What will this mean for the Bison going forward.

[ocsid]

https://footballscoop.com/news/ncaa-...-deion-sanders

Particularly this portion:

-- Attendance requirements to achieve or maintain FBS membership have been eliminated, effective immediately.

-- Related to that, the application fee to transition from FCS to FBS has increased from $5,000 to $5 million, also effective immediately.

-- All FBS programs are required to provide at least 90 percent of available scholarships across 16 sports, including football. Additionally, FBS teams must fund 210 scholarships per year, totaling no less than $6 million. (That's effective 2027.)

[KSBisonFan]

It means there will probably be multiple new and bestest FBS threads started in the next few years where Bisonville rehashes the same arguments and delusion over and over and over.

[totoinfl]

I don't see it as an issue for NDSU if they get an invite. This is to keep the Kennesaw's, Sam Houston's of the world from moving up with no ability to truly fund athletics.

[Hammerhead]

Which two sports would NDSU most likely add to get to 16?

https://footballscoop.com/news/ncaa-...-deion-sanders

Particularly this portion:

-- Attendance requirements to achieve or maintain FBS membership have been eliminated, effective immediately.

-- Related to that, the application fee to transition from FCS to FBS has increased from $5,000 to $5 million, also effective immediately.

-- All FBS programs are required to provide at least 90 percent of available scholarships across 16 sports, including football. Additionally, FBS teams must fund 210 scholarships per year, totaling no less than $6 million. (That's effective 2027.)

[tony]

Which two sports would NDSU most likely add to get to 16?

Unless they've changed the rules, Indoor and Outdoor Track are two separate sports so NDSU already has 16 sports.

That said, I think that NDSU would have to add at least one women's sport for Title IX and maybe to get up the 210 scholarship minimum. Equestrian is a possibility - it has a 15-scholarship limit.

[Bisonator98]

Which two sports would NDSU most likely add to get to 16?

Womens swimming and diving and womens tennis?

[Hammerhead]

That's good to know about track being two separate sports. Bowling would be a cool sport to add.

[SomeBeach]

Bowling is a sport?!

At least then, we could definitely yell, "ROLL BISON!"

[ByeSonBusiness]

Bowling is a sport?!

At least then, we could definitely yell, "ROLL BISON!"

The NCAA sponsors many silly sports

[AKBison]

Womens swimming and diving and womens tennis?

Women's wrestling..