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Couple of observations - the decline was on way before Lick, it's now at an all time low. Iowa can afford to walk away from Fran."Iowa fell to 12th with $2.96 million. Iowa’s once-proud men’s basketball program hasn’t hit $4 million in gate revenue since 2005 and was down more than $500,000 from fiscal year 2023. Five teams saw decreases, but UCLA and Iowa had the biggest revenue drops."Big Ten athletic departments’ 2024 financial statements: Seven lessons from a data deep dive
The athletic departments of the Big Ten’s 16 public universities spent nearly $3 billion during fiscal year 2024. How much did they make?
Do you think Fran is toast after this season?
They can't afford not to anymore it sounds like. It's not just a PR thing. It's actual dollars and cents and we all know that's what makes the world go round. Chasing good $ after bad is just a loser every time. Ideally when Beth and Fran sit down after this yr they should agree on him getting bought out and him walking away. I really hope Fran doesn't fight it and dare her to fire him and make it messy. It doesn't feel like he would but heck if I know. He's got an ego too. But one way or the other it needs to happen
