Being average and blending into the crowd is very easy; and the attraction of getting a check for flying on autopilot cannot be denied.
Does a regular paycheck from The Man beat the greater upside and downside of going it alone? Depends on your history, your level of confidence in yourself, and perhaps your prescience as well.
Once you become a member of a collective, don't kid yourself: you've lost part of your specialness and have given up a significant part of your autonomy and self-determination for greater safety. .
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Replies to: "The risk in joining is: loss of uniqueness and identity, and becoming just another college team"
- It appears that ND’s objective is to remain independent maybe eroding due to most recent….. - NEPA Irish - 10:42pm 12/27/25
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- Being in a league hasn't hurt the other schools who have won national titles since ND - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:19am 12/29/25
- The risk in joining is: loss of uniqueness and identity, and becoming just another college team - humbaba - 12:13pm 12/28/25
- 100+ years later and you really think that would happen? [NT] - WoodstockIrish - 7:27am 12/29/25
- Agree [NT] - whatsamataU - 12:59pm 12/28/25
- Well said,right to the point [NT] - ColeyO - 12:57pm 12/28/25
- The risk is we become a small catholic midwest school - NDNEIL - 11:48am 12/28/25
- You honestly think that would happen? Wow. [NT] - WoodstockIrish - 7:28am 12/29/25
- Winning should overcome that if schools schedule us? [NT] - whatsamataU - 1:02pm 12/28/25
- I don’t see ND joining a cartel anytime soon. [NT]
- Hensou - 7:49am 12/28/25
- 👆This! Why join one of those glops of slop? They are too big and probably not sustainable. - sweetbobbyg - 9:50am 12/28/25
- The Medellin Cartel was less corrupt than the SEC… [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 9:02am 12/28/25
- The most logical reasons: $ & the current system likely blows up w/in 5 years. - LanceManion - 10:48pm 12/27/25
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