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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 5236358, member: 7492"] Every school must allocate time, money and limited resources to sports to achieve the best results possible. To me, spending the rather absurd money on a HC, 4 assistants, numerous paid support personnel like Basketball operations, academic advisers and then money for student managers can be better spent on other sports which do not have the same amount of overhead costs to get them to elite status. Swimming for example has not only cut the number of Men's programs but also merged all the coaching staffs so one head coach, one assistant coach and one diving coach is responsible for 36-40 swimmers both male and female. That's a ratio of 3 to 40+ whereas WCBB has 5 full time coaches for 12-14 players (plus all the other support personnel I listed above). I am perfectly fine with Wisconsin not prioritizing WCBB when they do already prioritize VB and Hockey. Heck, UConn prioritizes Field Hockey and that is a niche sport. [/QUOTE]