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I agree that it should not be at all about the money, which is why if Im Illinois Im aiming higher than Smart. The only reason Illinois would have any issues is that their football team may not be as profitable as other Big 10 schools and therefore they need to use more of the basketball revenues to pay off the other sports expenses.

 

The reason I say this is because of a 2011 article about Big 10 v SEC in terms of profitability.

 

http://www.kristidosh.com/wp-content/uploa...ancial-Data.pdf

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/sportsmoney/20...ports-revenues/

 

Based on their numbers Illinois Athletic Department made $1.3 mil, which is 3rd lowest. If Illinois wants to use athletic budget to pay for the new coach, they likely have about 1-2 mil to add to Weber's salary

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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 21, 2012 -> 11:42 AM)
I agree that it should not be at all about the money, which is why if Im Illinois Im aiming higher than Smart. The only reason Illinois would have any issues is that their football team may not be as profitable as other Big 10 schools and therefore they need to use more of the basketball revenues to pay off the other sports expenses.

 

The reason I say this is because of a 2011 article about Big 10 v SEC in terms of profitability.

 

http://www.kristidosh.com/wp-content/uploa...ancial-Data.pdf

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/sportsmoney/20...ports-revenues/

 

Based on their numbers Illinois Athletic Department made $1.3 mil, which is 3rd lowest. If Illinois wants to use athletic budget to pay for the new coach, they likely have about 1-2 mil to add to Weber's salary

On the current landscape, who exactly his higher than Smart?

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 21, 2012 -> 12:45 PM)
I saw one mention of Martin from K-State. Any chance that is true?

I saw that too, I'd be intrigued he can definitely take a mediocre program and put it in the top 25, but his intensity kind of scares me. It's worked thus far there, but is he so over the top that he loses his players would be my concern.

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