we need to shut down the marching bands, none of them turn a profit.

(12-16-2013 06:51 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  we need to shut down the whole state university systems, none of them turn a profit.

FIFY.

(12-16-2013 09:20 AM)Miami (Oh) Yeah ! Wrote:  

(12-14-2013 11:21 PM)BSU4U Wrote:  

(12-14-2013 11:42 AM)Flash Freak 3 Wrote:  It's amazing that with this much $$ disparity that MAC football is as good & competitive as it is. Though I love watching it, football for most MAC schools is a big loser financially. It's held up on props from playing "money games" and "student activity fees." I wonder how much longer it can survive in this environment or if it makes sense to?

It can't and won't. Like you, I love MAC football and I really look forward to football Saturdays at BSU. However, the MAC has thrown a crazy amount of money the last 15-20 years at a sport it won't be able to sustain much more than 5 more years. This has also come at a very high cost to the other sports. Not to start a dumpster fire conversation, but there is a harsh reality associated with MAC level football that most people are turning the cheek to.

Total non-sense. The MAC has not been breaking even for 67 years of playing football and will be around for another 67 years. What has changed? In the 1970's they still had to travel to the same schools, still had to buy helmets, and still had to give scholarships. In fact back then they had to pay for 10 EXTRA scholarships as the limit was 95 instead of 85. Did you think travel was free back then? Nothing has changed except now we actually make "some" revenue from the BCS, TV, and higher pay-day games that we didnt make back then. That extra revenue and fewer scholarship costs are just being funneled back into the programs now with some nicer facilities.

"the sky is falling" types are wrong.

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I agree with you for the most part...like 90% or more. To be fair, coaching staffs are far larger and the sheer geography covered recruiting is larger? Does that substantially change the argument? No...