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the richest teams have always won

This is my point - When was the last time a team that wasn't 'rich' won a natty? 1990 Colorado/GT? 91 UW? FSU before they were FSU, in 93?

I'm saying, the power structure in college football has been the same for 30 years. You want the sport to go back to where it was 30 years ago? Sure, I get it. But blaming 30 years of change on NIL/portal (each ~a half decade old) just isn't rational.

the sport sucks for VT now and moving forward. That's what we are pissed about.

So the issue is with our donors, not the sport?

The wild thing is, I can make a compelling argument that we should be more confident about the long term future of VT now than I was 5 years ago. We just need a VT fan to hit it big - next big start up, win the lottery, etc, and then we can compete with SECU, regardless of what conference we are in. Way more straightforward path than VT had in the early 90s or even 5 years ago.

The size is very helpful and at 6'8" or 6'6" has plenty of room to grow into a presence on the line (whether that be DL or OL). Also much love for the 3 years of eligibility.

I know nothing about him but being 6'8 has to be helpful.

Quick reads: was primarily a basketball player. Hampton has a broken measuring tape he's more like 6'6 with a massive wingspan. Maybe tried at OL??

We are all fully aware of the revisionist - players have always been paid, the richest teams have always won, coaches don't deserve a high salary because its the same skill as the players who only got a scholarship, etc. College football has always been the wild west, yeah we get it. Funny how Beamer didn't lose 18 guys off the 1999 team though. Funny how Bama got drilled by cash poor VT in 1998. Funny how Chris Weinke was the exception, not the rule..... the sport sucks for VT now and moving forward. That's what we are pissed about. Now more than ever we are at the kids table, not the adult one... what happened in the SWC in the 80s is irrelevant.

Those with the most money are going to win.

As opposed to? The teams that had the most money to pay coaches? The teams that were located in geographically advantageous areas? The teams that made friends with the right other teams a half century ago?

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