Re: A new and better FBS thread
Originally Posted by
abc123
There's a lot more to that number, particularly with the difference in relationships each University has with facilities. As some one previously mentioned, how those numbers are made up are one gigantic shell game.
UND was able to get the student body to support the move to D1 with an increase in student fees. Would NDSU be able to leverage the same with a move to FBS? They failed at the increase last time and instead the students traded some of their seats to help boost athletic department revenue, which is basically an indirect increase in student fees.
I'd also be curious what NDSU would have to do to address any Title IX issues. They currently are able to get by (as of 2020 reports) offering 62% of financial aid and 66% of upduplicated participation to men's athletics while only having 55% of the student body as male. Financial aid would end up north of a 2:1 discrepancy without adding an additional woman's sport and that doesn't take into account the increased discrepancy overall spending by gender.
I don't know the answer but my question is now that athletes are employees, why does this matter?
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