Fans are not valued or sought out at programs like ours. They either are or are not fans by their own interest. With NIL the emphasi$ on players is even greater and fans are forgotten even more. The sports at NT don't sell themselves to produce more fans. It has to be cultivated thru the AD and reach-outs to students, Alums and locals.
It's a group of schools in college football being artificially promoted over another group with a new label for the unwanted group. There is no "Power" in some of those top rated football programs like Illinois, Indiana, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Smut, etc...
It's similar to the European Super League splitting off into a 64-team soccer league.
https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/european-super-league-new-format-a22-aleksander-ceferin-uefa-reaction/#:~:text=All teams will play home,and relegation between the leagues.
Plus, more financial differentiation might only accelerate the rate at which top G5 players transfer up to play at P4 institutions.
“These jobs are even harder now because if one of your players has a great season, he’s probably getting plucked away,” Dykes said. “Your only chance is to build a great culture and hope that keeps most of your roster intact.”
And for Morris, the question then becomes about keeping the G5 teams relevant and thriving if they’re more formally in the second class of college football nationwide.
link: https://www.on3.com/news/sonny-dykes-predicts-future-split-among-p4-g5-schools-alabama-and-la-tech-arent-playing-the-same-sport/
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