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NC State athletic director Boo Corrigan spoke to the media Friday about the state of the athletic program, modern college athletics and more.

Here is a partial transcript of Corrigan's press conference:

Corrigan Transcript

Within his opening remark 

Corrigan: "In the new landscape of everything going on, how are we going to be competitive? We're gonna go all in. We are all in regarding the $20.5 million in scholarships and everything. I think it's important for our fans to know that. We've known it. I haven't seen this as a point of reference, we're going to do this with football and this with basketball and this with all of our other sports, but our coaches have known since October that we were all in on what we're going to do."

Q: When you talk about the all-in for the 20 and a half million, can you give us any sense of what sports are going to get that direct revenue share, and how many scholarships you added, and how much that takes away from the 20 and a half?

Corrigan: "It's going to be part of it. I don't know the specific numbers to be honest with you, but my guesstimate would be close to $2 million in new scholarships as we're looking at that spread across all of our sports… What we did with our sports was we gave them a number. And as opposed to, baseball gets 10 points or 11.7 scholarships. Instead of doing that, we went and said, 'Here's a number. If you want to do that in 25 scholarships, you can do that in 25 scholarships.'

Ultimately, we trust our coaches. We wanted our coaches to have skin in the game of what we're doing. So, we provided maximum flexibility for our coaches by giving them a number and then allowing them to plug the number as they wanted to." 

Q: How influential has One Pack been since NIL started, and how important will they be going forward in this revenue-sharing year?

Corrigan: "They've been great. They really have been. One Pack has stepped up not only from the more significant donors but also from the subscription model that they've laid out. I think it's a good example of being patient. Because there was a time six, eight months ago that everyone was like, 'Alright, we're going to shutter all of our collectives, right?' That was the general thought that people were going to have, and we didn't, and we talked to them to try to figure out where it is. 

Is there a place for One Pack moving forward? Absolutely, there is. What does that look like? I think that's part of the great unknown with NILgo and in trying to figure out what deals will get through."

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