IAA, I disagree with you about Slocum, it's time to go. Keeping Slocum with "tougher terms" is bullsh**. What would you do: "Jerry, you MUST win +50% of your games or get fired"? If the guy isn't giving his full effort to winning 50% now, he should be fired. If he is giving an effort and is winning 35% or whatever, then he should be fired. Either case, one answer.
I simply don't believe we have siphoned off money from MBB to fund women's bowling or whatever. If that is the case then everybody involved, including JT, should be fired. I don't have off-hand numbers for spending on MBB, but overall the spending for sports has climbed every year for more than 10 while overall university spending has gone down recently.
I also believe your dropping football going without comment, but dropping MBB causing an uproar is naive at best. Start a rumor about dropping FB and see what happens.