re: What Saves Sam Pittman in 24?

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Arkansas has proven to me that they're done with GAF about football.

Basketball and baseball are the priorities on campus.

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If that is an actual plan its genius.

Think about it: every SEC program gets the same TV money, but even in "Super Conference" format the SEC has only one really competitive basketball program. It is EASILY the worst major conference for basketball, by far the second most popular college sport.

And Arky has a history there, and has the facilities. Its not like say South Carolina saying they are going to pivot into being a basketball school. There is meat on the bones.

All the SEC TV money isn't enough to run a top tier SEC football program - hence the programs still dipping into booster pockets for big buyouts - but its enough to run a top tier basketball program (with some baseball on the side). Then your AD isn't beholden to the whims of boosters.

If Arky leaders decided after Chad "you know its too hard to be competitive in the modern SEC in football, but if we poured the TV money into basketball we might be a national contender in 10 years" then that might be the best decision a SEC AD ever made.

I doubt that happened though, I think Arky has tried in football and has failed and now they would love to try more but they lack the support needed to do it.