I would like to see Texas nationally ranked and winning at the top level in every sport, BUT until a sport is self sufficient and packs a big stadium, I am not going to lose sleep over Stanford. Fact is, Stanford donations are directly proportionate to the number of football games won. (Check the last 50 years0
Football in Austin brings in about $14 million per game, which is about what basketball brings in all year. UNC grosses more on basketball than any school in America, and they bring in less than $20 million total.
I believe our baseball program still pays its own way, but I'm not sure since most of "Jeff Ward's Fan Club" have died off.
What Eddie Reese did with swimming is nothing short of miraculous. For those too young to remember, swimming was for years a three school sport - Stanford, SMU, Indiana. I'm glad he shattered that ceiling.
Tennis was the same as swimming with just a couple of schools dominating.
Golf was dominated by Third Ward - no class attendance required, just win.
Track changed dramatically when UTEP started importing all the foreigners.
Chris has done a great job so far with the candy truck, but I expect more. I hope we are nationally competitive in all sports and add lacrosse soon. That said, I could give a **** about some cheesy trophy with a goofy name. Will I give more if we win it? NO! Will I give less if we don't? NO!
Compare the percentage value of the marketing sales after 2005 and after this year's Directors Cup victory. Ain't gonna be a pretty comparison.
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Last edited: Jun 21, 2021