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[QUOTE="orange79, post: 1761746, member: 159"]
Minnesota spent $105.5 million on sports during 2014-15, according to federal documents, while Syracuse spent $67.3 million. It's a discrepancy that creates a perception gap between the two programs, even if it isn't evident from wins and losses.

This jumped out at me when I read the article.  Apples and oranges, IMO.  They get more money than we do, I get it.  But they also play more sports than we do.

The men's sports that don't overlap are:
SU:  Lacrosse, Rowing, Soccer
MN: Baseball, Golf, Gymnastics, Ice Hockey, Swimming, Wrestling
Those 6 have to cost at least twice as much as the 3 SU sports.  At least.  Probably close to 3-4 times as much.

The women's sports that don't overlap are:
SU: Field Hockey, Lacrosse
MN: Golf, Gymnastics, Swimming
I have to think those are mostly a wash.

Of course, I don't know how many scholarships each sport gives out (and too lazy to look them up), or whether the accounting for those scholarships is included in those numbers.  I was just thinking about all the non-academic costs involved.  You can't just say MN spends almost $40M more than SU and that's the reason Coyle left.
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