I'd be fine with that, but $5 per game is $100 per season and I guarantee you'd have some ticked off season ticket holders. I'll bet the cheap seats go up to $200 at least.
Of course there will be, heck there are some "fans" that are ****** they can no longer catch all games on WOI OTA (assuming the game was not scheduled at a bad time, like their afternoon nap).
But, if they are capable of any logical thought, they will eventually realize that the enjoyment from these past three seasons compared to the previous 10 is worth the extra $0.28/day.
Self has a title, 10 conference championships, and how many final fours? Fred doesn't deserve Self money (yet) but he should definitely be in the top 1/3 of the conference. The program is clearly on the rise but let's not get too carried away about one Sweet 16 appearance.
Frankly, this argument sucks. Top 1/3 of the conference? Yeah, let's wait and make Fred prove even more just to save for a year or two what in the end is nothing.
How many titles and FF's did KU have before Self? You need to rethink your reasoning if you are going to base Fred's pay on comparing him to what Self has done at KU, especially the tournament which is mostly about luck, see UK, Babb injury/charge call, and Georges.
The question is always what is the next best option for a school, and for ISU it is not even close. Maybe you get lucky and get another Floyd or LE- there is tremendous risk there- and even if we were lucky and they won the same amount of games, we would have to pay them better than top 1/3, plus they would fall far short in the extra value Fred's story brings in.
Just because we know it will not be about the money does not mean you expect Fred to take a home team discount. You do not show appreciation with the slap in the face of, "well, Self has done more". You max out what you can offer to him and the program.