Mario Cristobal at Media Day: "NIL Has Been Around a Long Time"

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00:00Donnie's favorite college football program on the mic and on the podium yesterday at

00:09day number three of ACC media days in Charlotte.

00:13Mario Cristobal at ACC kickoff, quote, NIL has been around a long, long time.

00:19It's just actually legal now.

00:21Thank you, Mario, for stating the very obvious that we have known for a very long time, especially

00:27in South Florida with this Hurricanes football program.

00:30Exactly.

00:32So it's good to see the things that we're saying now appropriately, like, yes, we've

00:35always been.

00:36It's around.

00:37Cheating has been here.

00:38Now we can officially do it.

00:39And quite frankly, my university is one of the best at the new cheating environment at

00:42laying out big dollars for players, whether it be basketball, women's college basketball

00:46or the football team itself.

00:48But if you're going to lay out all that money from the boosters, you better start performing

00:52on the field.

00:53And also was it Mario Cristobal goes, it was my dream to be a Miami Hurricane coach.

00:56I know they're not going to pay a lot.

00:57I'll take a pay decrease from Oregon to Miami.

00:59No, he got a big time pay increase here.

01:02And you're expected to start winning football games.

01:04Now, they did have Cam Ward coming over.

01:06We'll see.

01:07It's not one of those guys that you had from your freshman year and you saw him build all

01:09the way up to a junior or senior.

01:11He's going to have to perform right away.

01:12Fletcher Junior still running back.

01:14Talented.

01:15There's Javier Restrepo, one of the better slot receivers in the NCAA college football.

01:19The time is now because the ACC isn't quite as powerful as it was.

01:23It was not an ACC.

01:24It's never been powerful.

01:25Clemson isn't the Clemson we've known for the past 10 to 15 years right now.

01:28As it seems, Florida State had a great season last year, a lot of turnover on their team

01:32as well.

01:33So if Miami is going to compete, they better start competing this year.

01:35And I want to say one thing, too.

01:37I always get a kick out of the ACC and Miami because Miami made its bones as an independent,

01:42which meant they can pick their schedule.

01:44Now, granted, they never shied away from anybody playing Florida, playing Florida State, playing

01:48Oklahoma way back in the day, playing Arkansas on the road, LSU.

01:51They did it all back then.

01:53But I also thought they would love the Big East because they were the big dog back then,

01:56which means you can run teams up the flagpole.

01:59Kids love to see it.

02:00And that's an advantage here in recruiting.

02:02Now, Miami thought that same thing was going to happen in the ACC, where it's going to

02:04be Florida State on one side, FSU on the other side.

02:09It hasn't worked out in their way.

02:10So I laugh at this and say, boy, if Clemson moves on and also Florida State moves on from

02:15the ACC, but Miami stays, Miami will be back as a national power within five years because

02:21that record will be appropriate to what they have.

02:23And that brings in the talent and the recruits and the fan base will buy back in.

02:27So Florida State, have at it.

02:28You'll go to the ACC.

02:29We'll never hear from you again.

02:30Clemson, you'll go to the ACC.

02:32We'll never hear from you again.

02:33Miami will be a national power within five years if that happens.

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