WAY. It is going to be really, really interesting to see how this all plays out going forward. [/QUOTE]