Freeze OR Kiffin + Program with $$$$$ and DGAF (i.e. Auburn, Ole Miss?, aTm, Texas, Bama) = WATCH DA FUGGALUGGA OUT
@TheOriginalCane might know....does UF program have $$$$$$ or are they broke *** donkeys?
OK, so here's the deal.
For years and years, the UF Athletic Department made money, until the last few years of Foley. They made so much money that they would "donate" some of it to UF. It was all very cheesey "look at us, see how good the Athletic Department is"...
Only problem is that they were not keeping up with facilities. The football stadium sucks and they are about to pour a TON of money into that project (last major upgrades were the North Stadium stands, built in the 90s. They juuuuust finished an upgrade to the football HQ building. The O'Connell Center (basketball) is straight garbage.
And then suddenly, you have the NIL Era and the NCAA settlement, plus the payouts and buyouts for a succession of football coaches. The AD got lucky to hire a good men's basketball coach.
ON PAPER, Florida should have unlimited resources. They are a huge state school and have had decades worth of "the most successful alums" (well, because F$U was a girl's school and UCF was a tech school, etc.).
But, somewhat surprisingly (gasp!), the UF alums seem to want some return on investment (I am actually directly quoting the UF alum who funded their football IPF). ****, even John "For the People" Morgan is rethinking HIS contributions. And we all know that Hugh "Gene Simmons from KISS" Hathnock pledged his $14M for Jaden Rashada and then reneged two weeks later.
So even the Florida alums with money...are not DONATING the money. At least not currently
Even more delicious, with no university president, there is nobody there who can say "**** it, for the short term, here's $50M in repayment for the years worth of money the Athletic Department donated to UF, now go out and overpay a coach and some Portal players".
It's a perfect storm of cheap, broke-*** suckiness. And I love it.