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I understand sports attendance has been down, but there are still a lot of kids that want that part of college and you saying otherwise is between disingenuous and an entirely made up statement. Schools are still getting 70,000 plus routinely, if not more, and most of the numbers skewing stats...

Obviously like anything, be it hiring a coach, buying a business, investing in the stock market, the return on investment is unknown and investing that money is a risk. However, you have to spend money to make money and in this case, it is a risk and investment that paid off for Alabama.

They are two entirely different discussions. One was fundraising, which this article touches on. I am going to trust that school's chancellor and my time as a consultant where we had multiple large athletic associations as clients to see how winning and investing in your program impacts...

Here is the answer to your question, straight from their school president/chancellor's mouth: "The question posed to the academic head of the Alabama University system was simple. As the highest paid coach in collegiate sports, was Saban worth it? Dr. Witt responds without hesitation, "Nick...

I think there was also a thought that he would be a massive fundraiser through Latin America and really set Miami up as a top destination for foreign students. That, obviously, has not come to fruition. But yes, a significant part of it was the medical school, the ill-advised overspend on the...

Edit - don’t actually give a ****. The U is building champions, trending upwards academically and athletically, and is a great investment compared to a ton of public schools at a fraction of the price with the same job placement prospects.

I live in Atlanta. I am familiar with the SEC. I also was responsible for a lot of my group’s recruiting at two top level professional service firms at different points in my career. The cold hard truth - they recruited Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida a **** of a lot harder than...

I will preface this by saying that I went to Miami for law school, so I don’t really like saying this, but Alabama’s law school is in the top 25 and their accounting program is extremely well regarded by the accounting firms. Georgia is extremely well regarded and a number of other schools in...