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[QUOTE="ScottVib, post: 4962708, member: 694"]
Things have gotten better in the support staffing area for football but they still aren’t all the way there (at least as far as going all in). Case in point the recruiting budget:

MBB: $744,942 (32.4%)
FB: $525,047 (22.8%)
WBB: $515,879 (22.4%)

Total for all sports: $2.3M

Just given the number of roster spots that need to be filled annually it would seem like football is underfunded on a per recruit basis (I’d assume it’s in part robbing Peter to pay Paul, by taking from the recruiting budget to pay for some of the additional staffing).  That isn’t to say they should change the support for basketball (in fact I’d assume the MBB budget will increase as a part of the commitments made in Hurley’s next (well deserved) extension), but that they need to find more $$$ for football somewhere.

In the end.. UConn Football needs to be respectable.. if they get there then there’s the chance they can find a life raft. If not, well it’ll be interesting to see what the machinations of the power conferences will mean for UConn sports over the long term.
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