re: You guys are clearly missing Saban's perceived value to these players

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I don't disagree, I think what you are seeing happen at Ohio State with new AD is that they dont think it works either.

Be curious if we stay the course with CKD, or if we change when he struggles to recruit. Only time will tell, but we may be in for some less than stellar classes until this all sorts itself out.

Without Nick, it is a much harder sell. No spin to this. Just facts

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I understand the complication. It is really hard to manage an NIL collective where you have considerable but not infinite money and your cost per athlete is variable. The last thing any school wants is to not have the funds to pay the players. Free market brinkmanship is going to make that day come sooner rather than later. The direct deposits do not hit and most of your roster walks out as an informal strike.

If you're offering fixed payment tiers, you damn sure better hope your staff and facilities provide a ton of value of the players. Even so, you're going to lose out on a lot of the very best talent simply because you have no wiggle to follow the market.