FCS Schools in Texas Athletic Budgets
Is is there a correlation between football success and spending? There is an interesting article in biz journal about athletic department budgets in Texas colleges and universities that provides some insight.
Sam Houston spends the most and has enjoyed the most success. Lamar and UIW, in contrast, spend almost much and have had virtually no success in football.
Texas Southern 2,935,139
PVSU 3,165,173
SFA 3,614,173
ACU 3,867,984
HBU 4,042,388
UIW 4,358,269
Lamar 4,389,388
Sam 4,520,319
https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/...-football.html
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It's kind of shocking that UIW spends nearly a million more than SFA on sports. Based on the results you wouldn't think that.
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Factor in the Longhorns with their budget compared to success and I would say no!
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One thing to consider is budgets include scholarship costs.
UIW’s tuition is 47k. They are clearly giving enough equivalents out to be a FBs counter. Meaning at a minimum 2.6m of that budget is scholarships.
Compare that to SFA l, less than half the price of UIW at 21k and it’s 1.5m less in “automatic” spending.
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Wildcat1997
It's kind of shocking that UIW spends nearly a million more than SFA on sports. Based on the results you wouldn't think that.
Those are football only dollars.
See my above post to explain it.
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Catatonic
Is is there a correlation between football success and spending?
In the Patriot League, it's a very, very strong one.
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clenz
Those are football only dollars.
See my above post to explain it.
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Ah ok. I took this to mean overall spending on the athletic department. Thanks for the info!
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It comes down to how much of each budget is allocated to salaries and recruiting. Scholarship costs vary greatly from state to state and school to school. But if you're willing to pay coaches, and spend money to recruit, your chances of winning increase.
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Catatonic
Is is there a correlation between football success and spending? There is an interesting article in biz journal about athletic department budgets in Texas colleges and universities that provides some insight.
Sam Houston spends the most and has enjoyed the most success. Lamar and UIW, in contrast, spend almost much and have had virtually no success in football.
Texas Southern 2,935,139
PVSU 3,165,173
SFA 3,614,173
ACU 3,867,984
HBU 4,042,388
UIW 4,358,269
Lamar 4,389,388
Sam 4,520,319
https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/...-football.html
Who is "PVSU?" xconfusedx
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Panther88
Who is "PVSU?" xconfusedx
PVA&M. Better?
I’ll get it right if y’all join the SLC.