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15 hours ago, greenminer said:

Can you elaborate on this thought? I believe the window analogy is still valid, even if we are not getting the attention of the P5 crowds.

More people will tune into UNT to watch our teams play on TV than any other non-athletic endeavor I can think of.  Additionally, the COM's largest audiences, year in and out, are the crowds at Apogee seeing the Green Brigade.

Hello Greenminer! I am speaking of an expected ROI from the funds given to our athletic program. I can think of no G5 school that has benefited to any great success due to its prowess on the field or from exposure on TV.  As an example, our endowment and enrollment are very similar to UTA who, as you know, does not play football. UTD has an endowment about 4 times of UNT. These schools are doing quite well. 

In terms of name recognition, maybe a hard core fan will know about the Chanticleers, Montaineers, Dukes, or whoever else, but ask the average joe about Boise St., and they will just shrug their shoulders. 

Regarding your GB analogy, I would have to do some research before I could agree or disagree. I will say that the 15-20K fans that watch them at home games are pretty much the same people every time. The COM maintains a huge You Tube presence and there are videos with millions of "likes" from around the world. Couple that with a vigorous concert schedule (multiple events every day) and I would estimate that more people are exposed to the COM from concerts than from football games.

Please don't get me wrong. I love UNT football as much as anybody, but I would enjoy it at a D3 level just as much.  It just bothers me that we, and about everyone else, place so many resources in something where the returns are negligible.  

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