With the recently released review of the AARC, can we stop pretending that this about a “level playing field?” Can we admit that this is about giving coaches the option of recruiting at the level of the lowest common denominator?

It really frustrates me that Clemson fans, who I like to pretend are intelligent human beings, will actually argue on such weak footing. To create a truly level playing field, the Clemson fanbase would have to support such stupid things as:

• contributing money to all schools so they can build a stadium identical to Death Valley
• helping other schools establish student-athlete support systems like Vickery Hall
• setting a cap on volume created by fans in Death Valley
• fining Dabo Swinney for recruiting too well relative to other schools

Those are pretty stupid, right? Yup, just as stupid as saying that fixing the AARC problem is about giving us a level playing field.

In other words, “we want to create a completely level playing field, but only in the few spots where we don’t already have an advantage.”

Posted on Saturday, April 14th, 2007 at 7:05 pm by Broken Gnome

Filed under Athletic Department, CFHT®, Football.

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