So any early estimates on how this will change JMU's budgetting ?

The Virginia General Assembly resently passed a bill that limits the amount of subsidy an athletics program can receive from things like student fee. And they specifically spell out the power 5 conferences being more restricted than the rest of FBS.

link: http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604....l+HB1897ER

"C. The subsidy percentage shall not exceed:

1. 20 percent for NCAA Division I-A institutions affiliated with the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference, Pac-12 Conference, or Southeastern Conference;

2. 55 percent for NCAA Division I-A institutions affiliated with conferences other than the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference, Pac-12 Conference, or Southeastern Conference;

3. 70 percent for NCAA Division I-AA institutions;

4. 78 percent for NCAA Division I-AAA institutions;

5. 81 percent for NCAA Division II institutions that operate intercollegiate football programs;

6. 85 percent for NCAA Division II institutions that do not operate intercollegiate football programs;

7. 89 percent for NCAA Division III institutions that operate intercollegiate football programs; and

8. 92 percent for NCAA Division III institutions that do not operate intercollegiate football programs."


This is coming about because some Va. schools are charging for there comprehensive fees allocation to Athletics.

The following figures are for the 2013-14 academic year. I was told these figures show the funding from student fees... note that these are the figures reported by the universities themselves:

Virginia Tech: $7.8 million
Virginia: $13.2 million
JMU: $33.6 million
VCU: $18.4 million
ODU: $26.7 million
GMU: $14.3 million
WM & Mary: $11.7 million
Radford: $11.2 million


With 2015-16 athletics fees of :
Virginia Tech: $282
Virginia: $657
JMU: $1,331
VCU: $726
ODU: $1,429
GMU: $532
WM & Mary: $1,665
Radford: $1,150

At the bottom of the link, ODU has until 2020 to be considered a Division 1-A program.

look around. This has been discussed ad nauseum.

link to the thread: JMU faces $ Cap - DNR 1-29-15