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| 10 years 2 months # | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses

In the end it's up to the Alumni base to decide what kind of athletic programs they want to run. I often see the desire expressed by fans here for our football team to former heights, for the basketball team to compete to win in the ACC, and for baseball to be something other than a laughing stock. The athletic department has replaced both our basketball and football coaches with excellent - and expensive - hires along with increasing staff. We want top tier facilities. We want the best recruits. We want to win. Any cursory analysis of winning programs in the major money making sports reveals that those athletic programs are extremely well funded by a very rabid alumni base. I for one am not surprised by the backlash I'm seeing about the sudden changes to the Hokie Club - I for one am going to have to pay significantly more to retain my same location if I want to keep my current seats and stay Gold - but I'm tempering that with the understanding that if we want to support the athletes and want to win it's going to cost us some money to do so.

vtcivengr's picture vtcivengr | 10 years 2 months # | Moorehead Lost his Mind?

The coaches go all in on the superstar recruits while their commitment is commonly a loose one at best. The coaches waiver on average recruits while their commitment is rock solid to the school unless their stock rises and they gain interest from other high profile schools. Bottom line, I don't think there is much loyalty on either side of this very sleazy business. If I have to pick a side,I'll take the 17 year old player when the name calling commences.

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