Coach Houston: JMU interested in going FBS, + 2017 season and repeat natty article.

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Originally Posted by taper

If JMU wants to go FBS then refusing to even consider FCOA is a funny way to promote yourself. They're not going anywhere soon.

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Good point.
Not willing to consider FCOA isn't exactly a show of the financial strength needed to make reckless FBS aspirations comments.

JMU already has an FBS level athletic budget ($47M+ in 2016). However, they're funding it primarily through subsidies including a whopping $36M in student fees last year. By comparison NDSU student fees accounted for $1.4M in revenue for the athletic department last year. So that's one way you can fund an FBS move... good luck convincing the NDSU student body to sign off on that.

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Originally Posted by Professor Chaos

JMU already has an FBS level athletic budget ($47M+ in 2016). However, they're funding it primarily through subsidies including a whopping $36M in student fees last year. By comparison NDSU student fees accounted for $1.4M in revenue for the athletic department last year. So that's one way you can fund an FBS move... good luck convincing the NDSU student body to sign off on that.

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id be pissed if I was a student and all those fees to watch FCS football also!

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Originally Posted by tjbison

id be pissed if I was a student and all those fees to watch FCS football also!

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A good portion of them will probably be paying off the loans that allowed them to watch that FCS football well into their 30s. :rofl:

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Originally Posted by Professor Chaos

JMU already has an FBS level athletic budget ($47M+ in 2016). However, they're funding it primarily through subsidies including a whopping $36M in student fees last year. By comparison NDSU student fees accounted for $1.4M in revenue for the athletic department last year. So that's one way you can fund an FBS move... good luck convincing the NDSU student body to sign off on that.

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That's not sustainable. I think in the next 10 years a lot of these programs are going to come crashing down.

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Originally Posted by AKBison

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...aoq8a_RBWcrxaQ

Will the Bison get left behind again? Coastal, Liberty, and now JMU? We have to find a way to get this done in the next decade.

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Do you think they would make the move if they had to play in the MWC? They have a geographical advantage as opposed to NDSU in Fargo. They are surrounded by different conferences out there.