In America, the winner takes all.

Chapter 160 The shining new generation; sports is war in peaceful times

The scream did not last long. Ellie, who hurriedly put on her clothes and went downstairs, quickly stopped her mother's scream.

"I got off work early today, dear, so this is your boyfriend?" Ellie's mother looked at Ethan.

"This is so rude..." She immediately avoided.

Ethan went upstairs in embarrassment. When he returned downstairs, he did not see his mother scolding her daughter. On the contrary, her mother was teaching Ellie to "pay attention to safety."

"If you get pregnant unexpectedly, you will regret it immensely."

He simply said hello to Ethan, and there was no so-called "elder complex". Facing Ethan was more like facing a friend. This may be the common attitude of Westerners.

Ethan was even invited to stay at Ellie's house for dinner that night, and Ethan didn't refuse.

In the evening, at the dining table, Ethan met Allie's father, Allie's brother and sister. Allie's brother and sister recognized Ethan directly. Allie's brother talked about Ethan's greatness on the field. Killing everyone and becoming the national champion in a dazzling manner.

At this time, Allie's parents realized that Ethan was a football star.

"I thought you were Ellie's classmate. I was also wondering why Ellie didn't have a boyfriend at school. It turns out that I have been kept secret." Ellie's mother seemed dumbfounded.

Ethan talked about how he met Ellie before, and by the way mentioned that he hoped Ellie would transfer to another school.

"This is a huge change for Ellie, but after all, this is related to Ellie's future, and the initiative lies with her, so I want to ask my daughter what do you think?" Ellie's father took the initiative to ask Ellie .

"I think... why not give it a try?" Ellie answered cautiously.

Obviously this answer can already represent her feelings, but Ellie's parents did not stop her and showed full openness.

Everything went extremely smoothly.

As for the school, it obviously won't be a problem. Ethan was interfering with the school's transfer personnel last year, which was easy for him.

Ethan left Florida the next day and returned to Los Angeles.

The summer camp hosted by the school is about to start.

This is a revenue generator for the school, open to all students, even students from other schools.As long as the other party pays a certain fee, they can get a month-long rugby summer camp training.

As for Ethan, he is the "golden sign". Of course, the name of "personal guidance of talented players" has attracted many young people who are interested in rugby to sign up.

Naturally, the school makes a lot of money. In fact, Ethan does not tutor all the time, but Thomas is more of a coach.And all staff involved, including Thomas and Ethan, can receive a relatively generous reward...

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Summer camp scene, internal competition among team members...

Tom Brady once again showed his trademark calm and steady performance, threw the football in his hand, and finally completed the pass for a touchdown.

He hugged and celebrated with his teammates, and then looked at Ethan, who had come to the summer camp and was standing on the sidelines to watch.

"I feel like your level has improved." Ethan said to Brady who walked off the court.

"I've been studying your videos a lot, the bullet screen pass, the weird behind-the-back short pass that's like magic, and the long pass that's as precise as a cruise missile." Tom Brady said with a smile.

He was invited to the summer camp by Ethan.

"Are you interested in joining BHHS?" Ethan asked.

Tom Brady is actually the same age as Eli Manning. After he graduates, he can successfully take over his "mantle".

"San Francisco is not far from Los Angeles. Have you seen that DE (defensive end)? He came from Jefferson City, Missouri." Ethan pointed for Tom.

"His name is Justin Smith, he's very good at his position and he's ready to move to California."

"And that corner position, Terrence Newman, he is only one year younger than me. He was at Kansas State before and is planning to transfer here this year."

"Without a doubt, if you want to go far in football, BHHS is the best football team in the country, bar none."

"By the way, you are also a baseball player now. I can tell you in advance that Virginia's star third baseman David Wright has also decided to join BHHS. You can be a teammate with him." Ethan explained.

"I..." Tom Brady showed hesitation.

Just when Ethan wanted to persuade further, the offensive quarterback on the field threw an extremely exciting long pass with a large number of yards.

"By the way, there is also this middle school student from Chaco, California. He is the youngest player in this summer camp. His name is Aaron Rodgers. At the quarterback position, I think he is very talented."

Ethan couldn't help but sigh. Although he didn't know how far the young rugby players he mentioned would go in the future, he was certain that these were all very talented young people at the moment.

This summer camp is off to a good start, and if this momentum can continue, BHHS will undoubtedly become a talent base for California football.

"You deserve a better team, why do you have to stay in San Mateo? You will be buried." Seeing that Tom Brady didn't respond for a long time, Ethan continued.

"I would like to join BHHS!" Tom Brady nodded.

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"Sorry, as a student, UCLA is willing to welcome you, but if you want to involve yourself in responsibilities other than being a student, I will refuse."

The old man sitting opposite Ethan said.His hair is gray, and compared to the good old John, his eyes are sharper and he looks old.

His name is Charles E. Young. He has been appointed as the president of UCLA since 1968. He has been in this position for more than 25 years and is the longest-serving president in the history of UCLA.

Ethan had no intention of meeting him. He just came to UCLA to visit the school and pay a visit to Terry Donahue, the head coach of the football team who had met with him before. In fact, he came here because of Rice's affairs.

Unexpectedly, he was invited directly into the principal's office.

In addition to the principal, the old man in front of him is a banner figure in the education industry in California. He was appointed as the principal of this school at the age of 38. In the following 30 years, under his leadership, the number of UCLA students increased by 20%. The number of faculty doubled, eventually making UCLA one of the top ten research universities in the United States.

UCLA's current annual financial budget is just over one billion U.S. dollars.As an analogy, the University of San Diego, which is also located in a major city and is also under the University of California system, has an annual budget that is only half of UCLA.Faced with the question raised by the old principal, Ethan immediately nodded: "Of course, Mr. Yang, I don't want to take on responsibilities other than being a student. I just think that the school's sports department, especially football, can bring more benefits. "

Charles stared at Ethan, but he couldn't tell what the young man was thinking.

He has also faced many student-athletes, and they are either a little afraid of him, a little nervous, and a few of them are proud of themselves, but the Ethan O'Connor in front of him is different from these people.

In fact, he is very willing to listen to the opinions of these student-athletes and attaches great importance to the development of sports in the school.

He himself is the chairman of the Pacific Ten Schools. At that time, the Pacific League was not ten schools, but eight schools. It was he who overcame all opinions and personally took action to get the University of Arizona and Arizona State University to join the Pacific League.

Six years ago, he negotiated a ten-year Rose Bowl broadcast contract with ABC as a representative.

This series of actions naturally made his relationship with the NCAA not much better. Although he was a member of the NCAA executive committee, he once forced the NCAA to add 11 women's events to the school.

He motioned to a seat next to him and asked Ethan to sit down.

"You can come and listen." Charles said.

Compared with the annual budget increase, the funding provided by the state GOV each year has not increased. This year it only accounts for 35%, and will gradually decrease in the future.

The remaining two parts of "income" are student fees and scientific research funding. Although these two parts are also rising steadily, they cannot completely cover the extra budget gap.

In other words, UCLA is indeed short of money.And compared to private research universities like the University of Southern California, UCLA is under the University of California system and does not have sufficient autonomy, such as setting up investment funds, strengthening cooperation with enterprises, etc.

This forced Charles Young to find other ways, and he even prepared to launch the largest university fundraising plan in history...

"Increase the commercial development of various sports, expand the number of schools in the Pacific League, and increase the number of competitions..." Ethan listed some key points.

"Look at BHHS now, and then look at BHHS in the past. This is the difference. UCLA can completely replicate it. I can help this school and bring more revenue to the school, just like BHHS." Ethan tried road.

Charles shook his head: "It sounds good. You are a young man with ideas, and your vision is not limited to the court. However, you are putting the cart before the horse. BHHS can change only because you have shown outstanding talents. Only That’s all.”

"As for what you just mentioned, they are indeed some key points, but I have thought about them and practiced them before. In fact, many things are more complicated than you think." He shook his head.

"Things are more complicated than I thought, but also simpler than you thought." Ethan said straightforwardly.

Charles Yang was stunned for a moment, and then sighed in a dumbfounded way: "Boy, I think you are a little overconfident."

"It's not that I'm overconfident, but you don't know what all this means."

“In the mid-19th century, gold was discovered in Sacramento, which directly led to the gold rush and the start of the westward movement.”

"And now, there is also a gold mine in California, right in this school, right in your hands. It's just that you don't realize it yet."

"I prefer to compare this moment to the chaotic Western era. Not far away, just a few years later, the sports industry will usher in explosive growth. It was a real era of great sailing."

There is a saying: Sports is war in peacetime.

After the Cold War, with the advancement of technology, including the Internet and higher-definition broadcast signals, as well as a long period of "relative peace," the sports industry will indeed lead to a wave of explosive growth. This wave of dividends will be by the beginning of the new century. Quickly cashed in, in those years, the ratings of many sports leagues and leagues, including the World Cup, continued to rise.Related profits have also risen, far outpacing inflation.

No one can explain exactly why, but this explosive growth is happening.

But Charles obviously didn't believe it: "Oh, young man, the reason why I asked you to come here is just to try to keep you in Los Angeles and land at UCLA. I don't want to hear you talk nonsense. In fact, the conversation between us may take it's over."

He issued an eviction order, but Ethan didn't say much.

I just mentioned one more thing when I left: "I hope that this time next year, you will still remember what I just said."

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Ethan had no intention of really persuading the other party, it was more of an attempt. After all, he had not decided which school he wanted to attend, otherwise he would have given Charles a more detailed business development plan.

After leaving the president's office, Ethan met UCLA head coach Terry Donahue again.

"I wonder how your conversation with the principal went?" Terry Donahue asked.

Compared with last year, the UCLA Bruins' performance is undoubtedly worse, which makes Terry Donahue almost certain that he will leave here when his contract expires next year.

"There's nothing to talk about. After all, some things won't be revealed until a year later." Ethan said.

In the next year, BHHS will develop rapidly in the field of sports.And when some facts are placed in front of these university presidents, boards of directors, and supervisory committees, they will naturally believe what they say.

"In fact, I came here today and there is another thing. There is a quarterback on the Norman team. He has graduated and is struggling with college choices. He had a very outstanding performance in the national finals. I will He recommended it to you, but he himself did not get an offer from the school. You have to know that his parents are successful people in society and are not stingy in donating to the school."

"Robin Rice?" Terry Donahue mentioned the name immediately.

He actually knew Rice.

"That's right." Ethan nodded.

"In fact, when the school's admissions office handed me the priority list, I noticed him. He is from Los Angeles and has a strong desire to come to UCLA, and his GPA score happens to be within the school's admission range. UCLA also has plans Bring in another quarterback. However, I found another more suitable candidate and kicked him off the list." Terry shook his head.

"Don't you think Rice has more potential than others?" Ethan said with a "bewildered" expression. In fact, he didn't actually think Rice had much potential.

"The potential is secondary. But having said that, Robin is still very lucky, because the reserve I selected did not choose to enter UCLA, but has already chosen another university. Therefore, I can let Robin Lai Make up for it," Terry said with a smile.

Without this visit from Eason, he might have chosen someone else, or convinced other players to try to change positions.

But with the arrival of Ethan, the results changed, and Rice was lucky enough to realize his wish to enter UCLA!
Ethan was going to tell Lisa the news later.

By the way, since you are here, why not just treat it as a temporary school visit...

　I am about to enter college, and the chapters in the next few days are more important, so I have to think about it more.That’s it for today, I’ll resume normal updates tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)