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<blockquote data-quote="Fighter of the Nightman" data-source="post: 2075043" data-attributes="member: 590800"><p>While this is true, I do think there is a certain appeal of being a basketball school without football, as an obviously disproportionate amount of money is flowing into the basketball program that is going to football in other schools? Not sure of the economics. However, I DO wonder if "big time programs" in the Big XII and ACC will start to be less appealing compared to their similar Big Ten and SEC counterparts.</p><p></p><p>For example, on paper Kentucky and Kansas are similar in that I would not expect Kentucky to be able to poach Bill Self or for KU to be able to poach a Kentucky coach if the situations were reversed. However, while both are elite programs with tons of money ... UK is receiving that SEC windfall every single year. Similarly, compare Arizona and Illinois - two schools with at least mildly similar histories, current success, fan support, facilities, etc. You could even make the argument Arizona outranks us in some of those categories, but how relevant is it that Illinois will just have that extra money EVERY single year??</p><p></p><p>I think it will be really interesting to eventually maybe see a dynamic where a historically relevant/successful Big XII program like Kansas State is losing coaches to a much less historically relevant program like Minnesota simply because the days of KSU being a "better job" are tied to what is now effectively ancient history, and Minnesota provides just as high of a ceiling and significantly more money...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fighter of the Nightman, post: 2075043, member: 590800"] While this is true, I do think there is a certain appeal of being a basketball school without football, as an obviously disproportionate amount of money is flowing into the basketball program that is going to football in other schools? Not sure of the economics. However, I DO wonder if "big time programs" in the Big XII and ACC will start to be less appealing compared to their similar Big Ten and SEC counterparts. For example, on paper Kentucky and Kansas are similar in that I would not expect Kentucky to be able to poach Bill Self or for KU to be able to poach a Kentucky coach if the situations were reversed. However, while both are elite programs with tons of money ... UK is receiving that SEC windfall every single year. Similarly, compare Arizona and Illinois - two schools with at least mildly similar histories, current success, fan support, facilities, etc. You could even make the argument Arizona outranks us in some of those categories, but how relevant is it that Illinois will just have that extra money EVERY single year?? I think it will be really interesting to eventually maybe see a dynamic where a historically relevant/successful Big XII program like Kansas State is losing coaches to a much less historically relevant program like Minnesota simply because the days of KSU being a "better job" are tied to what is now effectively ancient history, and Minnesota provides just as high of a ceiling and significantly more money... [/QUOTE]
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