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Most AD's were football coaches or are still football coaches, thus the void in knowledge. Wrestling was around when most of the current AD's were kids so they would support it more.




Soccer was around when they were kids too. No doubt most AD's are football coaches - but you would think with the phenomenal growth in youth soccer they would start trying to accept and support it.

But I think the bottom line is money. The revenue sports support the non revenue and most AD's (football coaches) look at non revenue as red headed step children. Always have always will. Check out this link in The State newspaper showing how USC football program�s projected revenues this year of more than $47 million would have made Gamecock football the state�s 19th-largest publicly traded company last year, according to calculations by cbj based on USC athletic department budget data.

Gamecocks cash machine ready to take the field