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CincyInterloper
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If regardless means without regard, does irregardless mean not without regard?
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CincyInterloper
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I was thinking about where I’d like to see Franklin go, and I believe I’d like him to go to UCLA and finally get a win against a top ten team by beating Penn State.
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Will always be remembered fondly for looking at his predecessor's 5-7 record against Ohio State and saying, "hold my beer".
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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
Always been my experience that everyone follows the Golden Rule. He who has the gold, makes the rules. While maybe not standing at the front of the pack, probably think that Nike/Adidas or whomever might suggest things to the AD. They give big bucks to adorn the players with their logos, so invariably want those logos to show up in bowl games, on better teams. To send the message, "If you wear Nike, then you'll play great". Or at least look great. That's called advertising. Ergo, the better the team, the more cameras/games/exposure. Not certain how this differs much from the well-heeled alum who donates big bucks to the program annually. Anyone know how the Buckeyes would look if Wexner was a huge football fan? Methinks plenty different than they do currently.
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It's been my experience that people/organizations operate from a place of power or self interest, gold or no gold.
How does getting involved in who the coach of a client school is or isn't, help an apparel company in either regard? They are partnering with the brand not a coach.
This was 100% donor driven.
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Jagdaddy
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At Penn State, James Franklin was standing on the edge of a cliff for years. Here’s why
Penn State seemed built to contend and riding recent good vibes. In reality, it was one of college football's most fragile teams.
www.nytimes.com
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Because the company is also signing deals with individual players......and if the program craters because the coach is losing games, those deals with individual players become a bigger waste of money than $50 million.
Just an uneducated guess.
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Apparel companies have continued to sponsor awful teams and the players on them for ever.
It's like recruiting, the short term wins and losses don't change brand values.
Unless the coach does something toxic off field no sponsor is going to tell a school to fire the coach and if they did, they school would tell them to fuck off (assuming they didn't want to actually fire him). They'd just go do a deal with the competition.
This reminds me most of when Phil Mickelson switched golf gear ( I forget what brand to what brand) if the new company would pay off his gambling debts. This was something PSU was doing no matter what, if they happened to have some new cash then so be it but the giver of the cash didn't cause the debt.
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