I don't think the sides of this discussion are very far apart, other than the few fringe lunatics who would rather drop baseball altogether and somehow think that would magically make us compete with Georgia in football. It wouldn't.
My comment about the $5M example that's been used is - that is a huge amount that can make a difference in baseball (see the Oak hire). It's not as huge a number in football. It would probably make a difference, but not as much, percentage-wise. And it's not like baseball loses $5M per year anyway. It breaks even or loses a little some years... that's even a smaller impact to football.
My main point is, a lot of this discussion is a waste of time. We have to do both. We can (and are) competing nationally in baseball and basketball, and we need more money in football. It's not a zero sum game. We have to do all of the above, not either/or. There are boosters who love baseball and want their money to go there. Same for basketball. Those sports are not going anywhere and even if we, let's say, killed the baseball program - which is never going to happen - you aren't going to turn baseball fans into major football donors... You're just going to run them off as fans because you just severed their favorite program and connection to the school.
I think we have some people who don't understand or believe that, but it's true.
