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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 132012647" data-attributes="member: 1812660">1.&nbsp; You can not truly think that if a team like USC, Clemson, Georgia, Oregon, Notre Dame, Ohio State, etc... had come calling to Grier he wouldn't be at least tempted.&nbsp; And again you dismiss the point that at least some of those core players on that WVU team in 2018 wouldn't have been likely been lured away if they were given multiple offers across the seasons leading up to 2018.&nbsp; Not all would resist.2.&nbsp; NFL knows to pay a quality lineman and college teams will as well.&nbsp; Sure maybe not as much as a QB, but enough to still be willing to pony up some dough to protect that QB.3.&nbsp; You seem to keep talking like Cajuste and Grier were on some shoe in CFB playoff team.&nbsp; The 2018 Mountaineers certainly had potential, but there were at least 25 other teams in as good or better situations than WVU leading into that year.&nbsp; Plenty of teams that year could've offered a better team and better pay than WVU could on its best day.4.&nbsp; Sure WVU can poach lesser programs.&nbsp; That is the problem I am pointing out and you are side stepping.&nbsp; The NIL and ease of transfers will create a tiered system.&nbsp; The teams with the most money AND prestige will pretty much get to pick their players even more than they currently do in recruiting while teams like WVU collect their scraps and poach whatever talent from the ECU's of the world that do not want to go to other programs similar to WVU.&nbsp; 5.&nbsp; Bama as a sports program with its fan base is every bit as competitive in generating money for NIL as teams like Texas and Ohio State.&nbsp; I mentioned UNC because while they may only have a portion of the fan base as WVU, those fans live in an area with a lot more businesses with the cash to use players as advertising tools to those fans.&nbsp; WVU fans are spread far and wide.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 132012647, member: 1812660"] 1. You can not truly think that if a team like USC, Clemson, Georgia, Oregon, Notre Dame, Ohio State, etc... had come calling to Grier he wouldn't be at least tempted. And again you dismiss the point that at least some of those core players on that WVU team in 2018 wouldn't have been likely been lured away if they were given multiple offers across the seasons leading up to 2018. Not all would resist. 2. NFL knows to pay a quality lineman and college teams will as well. Sure maybe not as much as a QB, but enough to still be willing to pony up some dough to protect that QB. 3. You seem to keep talking like Cajuste and Grier were on some shoe in CFB playoff team. The 2018 Mountaineers certainly had potential, but there were at least 25 other teams in as good or better situations than WVU leading into that year. Plenty of teams that year could've offered a better team and better pay than WVU could on its best day. 4. Sure WVU can poach lesser programs. That is the problem I am pointing out and you are side stepping. The NIL and ease of transfers will create a tiered system. The teams with the most money AND prestige will pretty much get to pick their players even more than they currently do in recruiting while teams like WVU collect their scraps and poach whatever talent from the ECU's of the world that do not want to go to other programs similar to WVU. 5. Bama as a sports program with its fan base is every bit as competitive in generating money for NIL as teams like Texas and Ohio State. I mentioned UNC because while they may only have a portion of the fan base as WVU, those fans live in an area with a lot more businesses with the cash to use players as advertising tools to those fans. WVU fans are spread far and wide. [/QUOTE]

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