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Originally Posted by
BrunswickDawg
That's also a numbers game - it's a lot easier to spread money over 15 players then over 35 or 85. And yes, basketball was always in the "helpin" business and had deep pocket funders.
I think some of the push back about baseball funding is purely about facilities. People look at The Dude and say "why can't the Hump be that good?".
That first sentence is true. But it's not just numbers. We spent almost as much on one basketball player as we did the entire 2023 football roster. Not the case anymore with the 2024 football roster, but still.
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