“Also, when Bama and A&M and UGA are offering up their NIL's you don't want to have a disadvantage when its apples to apples. We've been making excuses for our facilities for years. Mario wants UM to compete in every facet. Everything will be brought up to a championship level. Everything.”
I wish I could upvote this 100x based upon this statement. THANK YOU! I don’t get why some fans don’t get this; this ain’t the 80’s anymore. This ain’t the 90’s - early 2000’s anymore.
Facilities have become a recruiting tool. Is it #1 for recruits? No; ****, it may not be top 5 reason, but it is “a” reason, and it’s in the top 10 per most surveys as to y kids pick a school. So if school A is battling school B for a recruit’s pledge, and all things r equal except School A has better facilities than School B, believe it or not folks, that “impressionable” youth can & have picked School A b/c of that.
Facilities r where these young men spend most of their time. And make no mistake; Rad was the brain trust of Clemson’s football complex, so we have a two headed beast that understands marketing, recruiting, & infrastructure. I’m excited. Just off GP though, would hope The Hecht Name may be used as apart of the wing of the new facility just b/c of their contributions to the school, if the name is removed from the complex.