Recruiting nationally instead of just locally can add significantly to

your costs. It's not as big of an add as building a great new facility, but if Texas does, in fact, have a great pool and great coaches, then maybe they can attract the best swimmer in NY AND Oregon - if they're willing to send coaches there to meet them, attend competitions in High School or whatever travel teams are associated with Swimming, etc.

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Posted: 06/29/2016 at 12:24PM

Why the $$$ Matters -- CobbCountyHokie 06/29/2016 09:12AM

No doubt $$ is a factor, but not in the way you think..... -- HokieHill 06/30/2016 10:16AM

Cobb, keep banging the drum. We are at a $$$ disavantage. -- hokie4ever 06/29/2016 10:43AM

Note, Texas Budget is 160+ mil a year, B12 pay out less than 30 -- BigCrumpy 06/29/2016 4:03PM

Or instead, we can find 20,000 people who will give us $1000 EACH YEAR. ** -- chuckd4vt 06/29/2016 2:50PM

That would still not put us in the league with -- BigCrumpy 06/29/2016 4:05PM

Well there's other ways programs profit. -- chuckd4vt 06/30/2016 12:10AM

My follow up question is, where does the money go? -- hokeyhokie 06/29/2016 09:40AM

It goes fast -- Mercury 06/29/2016 5:43PM

Most of those schools being represented in the Olympic Trials.... -- Old Line Hokie 06/29/2016 1:06PM

Here is a link to how many scholorships are allowed -- 133193Hokie 06/29/2016 12:26PM

Per Whit, we fund all that NCAA allows ** -- East Cobb Hokie 06/29/2016 12:53PM

They can fully fund all of their scholorships. Also, -- 133193Hokie 06/29/2016 11:57AM

Every NCAA sport that VT has is "Fully Funded", but your other points -- Late 80s Hokie 06/29/2016 12:22PM

Coaching salaries, support staff salaries, recruiting budgets, facilities ** -- CobbCountyHokie 06/29/2016 09:56AM

Just curious, assume we had approx.$5M vs approx $3M -- RTFC 06/29/2016 7:26PM

I don't even think it's so much about the head guy as the recruiting -- reestuart 06/30/2016 1:00PM

Recruiting budgets. There are so many limitations placed on recruiting -- hokeyhokie 06/29/2016 11:06AM

We were spending next to nothing on recruiting because we were almost -- reestuart 06/29/2016 1:02PM

And you see how far that's gotten us w/ Virginia talent recently. ** -- chuckd4vt 06/29/2016 2:14PM

Yeah, I've thought we limited ourselves way too much there. ** -- reestuart 06/29/2016 3:51PM

Recruiting nationally instead of just locally can add significantly to -- Late 80s Hokie 06/29/2016 12:24PM

Locker rooms and dorms (see UT & FSU). Keeping coaches (Texas A&M) -- chuckd4vt 06/29/2016 2:13PM

Scholarships ** -- crabcake77 06/29/2016 09:56AM

100% Agree. The. -- 133193Hokie 06/29/2016 09:32AM

Recruiting nationally instead of just locally can add significantly to

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