Let's break this up, though I feel the shelf life is nearing the end and I'm beating a dead horse.
(09-23-2026 05:35 PM)UIWElite2 Wrote: UIW or any school’s record in 2013 and before, might as well have been 800 years ago. BYU is able to buy #1 recruits and Indiana won the national title in football last year. That wasn’t possible 15 years ago.
Then what does Chicago State's history have to do with anything? You brought up their losing ways prior to starting football. UIW is broke and have been sued by their own athletes. Chicago State is broke and has not. Both are broke. The current era means little if you don't have money.
(09-23-2026 05:35 PM)UIWElite2 Wrote: Chicago St probably decided to roll out their program in less than a year, so they wouldn’t have to pay coaches and board students for a year in which they couldn’t be sacrificial lambs to Tarleton St.
That's like, your opinion man. There's nothing concrete as far as sources go. If they don't have revenue like you said and make negative gameday money, it would be in their best interest to not field a team. You can't have it both ways.
(09-23-2026 05:35 PM)UIWElite2 Wrote: What does volleyball have to do with football? They played GCU, NMSU, and Utah Valley?
You cited their history of not winning as an athletic department. They were dominant in the NEC in volleyball that year. The NEC is just a hair below the Southland and yet UIW has not won anything in the SLC but football. I pointed out Chicago State played harder conference opponents, which contributed to their lack of success. UIW cannot say the same.
(09-23-2026 05:35 PM)UIWElite2 Wrote: That’s great, those schools along with yours, invited UIW to join them in the WAC. Really good chance that if UIW wouldn’t have reversed course, UTA and UIW would be in the same conference now.
Yes, though the vote was prior to UTA joining. I don't have a problem as a whole with UIW. UTA plays them often in many sports. They would have been an RPI drag however. There were many, within UTA and out, that were happy UIW reneged at the last minute. Though, that again illustrates their lack of a budget. My personal opinion is play who is in front of you and move on. Were that UIW, then so be it.
(09-23-2026 05:35 PM)UIWElite2 Wrote: UIW has about an $188M endowment, that’s only about $45M less than UTA even though UTA has 45,000 students to UIW’s 9,000. That’s pretty sad. Chicago St has a $10M endowment, and 2,500 students.
I'm not sure where you get your numbers, but UTA's endowment was over $200 million in 2021. UIW's enrollment seems to be a point of contention. I've seen roughly 4,500 to 9,500. Either way, low $$$ for a private school. But looking at the "big boys" endowment then arguing at our level is like arguing over who has the larger micro-wiener. Neither is gonna get you on a film shoot.
And Chicago State's endowment is not a surprise to anyone. They are trying to reverse that trend with football. No one knows if it will work, but I give them credit for trying.