Hypothetically speaking, if one sport could get an infusion of $100M, which would it be? Let’s assume that right now the budgets are tre $16M for football and $8M for basketball. $100M would add $12M a year for 10 years.
For me, if UCLA got $100M for basketball, they could get any coach they wanted and that coach could get any players he wanted. It would be a matter of finding the best players for the system and coaching them up. I can’t imagine if you had 4 of the top 5 players from the West each year and on average they stayed two years, you don’t win titles.
Sadly with football, $12M buys a good offensive and defensive line but nothing more. Top QBs are getting $2M+. And with football, it’s harder to see how high school results translate into college success.
For me, if UCLA got $100M for basketball, they could get any coach they wanted and that coach could get any players he wanted. It would be a matter of finding the best players for the system and coaching them up. I can’t imagine if you had 4 of the top 5 players from the West each year and on average they stayed two years, you don’t win titles.
Sadly with football, $12M buys a good offensive and defensive line but nothing more. Top QBs are getting $2M+. And with football, it’s harder to see how high school results translate into college success.
