Calling BS on most of that. Can see CU rejoining B12 but no way any school joining as an MBB only member.
Second that. Why would the best basketball league already want to add a basketball only school? They need all sports adds.
UCONN would be insane to join the B12. They can already win a BBall championship where they are without traveling so far and facing harder competition.
Also couldnât see WCC saying theyâd keep the other 17 Gonzaga athletic programs. Ditto Big East with UConn - which has 24 programs - 20 affiliated with the BE.
Weâre 21st on this list of public FBS programs:
Graduation rate
29%
Acceptance rate
99%
clt says AAC presidents will not want to be affiliated with this school
Down on Liberty? ha! They recruited me for soccer 40 yrs, they had visionđâŠ.
UMass would be another potential addition to the AAC, this anchors TempleâŠâŠ benefits are any time you can add a large State U you take it.
All these schools want Applications to improve acceptance rates, lower them by getting more applicants⊠the northeast brings that and the families
Pay full tuition.
UMass has nowhere near the spending commitment necessary.
Most of these schools mentioned are bad suggestions for that reason. And you cannot just look at budgets. UMass has a severe facilities deficit for AAC level play.
There really are no other good schools to bring in. Marshall maybe, but they already bailed on raising their budget. As did ODU.
I think AAC stands pat if they lose up to 4 programs. I also donât think they are losing any more unless a league like the ACC collapses. Even the PAC collapsing probably wouldnât affect the AAC. Theyâd just add a bunch of MWC schools or vice versa. Maybe SMU leaves at worst.
That subsidies list I posted earlier shows UMass #5 and ODU #8. With North Texas in between at #7.
Here it is again in easier to read fashion than in the original tweet:
Umass also adds a large TV market which makes them interesting.
Coastal is interesting in terms of athletics excellence, 2 D1 National championships which quite an achievement. Baseball & Golf. Also has built a strong and fun to watch football program.
I would assume in our case most of this money comes from student fees. Surpring to see schools like Virginia, Florida State & Arizona on that list. Guessing overall they are just spending way above their means, while we are mostly just getting by & doing what is required to survive. The AAC payout should help us a little. Having a P5 television payout should be enough to keep P5 schools off of this list.
As the graph shows, there are a only a dozen public schools that donât subsidize their respective athletic programs and all are P5 (5 SEC, 4 B10, and 3 Big 12). And the larger part is a list of programs providing subsidies of $20M and above, so doesnât include those under that figure.
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Yeah i was referring to the $20 million & above list. Just surprised to see some of the P5âs on that list.
With the majority of athletic departments at public universities being subsidized by student fees & state funds it really makes me wonder what people are thinking when they say athletes should be employees. Maybe push for big cuts in some of these coaches salaries or limit the facilities arms race first & then see where things fall. I still donât think the vast majority of schools will have enough left over to pay student athletes and provide benefits like employees.
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P5 schools spend money like crazy
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Approximately how many dollars are pillars worth?
Based on declining season ticket sales, not as much as we are charging for them.
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UMass adds a large tv market thatâs almost totally focused on professional sports.
Theyâre not going to watch Tulane play Rice even if the result affects UMass.
I regretfully attended Charlotte at UMass football game in 2018. Amherst is in a rural area a long way from Boston.
Yep, 90+ miles, so basically same distance as Charlotte to Columbia.
I guess if the numbers in spending are a good indicator then U.A.B. could be the next one on the block