I would. It’s important to win and win championships and produce good athletes no matter what sport. Not all boosters like football or basketball. Boosters that don’t care about sports are more likely to give to a successful athletic department or NIL. I want the NIL collective to give more money to the non-revenue sports. Being good at women’s tennis could help football.

DRF only spent money on football and basketball. She screwed over all the other sports. She didn’t set the other sports up for success. We field 8 men’s 10 women’s sports teams. In 2023 the athletic department spent $2,259,147 in recruiting. Football spent $1,270,252, men’s basketball spent $791,463, and baseball got a little over $46,000. The other 15 sports programs get $150,000 or a little over $10,000 per team.

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By that approach though, I'd argue we need to be cutting some dead weight programs from the budget

The six non-revenue men’s and 10 women’s sports do not hurt the athletic department budget or take away from football or basketball.

It probably wouldn’t hurt if we added a few sports. Missouri State has Beach Volleyball, Central Missouri has Bowling, SLU has Field Hockey, UMKC has men’s Tennis, S&T has men’s Volleyball, Missouri Western has Lacrosse and ESports(Olympic sport in 28). Mizzou doesn’t sponsor any of these sports.

How can Missouri be successful in the SEC with a recruiting budget of $46,000. Arkansas baseball lost $2.6 million last year. I don’t think the Mizzou Athletic Department is willing to lose a third of that to be competitive. We will be in the SEC baseball basement until we are ready to take a significant loss.

This post was edited on 5/21/24 at 11:55 pm