(12-18-2020 10:54 AM)For the Dukes Wrote:  

(12-18-2020 10:41 AM)Duke Dawg Wrote:  

(12-18-2020 10:38 AM)Purplehazed Wrote:  

(12-18-2020 09:12 AM)Duke Dawg Wrote:  JMU vs Delaware football spending

Recruiting:.............JMU 513,254....Delaware 577,598
Coaches:...............JMU 6,431,033.... Delaware 7,196,588
Student Aid:...........JMU 8,964,985.....Delaware 11,774,940
Game Exp/Travel:....JMU 6,565,207..... Delaware 3,115,965
Facilities.................JMU 16,566,118.....Delaware 10,018,576


do we really spend more on football than our FCS peers?

Or do we just have a more modern, bigger stadium?

I think the answer is pretty obvious.

Cherry pick alert...should you be referring to peers above and then offer one program from a tiny state with zero fbs programs?

A for effort, the try is there.

cherry pick?

hart said Delaware was 2nd in FCS in the above post at that there was a $4.4m gap between us and them. that is why i picked them

so no comment on the data?

I’ve said before that I like having Delaware in our conference - they have shown a solid commitment to football and are about the only conference team I’m not embarrassed to play even though we don’t play them every year for some inexplicable reason. I consider them a peer and would love to have them as a rival (similar student body, size, and fan support). However, you’re cherry picking data here, you say we spend similar to our fcs peers but don’t list the expenditures of our “rivals” or conference mates like William and Mary, Elon, and Richmond. In fact, Delaware is the ONLY conference mate with a similar athletic budget. You’re again being intentionally dishonest...

He is not. Hart brought UD to the table and DD did a comparison. The numbers are not a available for Elon and UR because they are private schools. They might be good comparisons because they have both completed football stadium and basketball arena enhancements in the last 10 years too.

W&M is public and has renovated 1/2 of their stadium. Maybe DD can look at their numbers.

The reality is our administrations (Carrier through the present) have positioned us facility wise to compete at the highest division. FBS is the only sport in which we do not. Alger needs to be the one who pushes for this. Every move up starts with the President of the university not the AD or the Senior VP. Alger needs to use his political influence to move if he deems it worthy. The AD and his team simply provide the information needed to show its worthy but this happens at the request of the President. Hazed gets it the rest of you don’t.