Re: Coach Houston: JMU interested in going FBS, + 2017 season and repeat natty articl
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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.
Good point.
Not willing to consider FCOA isn't exactly a show of the financial strength needed to make reckless FBS aspirations comments.
Re: Coach Houston: JMU interested in going FBS, + 2017 season and repeat natty articl
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.
Re: Coach Houston: JMU interested in going FBS, + 2017 season and repeat natty articl
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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.
id be pissed if I was a student and all those fees to watch FCS football also!
Re: Coach Houston: JMU interested in going FBS, + 2017 season and repeat natty articl
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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!
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:
Re: Coach Houston: JMU interested in going FBS, + 2017 season and repeat natty articl
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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.
That's not sustainable. I think in the next 10 years a lot of these programs are going to come crashing down.
Re: Coach Houston: JMU interested in going FBS, + 2017 season and repeat natty articl
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Originally Posted by
AKBison
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.