The school tried to work on that with a breakfast event for local businesses this week. Day, director of athletics Gene Smith and assistant AD Carey Hoyt took part in conversations about how the department and potential advertisers can work together to create opportunities for Buckeye athletes. ExploreDay talks recruiting pitches in portal era While the focus of the day was to be on the creation of a “corporate ambassador program,” Day made headlines by dropping a dollar figure for maintaining a championship-quality roster: $13 million. That is not the amount of money needed to put together a top recruiting class, which technically is forbidden by NCAA rules that may or may not be enforced anytime soon. Rather, Day said it was the size of war chest he expects to be required to satisfy current players who could transfer after the season and play at a new school without having…
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