players is being spent on football, more eyeballs on the tv for BYU football, more eyeballs on articles about BYU football, more eyeballs and interaction on social media posts about BYU football from the BYU media department. The list goes on. No way is BYU now a basketball first school, and that's not about to change any time soon.
The BOT and BYU admin have recently opened up the pocket book for BYU football big time.
Yes, it's fun seeing basketball energy and attention increase. But it's foolish and naïve to try and claim that BYU is primarily a basketball school.