you said the alabama fan base was the second largest in the country behind new york. that's not true. dallas has fans everywhere. watch one of their games when they are on the road. they are as loud as the other teams fan in half the places.
alabama is funded by old money boosters. for years and years. if they disclosed the total amount of alabama potential money it could be more than yankees and cowboys. like i said we existed before them. kinda hard to compare a college to a pro sports. in pro everything goes toward that one team. in college funds have to get divided to all sports that football team brings in