That's seriously the best retort you could muster? Especially rich considering your childish antics began this give and take. Good night, I'm done with you. It's clear the intellectual playing field is slanted heavily in my favor here.
I'd be fine if the danged basketball team doesn't win a game this year..
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Florida is one of the largest universities in one of the most populous states in the country.
Louisville probably cheats and lets in literally anybody with any moral and educational background to the sports programs (staff and players). I mean, what about UofL's athletic department makes you think they are doing this on the up and up? That, and they rarely beat anyone of any consequence in football. When is the last time they had a win that made you go "oh."
We gain far more from being one of the top 2 basketball programs in the nation than we would by being one of the good football programs in the SEC (with our mediocre football team and awesome basketball team during the 2014-2015 fiscal year we were top 15 in revenue and created more revebue than schools like georgia). And if you think any coach in the country could make us better than just another good SEC school, please just leave (the state).
That's what I'm saying.
That's why UK football will never ever be good. Fans need to suck it up and forget about it. The basketball powers behind the scenes just want the revenue from football to pay Cals contract and for our basketball *cough *cough recruiting. The basketball portion of the AD would just like the revenue and no change at all. Well maybe some 6-6 years, as you heard Matt saying he wanted. Matt is the typical basketball power mindset. Just sell out the games and go 6-6 so my basketball team can still do well. They want UK football fans to just shut up and enjoy the big blue johnson shoved up their butt every year.
The only way it will ever truly change is if it football fans actually stood together and refused to go to games for about 3 full seasons. Then the basketball Illuminati would be scared sh1tless when it had no way to pay Cal.
Forget about Barnhart. He's just a figurehead. Things won't ever change. Don't look for it. Enjoy what you have or walk away.
Wrong.
Three years ago, Forbes released the top 100 College programs by revenue. It only entailed the basketball and football programs. UK football was 20 something in football. Basketball only had 4 teams in the top 100. UK was one of them and it was in the 70's.
https://www.collegeraptor.com/Rankings/Details/TopRevenue
Not sure about Forbes, because that wasn't what you linked, but your link shows UK football at 46 and UK basketball at 64.
UK basketball produces a $25M revenue and football $35M. If you don't think UK basketball could figure out a way to pay Cal from their revenue, again, you're a damned idiot.
UK football has nothing to do with basketball's success. I guess since our trash football program can't win in their own arena, you fools have to convince yourselves they have something to do with basketball's overwhelming success. Newsflash: the football program is nothing but a huge anchor on this school's success.
I couldn't find the older link, but that link showed a projected change. The other link I posted showed UK football was a top 25 revenue program. Basketball will never be above 60.
But that's not the point. Like I said in the previous post, UK basketball would have no problem paying Cal and the recruiting budget. But what happens when the revenue pool shrinks for the olympic sports. It has to be paid. Where do they turn to? that's the difference. Basketball can't sustain itself and Olympic programs.
But go back to fantasizing about getting gang banged by the team under the 7 banners while Matt whispers into your ear.
http://businessofcollegesports.com/2011/12/28/top-50-most-profitable-fbs-football-and-mens-basketball-programs/
bu- but my basketball revenue
bu- but my basketball revenue
i've listed numerous links. can't help if you refuse to face facts. doesn't matter if it's Forbes since all the data is public and used by various outlets.
Well you obviously have zero idea about what's going on then. I'm not even going to waste my time on you if you're this oblivious. Football makes more money, it is that f!#$ing simple. Football is what allowed us to make more money than a school like Georgia, basketball is simply able to carry it's on weight financially here where at other schools it cant. Some of you really ought to just stay on Rafters permanently. You sir are a damned moron.
That's not true at all. Also ratings go up in January, February, and March. Making up stats is easy though and how the hell do you football only fans exist? Man it must be depressing I hope you all have other sports teams to follow.
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Your continued insinuations that our basketball staff cheats should warrant a ban for your idiotic ***.
Are you a UL fan by the way? Because you sure post like it.
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So is soccer but when that argument is presented, it makes fans uncomfortable. The truth is March Madness does great ratings wise. No one gives a crap during regular season. BCS playoffs smashed all of March Madness. UK's last title appearance was rated one of the lowest title games in recent history (20 years).
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-ba...urner-espn-fox-nbcsn/syebh1s7di0czuja3z13pvjg
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-ba...urner-espn-fox-nbcsn/syebh1s7di0czuja3z13pvjg
Of the 979 regular season games examined by Sports Media Watch (excludes seven games for which ratings were unavailable), only 25 had a rating of 1.5 or higher. That includes both Duke/North Carolina games and the Big Ten Tournament title game, each of which had a season-high 2.6.
LOL
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2016/03/16/Media/CBB-viewers.aspx
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2016/03/16/Media/CBB-viewers.aspx
No but name calling is. I just wonder if a mod will say anything or not
You have made multiple comments insinuating our basketball coaches are cheating.
You should be banned. You suck as a fan. We have enough UL trolls here doing your job without one of our own on that bandwagon.
Personally, I wouldn't trade one basketball win for a National Championship in football. Why should I have an interest in something that neither the fan base nor the school administration supports. If either really cared about football then they would not put up with the foolishness that this program has always exhibited. So let us be thankful for basketball and put the football program in the toilet where it belongs.
BB supports itself and fully pays its own way with revenue and donations , it's not taking anything away from fb . No money is going to recruits either , this is just jealous and paranoid bitterness . UK bb does nothing to hurt fb , unless you want every penny thrown at fb in a huge waste of resources that still wouldn't produce an sec east title . Even if you attempted to not support fb it would eventually result in hurting fb and minor sports because the money bb made would still be used to support the sport the vast majority wants to succeed .
I really don't care and I never disputed that football is more popular. Also I enjoy soccer more than football too. I don't know if you are a Lousivlle fan or the rarity that is a UK football only fan that bashes basketball out of obvious jealousy but the fact remains the same. Basketball is a part of our state's culture and most kentuckians prefer basketball over football.
All in all basketball is more popular world wide and is a part of the Kentuckian culture.
creepy as it that you remember my vacation plans, I'm headed to the Old Mill for breakfast in about 30 minutes. I'll save some biscuits and gravy for y'all.
I love both sports! I love the cats on the hardwood It is the greatest tradition in that sport. Footballl is the best sport in our country period. I would Love to have a school that is both. Its the apathy of adminstration that our football program is in this shape. They finnally put some money into it but they blew the hire. Kentucky football needs the right hire. I hate to beat a dead horse but the hire was there on a silver platter 4 seasons ago. We can sit and talk which sport makes more money and all of that but does it really matter. They need the right coach. There are alot of fans like me that love both sports and want to see the Football team competeing with the rest of nation. I wouldnt say either that the powers that be dont care about football. Due to the fact the millions of dollars that was just put into program. Look at the whole situation take a deep breath. Where is the issue? Easy, the AD and his dumbass contracts and the Headcoach. I dont see how someone can say the powers that be dont care about football when the miilions they recently dropped was for football. Anyways it goes back to this AD and head coach. Any true Kentucky fan would be pumped if we had a top ranked basketball team and highly ranked football team year in year out.
Bingo. We've pinpointed the problem. Do all you can to help football, but don't upset the sacred egg. I find this ironic since this has been the reverse situation for the last 60 years.