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4lessgovt:
Does anyone know the specifics of our athletic budget and any of the MAC Schools?  How much of the budget is tuition?  Where are the MAC schools spending the extra 10-15 Million?  Anyone have details on revenue coming in and how the shortfalls are subsidized?

Spiderlegs:
I can help a little but not completely.

Our budget figures can be found here: http://web.ysu.edu/gen/ysu/Budget_Planning_m753.html

The 2015 FY budget is $14 million, with the athletic department coming up with $3.1 million of it in revenues (tickets, advertising, etc.). The rest could be regarded as subsidized from non-athletic sources. USA Today has attempted to collect data on athletic budgets and athletic subsidies from non-athletic sources across schools: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/schools/finances/. You can see the numbers for the MAC schools there, but not broken into the detail that you want.

According to USA Today, our subsidy of athletics is seen as on the high side relative to other institutions. It is worth noting that $4.6 million is student scholarships.

Spiderlegs:
I should add that it's probably not fair to say that $10.9 million is subsidized, even though that's the way it is viewed. The $4.6 million in scholarships is seen as coming from the general fund, but a portion of that money is actually designated as athletic scholarship money by the donor. The fact that it is seen as coming from the general fund has more to do with YSU's internal bookkeeping. At least that's how I think it works.

BigDWSU:

--- Quote from: 4lessgovt on December 05, 2014, 12:52:23 PM ---Does anyone know the specifics of our athletic budget and any of the MAC Schools?  How much of the budget is tuition?  Where are the MAC schools spending the extra 10-15 Million?  Anyone have details on revenue coming in and how the shortfalls are subsidized?

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http://www.bbstate.com/info/schools-budget

Lets_Talk:
YSU is NOT going to the MAC. I wish people would stop with YSU to the MAC. Also, YSU is NOT moving up to FBS. If anything, over the next 5-10 years, the "power 5" conferences will gain more autonomy, maybe 5-10 schools now in FBS will opt to remain in FBS, and then there will be a combining of FCS and those schols that decide the cost is not worth the benefit to remain FBS in football.

And, it would not surprise if the schools that play FCS but give only limited scholarships or no scholarships are allowed to drop to a lower division. College football a far as divisions will be completely different in another 5-10 years for D1 schools, and YSU is NOT going to be in the highest tier/level.

I envision about 85-90 teams. The current "power 5" all go to 14 teams, and then possibly a 6th Conference is added with 14 teams. That would be 84 teams. ND and BYU have enough power and $$$$$ to remain Independent.

Army and Navy drop down to whatever the name is for the 2nd tier. Another possibility is staying with 5 power conferences, and each conference having 16 schools. That adds up to 80, plus Notre Dame and BYU.

These are just a few of the scenarios I envision, and the new playoff starting this season will likely expand to 8 teams.

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