re: Is Alabama no longer capable of playing hardball?

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The big question is whether a kid from Dallas who went to Alabama for the social scene, got a finance degree along the way, and moved back to Dallas will contribute at the same rate as a kid from Birmingham who grew up going to Bama games, got a finance degree, and still lives in Alabama.

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A lot of the out of state students aren't even from relatively close places like Dallas, they're from Chicago and California. I can tell you right now that based on my experience as a student in the mid-Saban years, a lot of those people aren't going to be giving anything to NIL. Many couldn't even be bothered to stay for the full game, even when the score was close.