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[QUOTE="CuseOnly, post: 1153042, member: 2804"]
What part of what I said do you not understand.  I explained what I said quite clearly.  They have won in recent years in spite of their spending, not because of it.  It is an anomaly.

Why do you go back to the original point after the explanation of it instead of just reading the explanation.

Besides what the Tampa poster said, they have only been to the playoffs 4 times, not the 7 he suggested.  Having lost in the first round twice, 2nd round once and making it to the series and losing once.  I would not go by what a poster said and use his stats to call their recent success as "enviable".  The Yankees success is exemplary and "enviable" where a season missing the playoffs is the anomaly and they spend money to achieve it.

That is the point you are choosing not to get.  Address the point, not the example as there isn't a perfect one to illustrate.

[url]http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/tb/history/year_by_year_results.jsp[/url]
[url]http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/tb/history/postseason_results.jsp[/url]

They have never spent more than 54 mil on a team with an average around 35 mil and they will most likely spend 75%+ of their future history NOT making the playoffs.  Just as their record shows they have to this point.

Who cares.

It won't change the fact that the SU administration isn't ALL IN with athletics and the commitment to build a perennial contender.  They would rather waffle somewhere in the middle as they have shown.

I am die hard fan since I was a little kid and even I am wavering in my support of this university at this point.  I won't abandon my team, but I can choose not to line their pockets with my dollars and stay home to watch on TV until I see the same commitment from them that us fans have.
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