(02-17-2017 10:49 PM)LatahCounty Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 09:48 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 08:40 PM)dtd_vandal Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 08:03 PM)uakronkid Wrote:  With FCS you spend less on scholarships (22 fewer scholarships, times however much a full ride costs annually). Let's say that it's $100k per year. That saves you $2.2 million, as an example. But that comes with the loss of revenue streams from the CFP payout and TV contracts. It's probably a wash in terms of hard money, but then you have the bad optics of being the only team to drop to the FCS in 30 years affecting donations and it's no surprise that FCS is the worse option for Idaho.

There is no benefit to moving down. Honestly, dropping football completely and focusing on basketball is preferable to moving down.

According to the finance guy during the questioning by the state board the other day, the 22 less scholarships will only save about $300k per year. When you look at that and compare the revenue streams being lost, it's even more of a no brainer that a move down is horrible financially.

But Idaho wouldn't get the playoff money as an FBS Indy right? You have to be in a conference don't you?

Cheers!

There isn't much playoff money -- just the Indy share which is I think around $300K. Most of the extra money comes from increased payouts for guarantee games and higher donation levels to the department.

Coincidentally, that amount makes up the scholarship costs of FBS versus FCS, at least according to what UI claimed just this week. Since UI is virtually never at the 85 limit, it may even be a net gain... sigh.