What is sad is we could be winning the Directors Cup if we invested more into Football.
That's not true. The only way we can win the thing is to add more sports programs. We have 11 women's sports and 8 men's - 19 total. For compilation of the Director's Cup standings, they use the national finishes in 19 sports, which means ALL of UF programs count. Stanford, as an example has 36 sports, 20 for women, 16 for men. And so they only use the 19 sports in which they did the best and the rest don't count. Michigan has 27 teams, as does North Carolina. That's what makes Florida's high level of achievement so amazing. While the "football only" Gator fans look down on and/or dismiss the other sports at UF (except for maybe basketball), most other major universities have many more programs they support. Georgia even has 23 sports programs, Texas A&M, FSU and Tennesse 20. UCLA has 25 programs. So my position is that, yes, Florida should put a priority emphasis on the football program since it is the money-making engine that drives the train. And it has been neglected somewhat over the last 10 years or so, but that is being corrected. However, the UAA is a profit making entity and there is absolutely no reason why THE University of Florida can't have a Top 10 football team while continuing its excellence in ALL other sports as well, including adding a few more, some of which would be very inexpensive - like beach volleyball, men's soccer and lacrosse, rifle shooting, rowing, water polo. It's not an either/or scenario. Gator Nation can and should have it all and we should be proud of ALL our student-athletes.
