It's such a lazy take

by Domer99, John Wesley Powell's Expedition Island, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 17:42 (7 days ago) @ Jeremy (WeIsND)
edited by Domer99, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 17:54

I won't beat a dead horse ( https://bluegraysky.com/forum/index.php?id=581056 ) but there was no way we landed the '25 class we did AND kept Burton without spending at least $3 million. At the time, there was lots of noise that Burton was getting some substantial offers to go elsewhere but stayed at ND. He's not staying for charity.

And $10MM?!?!? I still don't know all the ins and outs of the rev share stipulations. But I'll only say that $10MM would be nearly half that amount allocated for the entire athletic department. You can absolutely miss me with that shit. Maybe if there is some external NIL that makes up for that?!??! But not sure that's necessary to actually be...you know...marginally competitive.

And then this is where Baghdad Tom claims something to the effect of "well, if ND isn't willing to swim in the deep end, then this is what you can best expect. The Admin (***DRINK***) isn't willing to make the necessary commitment to make NDMBB great." GTFOH.