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I'm not nd71 by HTownND

But I believe there are some "old guard" type folks who aren't down with what's going on.

But they are outnumbered and outgunned, and don't have enough allies to overcome the organizational and institutional inertia and revenue streams that have made everyone fat and happy.

Football excellence is no longer a goal. They'll pay lip service to the program and team, but if ND never wins or plays for another national title ever again, they don't care (as long as the stadium "sells out" and the money keeps flowing in).

Wars over, Wormer dropped the big one indeed. It's all over but the crying. One day, down the road, when things are worse, some may ask "how did we get here", but they won't care about the answer, because they will have made a shit ton of money on the whole thing.