Arkansas has decided they want to win a national championship in basketball. For context, here's what that means:
In 2023, they had a $12 million annual basketball operations budget - this included $4 million annually for Musselman. They've decided to pay Calipari $8 million per year. So for 2024-2025, let's assume their basketball budget will be about $16 million.
News reports say that Calipari has been guaranteed between $5 and $6 million annually in NIL money. Including this, Arkansas is willing to spend as much as $22 million annually on basketball.
Wyoming, on the other hand, spends $3.8 million annually on basketball. No one knows what our current NIL spend is, but I would be shocked beyond measure if we are anywhere close to $200,000 per year. Let's be generous and pretend that UW's total basketball investment is $4 million annually.
A school like Arkansas is spending 5.5x what we do on basketball. And yet more years will go by where we all express disappointment in not being relevant.
Until we get aspirational leadership at UW, I'm done getting upset over this stuff.
In 2023, they had a $12 million annual basketball operations budget - this included $4 million annually for Musselman. They've decided to pay Calipari $8 million per year. So for 2024-2025, let's assume their basketball budget will be about $16 million.
News reports say that Calipari has been guaranteed between $5 and $6 million annually in NIL money. Including this, Arkansas is willing to spend as much as $22 million annually on basketball.
Wyoming, on the other hand, spends $3.8 million annually on basketball. No one knows what our current NIL spend is, but I would be shocked beyond measure if we are anywhere close to $200,000 per year. Let's be generous and pretend that UW's total basketball investment is $4 million annually.
A school like Arkansas is spending 5.5x what we do on basketball. And yet more years will go by where we all express disappointment in not being relevant.
Until we get aspirational leadership at UW, I'm done getting upset over this stuff.
