Quote Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us View Post
Ole miss has an athletic budget 30m more then us and appears to spend more on overall NIL. They concentrate that NIL on football, thus losing 2 really good baseball players to TN and guaranteeing they suck next year.

I could live with destroying baseball in order to preserve a 10+ win team like OM did. But we don't have that choice, we'd be destroying baseball to improve a 7-5 team to 8-4.

Now, if you want to say State fans need to but up and donate more, ok. I'm just talking about allocation of our current funds

Yes, that is exactly what I am saying. If we had a fanbase that gave what they could realistically give we would be in Ole Miss’ position in a year or 2, provided we made the right hire. They have a higher budget because they care more, not because they have more money to give. Killing baseball for their current run is exactly the right move. The problem is our fans would largely rather be good in baseball.