Revenue share: stop feeding the football furnace

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Mark Cuban and John Melloncamp are supporting only Indiana football. The Gophers had T.Denny until Maturi fxxxx it up.
 

SplitDecision said:
My view from 10,000 feet would be to ask what the ultimate big picture goal is. Does the UofM want to win a national title in basketball, and do what it takes to give them a decent shot? OR, Does the UofM want to fairly distribute the revenue across the board to evenly represent the student athletes in their athletics programs, provide equally competitive conference teams across the board in men's and women's sports (ie. win the Capital One Challenge)? With Title 9, the teams have to be distributed equally, but how would the distribution compensate for the non-income generating sports in both men's and women's programs? I have to believe that MN just wants to "compete" on a fairly level playing field instead across the board. There are schools otherwise, but I just don't see MN throwing a bunch of money at one sport.

That said, I would love if they did, or somehow had a major donor--Tyson, FedEx, Nike-type of big business, since the Twin Cities just doesn't have any major Fortune 500 companies... Even getting the money doesn't assure anything. Ex: UCLA/ Memphis spent a ton in bb and hasn't done great.
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I don’t believe Title IX is being applied to NIL & revenue sharing.

Additoionally, MN is throwing 75% of their money at one sport. Thats the cost of admission for playing B1G football. If they don’t do that, they may as well fold up the program.
 

I think Indiana actually has $184M in NIL. I mean they bought a Heisman QB and most of their wins. I learned that here. :)
 

GreasyGopher said:
I don’t believe Title IX is being applied to NIL & revenue sharing.

Additoionally, MN is throwing 75% of their money at one sport. Thats the cost of admission for playing B1G football. If they don’t do that, they may as well fold up the program.
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What is the difference, in actual outcomes if we go from ~15.4 (rounded 75% of 20.5M rev share) in football down to say 10 or 11? 2 less wins? At the end of the day, we are never going to the CFP, and we will be stuck in terrible bowls. Does having two less football wins mean more to the U than a potential dynamic basketball team that could re-energize the fan base and draw increased revenues.
 


Wet_Blanket_Guy said:
What is the difference, in actual outcomes if we go from ~15.4 (rounded 75% of 20.5M rev share) in football down to say 10 or 11? 2 less wins? At the end of the day, we are never going to the CFP, and we will be stuck in terrible bowls. Does having two less football wins mean more to the U than a potential dynamic basketball team that could re-energize the fan base and draw increased revenues.
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Spending less than their competition, likely ends up with them being stapled to the bottom of the B1G, PJ leaving and the stadium being half full. Thats far worse than 2 less wins.
 

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