I agree 100% basketball drove the bus in athletics back then. Bill helped with the driving, the nest egg Tom Jurich had to create what he did can from the money the basketball, and small part, football produced. All I am saying is a lot of that money came from stomping on the average fan and students. Students had a $25 athletic fee per semester built into in their tuition and most never realized that . Doesn't see like much until you consider tuition was around $365 per semester at that time and most students did not even go to games. Being pushed out of good seats so they could be sold for more money is just another small example, but all the small things add up. I realize that is just the way the world works, but just be honest and clear about it, not try to blow smoke. Also during that time, in the Metro conference, basketball kept all the revenue generated by tournament appearances. A stroke of Bill Olsen finical genius, as we were the most dominate team in the conference. Of course as the other teams got better they bailed, wanting their share, and the Metro imploded. What was a strong conference became junk. Of course that didn't matter because we had a Hall of Fame coach and players or did it? By then we had bled the well dry as possible, the ends justifying the means. . I would rather see a building named after one of the great players of that era. Without them none of the program/money building is possible.
