(06-04-2019 11:25 AM)ken d Wrote:  SEC 6
ACC 4
PAC 2
B12 2
B1G 1
AAC 1

Doesn't seem to matter what sport - the Big Dogs (P5) are gonna eat.

It's hard for non-wealthy programs to sustain success after large numbers of the wealthier programs become interested in a sport, outspending them 5 to 1 or more, and hiring away successful coaches by tripling their salaries.

For those of you who like to blame ESPN for absolutely everything: In college baseball, this is something you actually can blame on ESPN. Once ESPN started showing every game of the College World Series in Omaha on TV, a lot more P5 schools decided to throw money at head coaches, assistant coaches, better facilities, more money for recruiting, etc. When the only CWS game that was widely available on TV was the single championship game in Omaha, a lot of wealthy programs didn't care. It was only after ESPN started showing two weeks' worth of games in Omaha that schools with money to burn started saying, "We have the resources to do that and get our logo on ESPN for two weeks in June, so why aren't we ever in Omaha?"