Would you really give men’s basketball that much of a share with so few players compared to football? Google tells me it’s 114 vs 16 on the rosters.
That's the price of tea in China unfortunately and I think that's lower than what's probably needed.
If you break this down by dollar amount per scholarship, then $13 million is way too much for men's basketball: nearly $900k per scholarship or essentially triple what football works out to.
No idea but I’d be willing to bet one of Alabama, Texas, A&M, or Georgia is spending three times what we are on football. $150 was just a random number.
Winning. Being mentioned in the same sentence as UCONN and South Carolina Be the best or among the best at something instead of mediocrity across the board.
I can get on board with that. I seriously think we should create a social media studio and content creation team to help athletes promote themselves. I think that would be helpful in the recruiting process.
What would you choose? My thoughts are that just a portion of the 52 million would allow us to be nationally competitive in WBB and Baseball but the entire 52 million isn’t going to make our football team competitive because there are so many teams out there spending so much more.
Baseball only. Make sure we are always competitive there and plus, it's a cultural attraction for us.
You're not wrong, but the going rate for quality basketball players has apparently become substantially higher than the rate for football players, particularly in the SEC.
Going by your numbers by sheer roster spots, it's about 306K per spot. That's 32M for football, 10M for baseball, and 4.6M each for men's and women's basketball. That's your starting point. I'd scale women's basketball down to 1M, up men's basketball to about 6, give 1M to softball and other sports, then give the remaining mil point two or so back to football.
I prefer this philosophy. If baseball and WBB are our thing, make it so. Like the personal development strategy of maximizing your best trait. Better to be a 10 in one thing and a 4 in the others than to be a 6.6/7 in everything.
football - 40 million
If that's the case we need to drop most NIL funds from basketball, concede to losing and put those funds into baseball or football. It seems there is a budget threshold to sign high 4 stars consistently in football and we haven't hit the mark yet.
And I’d even argue that slapping a “mediocre” label on most of the guys that Jans has signed is being awfully kind
BS. It obviously doesn't move the needle like football, but it's not chopped liver. It certainly helps with enrollment and getting us in the public eye.
Football = 40+m (how much you need to field a good team)
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