You must be super happy with UNLV since winning isn’t important.
Money is important to the owners, for sure. If that comes with winning, great, but if they don’t win and get the money, you’re right, they’re fine. Because it’s all about the money.
I don’t see any fan worried about money. No Dodger fan or Yankee fan or Celtics fans give two craps about the team salary, hell, they may whine about ticket prices and merchandise, but they still go and pay. But if they aren’t winning, that’s when they get upset.
So you approach sports from an owner/business standpoint. Fans of the sports don’t do that. They want to win.
And when you say people/fans don’t know who wins. Most don’t. Except for the die hard sports fans, which is a small percentage. … or the fans of the team that wins … it matters to them.
Not many non-UNLV fans remember we won a championship in hoops.
Do you remember when it was? Does every other fan here know when it was? Of course they do. Because that’s what matters to them.
If you’re taking a world/national/owner/business view, then not much of what matters in everyday life matters.