(06-12-2017 04:21 PM)Mrs. Got Ribe Wrote:  

(06-12-2017 03:06 PM)Got Ribe Wrote:  If you're interested in drilling down a bit, check out the latest APA report for our athletic program and JMU's.

MY HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODE.

I have only had about 120 seconds to look at this. I will study it further tonight. This is what jumped out at me on first look:

1. Basketball gets $0 student fee money.
2. Football operates at a 1.3 million dollar deficit. Basketball's deficit last year? $1,750.

That's a 20% deficit versus a .09% deficit--if my quick math is correct. If basketball wants to spend money on something, like summer school or the international trip, they either have to raise it from private funds or secure another road game with a big payday.

I don't know the answer to this, so asking those that do (and I suspect there will be multiple different takes) - how much of this changes with a shift to a new AD and how much of this changes when Laycock leaves?

It seems reading between the lines that the athletic program has long been populated with those who have been here a long time and put football above all else. As we get new blood in, does that shift? I would guess that for a lot of the students in the last decade or so (at least for those who care about spots), they feel much more passionate about the basketball program than football.