Scotty Appleton said:
There is no 'Big 3 men's sports'. There is Football and then way down at 2nd Basketball and then there are regional sports that a handful of programs devote any significant amount of money towards. Baseball may be "Big 3" at A&M, meanwhile it is hockey at Minnesota, wrestling at Penn St, etc
What is probably the most embarrassing is the relative lack of success in the chosen 3rd sport where A&M has a huge advantage in weather, support, access to talent, etc.
wrong.
"Big 3" are the sports that actually generate revenue. Yes fb is king, then basketball a distant second. But the next sport is baseball. For most schools baseball, with operations, is a net liability. But for some schools it's profitable, if not a break-even sport.
Any other men's sports, and all women's sports are pure liability. You may point to baylor, Stanford, and uconn women's basketball based on ticket sales, but those facilities are heavily subsidized by the men's sports TV revenues.
Women's sports just can't stand on their own feet.