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1a4YSU:
Attendance will increase when YSU goes 1a. YSU will be playing Akron, Pitt, Kent, Buffalo, Toledo, Bowling Green, Miami, Ohio U, Cincinnati, etc. It is silly to travel thousands of miles to play football in 1aa, when YSU can play entertaining competition within the state and local region. The fan base will increase, ticket sales will increase, travel cost will decrease, scholarships will cost more. Of course the administrators will need to work harder. I believe we can contract a 1a coach for close to what the former coach was paid..............Hopefully, the athletic dept saved up some of the funds from the big money games the past several years to pay for the transition to 1a.......
Double ET:
--- Quote from: Spiderlegs on November 26, 2014, 04:33:35 PM ---Those voting yes should leave their names and phone numbers for the fund raising. We will need at least $5 million from you. Every year. Well, not that amount every year. The amount needed will actually go up every year. And, by the way, the $5 million will be just for the privilege of playing in the MAC. Maybe win that prestigious Motor City Bowl berth.
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Even Jim Tressel will have difficulty in raising $ 5 millions from the donners every year to move us up to FBS. YSU just simply does not have the money right now. Furthermore, the current campus environment would be prohibitive for such a move in any time soon.
1a4YSU:
That is silly, quality football competition will fill up the empty seats. Sell tickets don't give them away, also concessions, parking and season ticket holders revenue would increase. Fans do not want to see the powder puff games in which YSU has great stat numbers, than its down hill in November. Also, if the athletic dept is over staffed time to eliminate and double up positions. The athletic dept surely has a paid development consultant to entice more funds.
BigDWSU:
Actually, 5 million a year wouldn't even get you in the discussion. You would have to almost double your current athletic budget to play in the MAC.
$28,955,008 Miami (Oh.)
$28,654,890 Buffalo
$27,680,624 Central Michigan
$27,027,550 Ohio
$26,479,926 Akron
$25,871,038 Kent State
$25,458,300 Western Michigan
$23,654,142 Toledo
$22,644,536 Ball State
$21,904,184 Eastern Michigan
$21,586,804 Northern Illinois
$19,326,000 Bowling Green
http://www.bbstate.com/info/schools-budget
penmight:
YSU is going to fight like hell to stay status quo let alone go 1A. If crowds and interest do not come back, you may be looking at program extinction in 5 to 10 years.
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