It's going to be alright, and at some point all these gilded cages being built will come crumbling down.
OU is a good example. It's an athletic program that by and large wants for nothing. All their facilities are nice, their major sport athletes live in a Taj Mahal dorm. They just played in the F4 and CFBPO and some of their regents are asking the right questions and saying the right things.
They were a bad loss CFBPO participant, they squeaked by in several other games and STILL made the CFBPO yet Boren is still worried about clout. It doesn't get any dumber then that.