Pros generate their own revenue for their one particular sport (in addition to some government subsidies, I might add). A university has to operate multiple sports, and in so doing, has to choose how much to invest in each.

If football is generating tons of money, and basketball is generating only a slight loss, then the university doesn't really have an incentive to improve the basketball team.

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Posted by East Coast Band

Member since Nov 2010

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Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:41 pm to LSUFOREVERAMEN

So, if GM is making good money on trucks, no sense in investing to make cars better.

You do have a point.

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Posted by RTR America

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Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:44 pm to LSUFOREVERAMEN

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If football is generating tons of money, and basketball is generating only a slight loss, then the university doesn't really have an incentive to improve the basketball team.

The only problem with this logic is that it doesn't really cost much to improve a basketball team. There are ton's of mid majors out there that are better than a lot of SEC teams. I don't think it has anything to do with funds.

We seem to have a lot of schools that just can't quite figure out how to find the right head coach and they stick with the wrong one for way too long.

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