I hope we get someone who understands the importance of not only academics, but athletics and particularly football.
The BOT and these other Boomers don't understand that an extremely large percentage of young people are influenced by how good the football team is. The President and AD at Alabama said writing Nick Saban a blank check to get him to Bama was the best investment they've ever made.
UM tries to act like we can't afford it but the reality is we can't afford to be this bad in athletics every year - we aren't good enough athletically or academically to charge the tuition we do.
Very well said.
For Miami & many other programs around the nation (except Stanford, Northwestern & Vandy) athletics actually drives academics & 100% without doubt increases donations & fundraising. When we were a good football school we received Billion dollar endowments & when we win more people are willing to give money not just to the athletic department but to the entire university.
The U brand has always been a cash cow because of Football, the Football program is the financial catalyst behind the success of the whole school whether people wanna believe it or not.
Our problem has been the administration in charge has always resented Football & would take advantage of the fact that people love the marketing brand of the "The U"/Football more than anything else with this school & fleece the Football program out of millions while withholding funds & giving us the crumbs.
People think the two have nothing to do with each other, but just go ask any School President at programs like Clemson, Bama, Oh St, Oklahoma, LSU, UGA, Penn St etc, they'll all tell you the same thing, when the Football program is good
everything else increases (admissions, endowments, donations finances etc) & makes more money, Football is the lifeblood of most major universities.