I'm quite on track, maddawg. I know you didn't come out and say get rid of wbb, but in essence, by removing the money that will cause it to grow, you will kill it. It's the same thing. That's like saying that tree hasn't grown any, let's take some of the water from it and give it the same amount as the other plants in the yard.
However, unlike the tree, there has been major growth in wbb in the last 20 years. What makes you think it has reached it's maximum interest level when schools and the media are just now starting to tap that interest and market?
However, the point I was trying to make that you seemed to miss in your fervor to try to keep me on track was that to make all things fair in college athletics, do away with all of them, not just the non-revenue sports. Afterall, the universities' main priority is an education isn't it? Let each university give the same amount to each program for it's growth and then let those programs make it on their own merits while getting the same amount from the school each year.
Unfortunately, that can't be done now because, as I have said, the other minor sports haven't been promoted as football and mbb have for as long so there is already a major disparity. Because of that major disparity, you have to even things out by taking from those who have been given the unfair advantage and giving it to those that have been neglected.