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Message: [QUOTE="Hoophound, post: 4652369, member: 271"] We need to follow it on some level because this is a state school running a P5 athletic department on a Big East budget. We can’t continue to do it forever because the political will in the state will wane. You don’t pass up $30,000,000 in additional revenue, especially in a state like CT, just to stay in your comfort zone playing PC and Seton Hall. This isnt like comparing the American and the Big East, where revenue was similar. Aside from the obvious need for revenue, think about what it would mean for our coaching staffs. We wouldn’t need to be hiring inexperienced assistant football coaches. If Jim Mora continues to win, we can pay him a fair salary and retain him. Our basketball coach has peers making millions more. We can pay him too. We are starting to see schools paying great basketball coaches twice what we pay Hurley. We need to prepare for that arms race. [/QUOTE]