Purdue 24, Illinois 17 Postgame

#279      
You really think there's one iota of a chance we "consciously decide " to spend less?

We aren't raising the funds other schools are. It's not a conscious decision. Its a function of donor willingness and the ability of leadership and the fundraising staff.

Despite all the "Have you given to ICON admonitions", this battle is won by getting 7 figure commitments from major donors. It looks like we're weak in that area. We need to figure it out.
With 'grey area' money, absolutely. As has been mentioned before (and this is not a knock on Josh), with Josh as head of the committee on proposed spending guidelines (I forget the exact title), we are likely to be the last school that stretches the rules.

We are outspent in total, to your point, and also outspent in questionable payment amounts / types. It's 1970 all over again.

Groundhog Day On Repeat GIF by Gangway Advertising
 
#280      
#282      
I just hope that Brett includes himself in the "we're a group that has learn things the hard way" statement. All the happenings of the off-season are largely his responsibility in order to be set for "continued program success" this season (and every season). Clearly that is not currently being achieved.
Like learning it’s important to practice tackling too?
 
#283      
We aren’t raising FOOTBALL funds other schools are. If you combine football and basketball funds we are between $15M and $20M in NIL which probably gets to the middle of the Big Ten. We are just have a lot of NIL going to an extremely successful basketball program.
I thought I read some place that Louisville is spending over 20 million on basketball alone.
 
Back