(06-30-2021 01:32 PM)DFW HOYA Wrote:  

(06-30-2021 10:29 AM)HerdZoned Wrote:  Schools like Georgetown, Valparaiso and Davidson that were affected by the rule but are still sponsoring football today, would it really hurt their perception if they were to drop football today. I don't think so. All 3 schools spend less than 5% of their athletic budget on football. If you really don't want to invest in a program, why have it.

You could not choose three more disparate universities--one a small, regional school, one, a small liberal arts school, and one, a major research university. They each have very different athletic departments.

Football is the #2 sport by budget at Georgetown...but there are 30 sports teams, 29 of which share a roughly $24 million budget while men's basketball gets $15-17 million. Many reasons why, of course, but it makes zero sense to spend a third of the budget on football when they are in a no-win situation in the Patriot League in a subdivision with little or no revenue potential, and that there is no interest from other neighboring conferences.

I welcome Georgetown's application for all-sports membership in the AAC including their football program moving up to the FBS level and playing at the new MLS stadium in DC.