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Message: [QUOTE="ucmiami2, post: 5256752, member: 13062"] My image is of Dawn fighting the tears as she talked about 'her seniors' who were leaving after having been to four final fours, and what a foundation they laid for the program. So, how many coaches (including Dawn) will be sitting there talking about their 4 year seniors, and not what a great purchase ___________ was and how she and the other three players from the portal were great rentals, and I hope I can find more this coming year! It is becoming dangerously close to the 'one and done' universe of men's basketball with an elite and then 90% of the colleges being a farm system feeding the big league. And what is lost is that 'sisterhood' that develops over four years of college. And what a 'liberal arts' education is supposed to be - a period between HS and career during which a person learns about themself, the world outside a generally sheltered childhood, and how to think and organize/analyze that influx of new information into an adult body and mind. Non-athletes pay large money to experience that, and athletes used to get it for free - a huge advantage compared to the millions who spend the first 10+ years paying off that debt. Now the equation has changed and I don't blame anyone taking the money, but they are in danger of chasing that as the primary purpose of college and losing out on something they may miss for the rest of their life (whether than know it or not.) Only one team 'wins' each year, so selling out everything to chase that win is a disaster for every other team. And if you do that, you mess with the whole idea of 'team'. A lot of coaches are seeing that when not only did you not win, but the freshman you work so hard to attract are leaving because they aren't getting the attention you promised, because you brought in 'stars' to play over them. [/QUOTE]

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