ok 66, here we go...again. Please dont go back to the old "minor sport" staple as you usually do. I am just answering your question. Oh, and i dont think my response to you was nasty at all.

the federal budget in 2000 was 1.8 trillion. in 2010 it was 3.6 trillion. a 100% increase
the tn state budget in 2000 was 16.6 billion. in 2010 it was 29.6 billion. a 75% increase

i tell you this because from my budget 101 class, i gather the assumption that budgets do change over time. in a 10 year period it can change significantly and it usually increases rather than decreases.

now etsu being a state university, i would think their budget would increase as well. athletics being a part of the university...again...increases along with it.

it looks like in comparison, at 65%, etsu athletics is a bargain over that same amount of time. the athletics budget could very well have increased 75-100% during that time WITH FOOTBALL...who knows.


now they drop football and try to fully fund all of the intercolliegate sports at etsu. they take the million football was losing and spread it out among the other sports and an additional 500k to help all become fully funded over time. so in summary, instead of fully funding 1 sport (football) and overall losing 1 million, they spend an additional 500K and FULLY fund ALL the sports, build some on campus facilities, pay coaches and staff better salaries, and to try to help the overall student athlete experience at etsu. I have no problems with that.

Now if football were garnering etsu national exposure, as is claimed on this board, it may not have been worthwhile to cut it. But it was not, not even close to that. so the university made a decission to try a different tact.

here is where these numbers you tout become irrelevant...budgets change. etsu is not overspending. far from it. can football be added with a budget of 11 mil? sure it can, but it will come from the other sports, as well as cost more to operate than is currently budgeted. Is the new pres willing to do that? maybe, maybe not. the other sports as a whole, are doing pretty well on this current arrangement as i have pointed out. They certainly, dont deserve to have their funding cut to add a football program that has struggled for many many years. Thats not to say we dont need football. Thats been my stance all along. etsu is not in a position financially nor support wise to reinstate football at this time. etsu athletics have bigger problems that need attending to first, then football.

this is not an endorsement for etsu, athletics, dave, stanton or anyone else that has taken steps to make your life more difficult. if/when you come back with the same, old, tired, song and dance and i respond with either "ok or go bucs", im not ducking, diverting or diving...im just not beating this poor horse any more. he has suffered enuff.