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[QUOTE="ORANGE OATH, post: 4253624, member: 5229"]
I have long since lost interest in the NFL, MLB, NBA , etc.
I am so thankful I had the opportunity to start watching Syracuse Basketball when Manley had a dirt floor. 
I lived to see Syracuse’s evolution from the ECAC into the monster that was the Big East, to now a member of the once hated ACC. All were great times, and a focused interest of myself as well as my whole family.
I remember the day Jim McKechnie sold my wife and I seats in the brand new Carrier Dome. We had to pay/donate  $500 per seat plus the ticket price & also paid for a parking permit at Stadium. I think the permit was and additional $50.00.
I now see the end is at hand, perhaps we’ve actually reached it several years ago and I preferred to live in denial that College Sports as we knew it then ( certainly it was always corrupt to some degree) was still a basis for young athletic men and woman to further their education and world perspective.
Obviously, unless you have been vacationing on Jupiter things are very very different now. The change is going to kill the joy of a once great pastime.
I’m glad if someone can elevate themselves out of a difficult life’s situation, but I fear many whom may benefit would have grown more as individuals, and ultimately had a more fulfilling life with a college education.
NIL is the straw that broke the camel’s back in my opinion.
RIP: College Basketball
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