Oh please - now you are acting like a government accountant.
Point is this is different that you have been saying. The top P-5 programs were paying well above that at that time,(not what you are claiming). TCU geared up when they had the money in their packet from the Big 12. They weren't much different than us until then.
He just destroyed your argument - admit defeat. Love your commitment to SMU and your knowledge of recruiting - but you are just wrong on this issue and you wont let go. Its getting tiresome.[/quote]
Ha! Ha! TCU raised Patterson's contract the year BEFORE the 2009 Access Bowl and SMU may have refused to raise Morris' contract 1 maybe 2 year BEFORE SMU had a shot at the Access Bowl
TCU's gamble reaped huge rewards that was one of the most important factors in reaching P5 level. SMU is refusing to make the same investment TCU did and instead is looking to hire a position coach 3 years out of High School.
That's why TCU is way way up there
And Littl' SMU is way way down here[/quote]
You do realize Patterson was a head coach with TCU since 2000. It isn't apples to oranges.[/quote]
It may be apples and oranges, but I think the point is still valid. We're not investing like we need to in order to make the inroads necessary to try to get into a P5 conference. If we're not going to go all in, then why die a slow death. This is a binary decision, either go all in or do away with the football program and become a basketball school. The football program is by far and away the most expensive program to maintain, but it is also the one that reaps the most benefits.[/quote]
EXACTLY
Football has become profitable at TCU since the Horned Frogs joined the Big 12 in 2012. The school reported $52 million in football revenues and a profit of $18.5 million in 2015-16, up from revenues of $26 million in 2011, when the school broke even on the sport, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article148416564.html
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