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[skyvue]

that fan base is just following what the administration is telling them to care about ..

if the admin doesn't care why should the fans ??


(clearly not talking about those on this site)

The softball hatred among some on this site is laughable. No one's a softball fan because of anything any admin did. They're fans because it's the best program in the country and has been for years. They're fans because Gasso is (not so) arguably the greatest coach in the sport's history and she has attracted amazing student-athletes for more than two decades who have been some of the greatest teams the sport has ever seen, who have comported themselves well on the field and off--no scandal, no drama--and have brought levels of thrills, joy and excitement to fans that few periods in OU sports history can match. It's been sheer dominance.

And they're fans because high-level softball is a very entertaining sport to watch. I'm not trying to change anyone's mind--for some of you, that would clearly be a pointless endeavor--but good grief, are some here missing out.

 

[61sooner]

Yeah. Aggravates me that our own fanbase ignores such an important sport in the grand scheme. While our fanbase continues to "love" the awful sport known as softball.

SOFTBALL WINS

 

[BoulderSooner]

The softball hatred among some on this site is laughable.

who other the TSSR has softball hatred??

 

[BoulderSooner]

I agree and obviously like OU bball but can understand why the AD would focus on one revenue (and that’s obviously going to be FB at OU) and maximize the non-revenue ones.

Easier especially for an AD that is not even trying to cultivate mbb donors. I don’t pay particularly close attention to non-rev sports but it’s so much more cost effective given NIL budgets & focus. Maybe that is changing in wbb but if your goal is championships, better bang for one’s buck as long as the FB program is rolling ( it gets rolling again).

sure but they cost themselves millions of dollars .. on basketball in the last few years .. (basketball ticket revenue was down 2.4 mil last year from 2 years ago)

 

[SoonerDutch]

sure but they cost themselves millions of dollars .. on basketball in the last few years .. (basketball ticket revenue was down 2.4 mil last year from 2 years ago)

No, I get it. And right now, I think OU mbb booster infrastructure is not as bad as people point out (there is just no org and Castiglione is a tragedy - nothing new). So you do a better job there, especially money like Loves’ that is sport specific and that solves part of the problem in getting more competitive.

But if you’re talking allocating House funds to mbb and ROI there, I could see short changing the program and pumping incremental mbb amounts into FB. Because FB success is what the general donor cares about. And MBB requires a magnitude different of NIL amounts & general operations to be elite elite (let’s be honest, OU fans care about winners). From non-rev, $1mm in softball or whatever is going to make that team super super elite compared to something like Ole Miss basketball (as an example).

Also to be clear, I would not do this as I am an OU mbb fan.

 

[soonertrash77]

$2 million is what I was told by someone who would know.

Which has been brought up before is total BS. Cause I have a source who should also know and it is more than that. Much more

 

[TopherB560]

 

[TINY]

Which has been brought up before is total BS. Cause I have a source who should also know and it is more than that. Much more

No, it most certainly is not much more than that.

 

[TopherB560]

 

[TopherB560]

 

[TopherB560]

 

[IndySooner]

Which has been brought up before is total BS. Cause I have a source who should also know and it is more than that. Much more

It's not MUCH more. It's just not. You can continue to say it is, but it's not. I believe notaburner when he says $3 million. I think that's high, but it's plausible. That still puts you in the bottom of the SEC.

 

[TSSR]

It's not MUCH more. It's just not. You can continue to say it is, but it's not. I believe notaburner when he says $3 million. I think that's high, but it's plausible. That still puts you in the bottom of the SEC.

Damn near the very bottom.

 

[TSSR]

SOFTBALL WINS

It's a crap sport. Only Sooner fans care about it.

Can you imagine bragging about softball to a Kentucky basketball fan? Lord almighty. They'll just laugh at you.

 

[skyvue]

who other the TSSR has softball hatred??

Maybe not hatred, but resentment and dismissiveness crop up here quite often. You yourself said, "that fan base is just following what the administration is telling them to care about," which is, with respect, nonsense.

 

[skyvue]

It's a crap sport. Only Sooner fans care about it.

Can you imagine bragging about softball to a Kentucky basketball fan? Lord almighty. They'll just laugh at you.

Why in the world would I care what a Kentucky basketball fan thinks? How insecure are you? Plenty of OU football fans don't care about softball, either (though plenty do), and I don't care what they think, either. Many of them embarrass themselves, as you often do, ranting and raving about a sport they're not interested in.

And just FYI: softball is increasing in popularity year over year; the television ratings continue to climb. Sorry to inject some actual facts into the discussion, but there they are.

 

[TSSR]

Why in the world would I care what a Kentucky basketball fan thinks? How insecure are you? Plenty of OU football fans don't care about softball, either (though plenty do), and I don't care what they think, either. Many of them embarrass themselves, as you often do, ranting and raving about a sport they're not interested in.

And just FYI: softball is increasing in popularity year over year; the television ratings continue to climb. Sorry to inject some actual facts into the discussion, but there they are.

FYI. It'll never be close to the ratings CBB brings and football brings. AKA the sports that matter. And still, just this year OU finally earned a net profit from that crap sport known as softball. Tell me you have a daughter without telling me you have a daughter.

ESPN Viewership Clears the Bases During 2024 Division I NCAA Softball Season

The 2024 NCAA Division I Softball season was one for the record books, as the sport saw continued growth across ESPN platforms from the...

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This is hilarious. There were over 3 million people watching the first round of the tournament last year. Softball gets 516K and people think that's something. It's so, so, sad.

2 million is the best it'll get. The Final Four gets 7X better ratings than that.

 

[61sooner]

Seeing a lot crap from the portal on guys who would be stars at Norman High school.

 

[TopherB560]