HawkKing81
Well-Known Member
Watching this brutal game of expansion dominos, I can't help but think of how important the football program is to a university.
It seems like every year at Iowa someone at the University criticizes how much attention the football program is given. How we spend too much money on facilities, the coaches, etc. How it isn't right that our state's highest paid employee is the Head Football Coach. I guess it is times like these where we really see how important the football program is.
It amazes me that Kansas, a school with over 30,000 in enrollment that sits less than an hour from Kansas City, and a school that has a men's basketball program that is second to none looks to be left in the cold. I wonder if Kansas had a more prestigious program to go along with it, say like a Tennessee or Georgia caliber, if they would be more sought after. I tend to believe that they would be. Instead, they are left wondering if they might be demoted to a lesser conference.
I am sure for a professor it is much more prestigious for them to be a faculty member at a Big Ten school than it is at say a Conference USA school.
My point is this expansion provides the reality that like it or not, the football program is the lifeline to the University. Without a strong program, someday it could be us that is left out in the cold and the next time a critic is mad that Coach Ferentz gets paid so much, they should be reminded about the situation that Kansas, K-State and ISU are now in.
It seems like every year at Iowa someone at the University criticizes how much attention the football program is given. How we spend too much money on facilities, the coaches, etc. How it isn't right that our state's highest paid employee is the Head Football Coach. I guess it is times like these where we really see how important the football program is.
It amazes me that Kansas, a school with over 30,000 in enrollment that sits less than an hour from Kansas City, and a school that has a men's basketball program that is second to none looks to be left in the cold. I wonder if Kansas had a more prestigious program to go along with it, say like a Tennessee or Georgia caliber, if they would be more sought after. I tend to believe that they would be. Instead, they are left wondering if they might be demoted to a lesser conference.
I am sure for a professor it is much more prestigious for them to be a faculty member at a Big Ten school than it is at say a Conference USA school.
My point is this expansion provides the reality that like it or not, the football program is the lifeline to the University. Without a strong program, someday it could be us that is left out in the cold and the next time a critic is mad that Coach Ferentz gets paid so much, they should be reminded about the situation that Kansas, K-State and ISU are now in.
