As of 8:10am this morning one of the finer programs in the country is lost due to "budgetary" problems.
No one saw it coming and they just recently signed some top level recruits that gave them one of the top 3 recruiting classes in the country.
The BCS is 4 bowls (I think). The other 700 bowls actually make no money for the schools and the universities are lucky to break even on most of them. OSU as an average football program example is kind of like using Michael Jordan as an example of an average basketball player.
I didn't say Ohio State was average I said I could only speak to their program. I understand that Ohio State is VERY unique. They earn and spend a ton (upwards of 100 mil) on athletics. They are fortunate to have a phenonmenal football team as well as big time donnors. My point was saying that in BCS games (notice I left out other bowls) the teams earn several million (I believe around 5 if not more) that you could take a million off of that and you'd have an additional 10 million to throw to schools that are struggling to keep their Olympic sports. I realize that this will never happen but the money is out there ...
The BCS is 4 bowls (I think). The other 700 bowls actually make no money for the schools and the universities are lucky to break even on most of them. OSU as an average football program example is kind of like using Michael Jordan as an example of an average basketball player.
I didn't say Ohio State was average I said I could only speak to their program. I understand that Ohio State is VERY unique. They earn and spend a ton (upwards of 100 mil) on athletics. They are fortunate to have a phenonmenal football team as well as big time donnors. My point was saying that in BCS games (notice I left out other bowls) the teams earn several million (I believe around 5 if not more) that you could take a million off of that and you'd have an additional 10 million to throw to schools that are struggling to keep their Olympic sports. I realize that this will never happen but the money is out there ...
