I know this isn't a popular sentiment, but we spent $14 million in Football and just under $8 million in Basketball. For comparison purposes, Duke (DUKE!) spent $19 million in Football, and Miami (MIAMI!) spent over $10 million on Basketball.
Winning takes getting players. Getting players takes recruiting. Recruiting takes facilities and relationships. Facilities take money. Relationships take money.
The greater our team's recruiting budgets, the more often coaches can see players compete not just in their sport, but in their track meets, wrestling matches or whichever other activities they partake in. It means we pick them up from the airport in a limo rather than a beat-up chevy. It means once players get to campus, we outfit them with as much gear, food and living space as they can handle. The schools that give players the most recruit the best players. The schools that have the best players win the most games.
All that is to say, in my opinion, any of us that are unhappy with our on-field results should contribute more money. It's time for us, collectively, to stop making excuses. Problems have been identified, now let's all be part of the solution. We can affect change by making donations to increase our budgets to recruit the best players. Let's do it.