How to put Sports Money to work for You?

[CajunHusky]

UConn Football has been disappointing this year. There have been many suggestions to fix it and none are cheap.

 

[trb123]

Use the money to trade for a consistently successful HS team together with its coaches.
Cannot be worse than Diaco and the current team.

 

[bags27]

Money can fix a roof and it stays fixed; when money fixes a football team, NCAA probation often follows....

But I'd vote for neither. UConn is world class at WCBB, MCBB, and polo. But I'd vote for plowing every dime into undergraduate academics (especially the honors program). Uconn is on a real roll there, and has a very solid chance of getting to the next level. When it does, the legislature, despite facing very difficult budgetary decisions, will be more inclined to vote money for more things, including athletics.

 

[Kibitzer]

Isn't it considered dumb to put good money into bad investments?

 

[UcMiami]

No third option?!!
Build a new arena on the corner of 32 and 44. (or 44 and 195)

 

[CL82]

I recognize that it is likely not to be the popular opinion on this board, but "fixing football" is critical to the success of the athletic department for many reasons. It is kind of a false comparison to say "fix football or fix Gampel" as fixing football isn't a discrete one time expenditure. We're it, we'd to in a heartbeat as the ROI would be huge.

A better comparison is "fix the Gampel roof (@$2 million) or buy out Coach Diaco's contract" (@$3 million in January.) I suspect that you'd get a very different answer depending on which board you posted the poll.

 

[CBear01]

Gampel is like grandma's old beat up car....it still functions fine but grandma sure isn't putting more money into it seeing it's age and not very much worth it. I'm sure she will just eventually buy a new car. Gampel is just under 30 yrs old...let's net a few more NC banners and petition for a bigger arena to fit them all!

 

[Kibitzer]

Best investment in sports that comes to mind (48 hours late!) is betting the "over" in the Pitt vs. Syracuse football(!) game yesterday. Final score, 76-61; 137 total points.