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Post by grass on Dec 18, 2022 15:21:47 GMT -6
Donor Capital - Would a drop to FCS change major donor behaviors (athletic and non-athletic)? Likely.
Annual Operating Expenses - How would a drop impact other sports?
Marketing - What impact would a drop have on overall university perception?
I’d think these each play a relatively important role in why all of G5 and several P5 schools haven’t dropped to FCS. And the pros of being FBS is also what is driving FCS schools to make the leap.
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Post by 00hmh on Dec 18, 2022 17:50:09 GMT -6
Donor Capital - Would a drop to FCS change major donor behaviors (athletic and non-athletic)? Likely. Annual Operating Expenses - How would a drop impact other sports? Marketing - What impact would a drop have on overall university perception? I’d think these each play a relatively important role in why all of G5 and several P5 schools haven’t dropped to FCS. And the pros of being FBS is also what is driving FCS schools to make the leap. I am not sure our donor behavior changes all that much. We raise funds for non athletic mission pretty well and does FB help that?
Marketing and perception, that is an issue, but nobody has convincing data on it meaning money. The MAC presidents are staying the course because they are afraid to make a change in a cold war arms race. One like that like Soviet Union found is more likely to bankrupt than really improve anything.
It would very likely dampen FB giving. Some would be lost, some would go to other BSU efforts. But that giving is only partially defraying a loss, and even if now we think it's been pretty good, does anyone really see us "moving up" based on that investment. Mostly it allows us to try to match MAC programs that spend more, and keep our status from falling in the MAC..
Schools moving up may already be playing FB at almost the level we are, and spending almost as much, and the impact of "moving up" might spur investment by alumni. All true. Does our "staying the course" give us any chance to move up? In most of these cases their chances of further growth by these FCS programs is greater than ours, which is stagnant or declining.
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Post by david75bsu on Dec 18, 2022 19:27:08 GMT -6
The MAC’s stays among the Group of 5 has been downward every year of the past ten years. We are the weakest of the current Group of 5. Changes at CUSA May move us up one position, but how long will that last? Of the proposed Western Conference give us another short reprieve from the bottom? The MAC has not shown the willingness to invest in competing at this level - don’t know that they will. Will our new indoor facility help? The Neu years probably say NO! Looks like we have a good one in our new basketball coach. Is there a new one out their for football that can help move us UP the MAC ladder. Will the MAC schools commit to being upper level Group of Five or are the accepting of being at the bottom of the ladder? The Group of Five will never generate a National Football title, but can we ever hope to be near the top of this second level Group of Five?
Also - What the heck is Neu doing, going after an upgrade to Paddock? He has three highly recruited quarterbacks, try and develop your own top notch QB!!!
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