FBS move fans. Here's a good read

[NDSUstudent]

Where is all the money coming from? It is not about beating MAC teams.......it is about the money. Al Carlson would have a friggin boner out for NDSU if we were to start that right now.

I don't care what Carlson thinks.

If NDSU moves to the FBS...you can add $1.5 million automatically...that is the cut the lower FBS schools get from the playoffs. Money games would increase in value as well. These leagues also get some TV money.

There is a gap that we would have make up though. I won't deny that. How big that gap is, I'm not sure.

[bisonaudit]

We would be ahead of Troy as of now..but a move requires at minimum $5 million addition to our budget. Which would put us close to the top.

Oh, well. If that's all we need. 5 million a year every year. And we're near the top. Let's just do it tomorrow then.

[DjKyRo]

Al Carlson can't do anything if the money is raised privately...However, I agree and ask, "Who's going to write the check to make the move?"

Moreover, who's going to write the check every single year after that?

[NDSUstudent]

Oh, well. If that's all we need. 5 million a year every year. And we're near the top. Let's just do it tomorrow then.

I never said it would be easy.

[Bison 4 Life]

Oh, well. If that's all we need. 5 million a year every year. And we're near the top. Let's just do it tomorrow then.

5 Million a year to be near the middle. Of the SUN BELT. Right now the budget is near 15-17 million. That would be squarely in the middle.

[NDSUstudent]

5 Million a year to be near the middle. Of the SUN BELT. Right now the budget is near 15-17 million. That would be squarely in the middle.

Our budget right now is 16.8 million.

NIU competes very well with $23 million budget in the MAC.

[bisonaudit]

Al Carlson can't do anything if the money is raised privately...However, I agree and ask, "Who's going to write the check to make the move?"

Never underestimate the power of Al Carlson to do something colossally stupid.

[aces1180]

Never underestimate the power of Al Carlson to do something colossally stupid.

Good point!

[HerdBot]

2012 Budgets for Sun Belt Football Schools:
$28,559,494 – New Mexico State*
$26,886,756 – Texas State
$25,770,262 – Western Kentucky
$24,540,533 – Georgia State
$19,060,589 – South Alabama
$18,644,606 – Appalachian State*
$18,584,216 – Idaho*
$17,440,897 – Louisiana-Lafayette
$16,504,664 – Troy
$15,307,308 – Arkansas State
$11,335,102 – Georgia Southern*
$11,323,485 – Louisiana-Monroe

NDSU's budget would be near the bottom of that list.

and that's the Sun Belt which sucks mightily.

The 2012 budget was 16.8 million so we could easily be in the middle of the pack. The size of the budget doesn't tell the complete story either. It depends how you allocate your dollars too. For us football is king obviously

[Bison 4 Life]

Our budget right now is 16.8 million.

NIU competes very well with $23 million budget in the MAC.

That's a difference of $6.2 million dollars. Every year, to compete in the same division with schools spending $100 million dollars.