I have a fun scenario for the long-time Heels fans. What's it worth to you?

[JimmyinVA]

This question is good way to frame yet again a key point about failure to back football properly, and what that means long in a financial sense.

Which is fiscally worth more? Never losing in Chapel Hill to a basketball nobody or UNC football in the Orange Bowl (and not part of the playoffs)?

It aint close.

Football is roughly 4 times more valuable than basketball. TV deals are based on that formula. So even, say, UK-UofL basketball is very small time in value compared to the Orange Bowl, so small it is nearly meaningless fiscally.

UNC football in the playoffs is going to be worth 4 times more to the UNC athletics department than UNC basketball in the Final Four. And that means that UNC-Clemson basketball is worth maybe a crinkled buck.

my answer to this is the same answer i give to the n.dame football would help the acc financially argument: MONEY ISN"T EVERYTHING. i love both unc basketball AND football and i deplore the constant pitting one against the other on this board.

 

[SeaHawk98]

How is this even a question, of course one should take that . If the answer is no, then you should refer to yourself as a basketball only fan and not a fan of UNC. One rather meaningless game (and streak) vs. a possible once in a life time opportunity.

 

[strummingram]

my answer to this is the same answer i give to the n.dame football would help the acc financially argument: MONEY ISN"T EVERYTHING. i love both unc basketball AND football and i deplore the constant pitting one against the other on this board.

For the record, I truly was NOT trying to pit one against the other. I felt that it was an illusion anyway. I never thought there was any legitimacy to "basketball only" when it comes to a fan of your school's sports team. This has actually made me aware off it more than I ever knew or thought possible. It's not really possible to "pit them against each other" if they don't exist. However, if they DO exist, then they're there whether you pit them together on this board or not. I'm, frankly, surprised.

 

[strummingram]

I added to the THR thread:

If you are a Clemson fan; Would you trade this year's possible ACC Championship and CFB Playoff in exchange for an ACC Basketball Tourney win and Final Four appearance? You know what the majority of Clemson fans would take? I think they'd say "Screw basketball! I want another year like 1981!" To me, that is such a shame. To have the ability to let both programs experience excellence and not do it, over something that really seems petty, is strange to me. Our basketball program is one of the all-time elites. That is never going to be challenged. It's there for perpetuity.