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(04-09-2018 04:56 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(04-05-2018 07:15 AM)Not Duane Wrote:  

(04-04-2018 11:15 PM)stxrunner Wrote:  

(04-04-2018 08:00 PM)Not Duane Wrote:  XU axed FB long ago and runs a leaner AD with one successful revenue sport. They get along just fine with a substantially smaller student body and a disproportionate share of success. It's a better model for them.

My man, XU pays more than UC on a per student basis in fees to subsidize athletics when accounting the same way. And talk about lack of transparency. They aren’t required to disclose anything. At least any UC student could look at the multitude of sites that aggregate athletics data or even do a public records request and get answers. XU can tell their students to eff off.

They have more success/$ spent by having dumped FB.

Of the 100 largest public institutions (by number of graduates per year), 75 have FBS football. Of the other 25:

George Mason
VCU
Northern Arizona
Grand Valley State
Illinois State
James Madison
Portland State
Middle Tennessee State
Delaware
IUPUI
Stony Brook
Old Dominion
13 in California (6 UCs and 7 CSUs)

Is that a list of UC's peer group? Because if we drop football, that's the list of schools we'll be associated with in most people's minds.