I'm going to assume you mean Ruiz, not Shapiro, who never really did much for the university outside of a single donation that Shalala was happy to accept. I don't know what ten years from now will look like, I am mostly talking about now. They now actually have a level playing field in terms of getting players. And the kind of players that they are competing for are the kind that get you into playoff games. Once you reach that level, you aren't going to be frozen out. At the end of all this, if it ever really ends, I expect about 65 or so programs to be in the playoff, with 10-20 really having a shot, depending on how NIL evolves. I just don't think they are going to kick everyone to the curb. If they are going to go that route, then they really are going to wreck interest in the sport.
I think they are really dumping money in because they want to be at a level where they can't be excluded. It's kind of crazy, but these people are talking about building stadiums, new buildings, facilities of all sorts, and they have the cash to do it. There is also something else in play here. Ruiz, the Mas brothers, Alonso Highsmith, Cristobol, and others I probably don't know are all from Columbus High and seem to have some desire to leave some sort of a mark on the program. It sounds crazy, but there is something there. I don't know how it came about, but it seems that a terrible loss to Florida State riled these people up, and now they are just going to try and buy their way to the top, Yankees style.