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I don't disagree with this or @nustudent. Which really kinda highlights the pinch we're in. My only asterisk is if you get a wing it better be an Ade Dagunduro type that you can throw down in the trees and he starts chopping lumber.

Sure, but not one team is gonna accept a bid to the Crown over the NCAA tournament. This shows me this is not a serious tournament. Let's not kid ourselves this is about making money. And my thinking is if the investors that put this together could only scrape up enough money for a 500K purse they don't have much confidence in it either. Like I said this tournament only has a short time to try and become established and survive the expansion of the NCAA tournament. Before the announcement of the purse I'd have given it a puncher's chance. After the announcement of the purse I don't even think the people putting the tournament on think it has a chance. Hope I'm wrong because I think this tournament is a great idea and concept, but I'm not gonna hold my breath.

I 3rd

Purdue out here like, "Do you guys even scout your recruits?"

It's meh. I'm not suggesting it had to be astronomical. But you can't even get to a cool million. Lame. There's a short window to have this thing take hold and be successful. Only a matter of time before the tournament expands. It's kinda like when I was a kid and you could win a Dodge Viper at Runza. But really when you read the fine print you won a year lease of a Viper. Lame

It's absurd and unsustainable.

So we need to have 2 starters on the roster, Get 2 in the portal, and have a freshman step up. Got it.

I don't know man. That's a pretty weak purse. Almost embarrassing.

So what you're saying is it's the unmeasurables that matter because regardless what either team does the TV contracts are set in stone?

But don't we get that regardless if we're good or bad?

No question basketball has more potential. The athletic department has shown no ability to recognize that potential. Not sure if you're a football fan or not, but at a minimum you are aware. And it's quite shocking you discounting how easy it is for a program on top fall into relative insignificance

But this is the circular argument not everything is captured on a balance sheet. Bad business is also throwing good money after bad. And nobody outside of us here on this board would argue that's not what has been happening with Nebraska Basketball.

I truly believe, at this moment and time, Nebraska is the only college you can make the argument it's not bad business. Edit to add and that really the biggest dig you can make at how unsuccessful our basketball program has been

Maybe they did. Maybe those aren't going to be the payments going forward though. Got to have money to pay the athletes so not as deep a money pool anymore to buy games. That's my suspicion.

Multiple people havea made the comments about how this thing has to stabilize eventually and I agree. Because right now this situation has the same feeling as the late 90's dot com bust or the 00's housing crash. Money's getting tight for everyone across the board. And unfortunately we didn't get the eccentric billionaire that spends we got the prudent billionaire that saves