It’s honestly hard to comprehend the dichotomy of “iowa fan posting on twitter” and “iowa fan who gives money and attends games”.
You have like 90% of the people screaming about (insert outrage here), but honestly no one gives a fuck about them. They don’t matter because they are easily replaced. They won’t be there when you are trying to build a baseball stadium or when you lose to ISU. Media can try to blow it up but they don’t really have any credibility either.
That’s why Barta doesn’t think twice about not even making himself available to the media today but then shows up at the game. He gives zero shits about his image. It’s actually pretty impressive. I don’t necessarily always agree with him, but that fucker has conviction. And why would he care? At the end of the day, if you win in major sports people will be fine with you. Coaches like him, donors like him, people that report to him for the most part like him, it’s just crazy the outrage we have towards a pretty damn successful athletic department.