D1 Schools are seriously considering reclassifying out of D1 | Matt Brown

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Umm, yeah. This here. A lot of schools grasping at the golden ring trying to get name recognition or a cut of the pie, but nowhere near prepared to meet the needs of a respectable program. And if you need subsidies to exist, you probably shouldn't tie them to the ability to field sports teams. Ultimately, that's just moving money from one pot to the other.

Sounds like someone might be discovering soon how much his alma mater relies on federal programs and federal funding to survive as an institution.

[OhioHen]

My impression is the schools with huge hospital networks are the most at risk (think Penn Medical center, state schools like Maine where the University is the top Healthcare provider in the state, etc.).

Following this line of thinking, the schools in North Carolina most at risk of needing to bail out of Division I are UNC, Duke, Wake Forest, and ECU.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Following this line of thinking, the schools in North Carolina most at risk of needing to bail out of Division I are UNC, Duke, Wake Forest, and ECU.

We were told that Division I Athletics were generating so much Fox/ESPN money that UNC, Duke and Wake were able to make a "profit". Let's see if they're right! Especially Wake.

ECU, OTOH, in deep trouble, again.

[nodak651]

We were told that Division I Athletics were generating so much Fox/ESPN money that UNC, Duke and Wake were able to make a "profit". Let's see if they're right! Especially Wake.

ECU, OTOH, in deep trouble, again.

If that's actually the case, your news sources aren't providing you with facts. You need new sources.

[NY Crusader 2010]

I don't fully understand the connection to House. Can't schools OPT in or OPT out? Even if a league opts in, schools within that league can still opt out.

Who would be coercing the schools to pay out this $$ if indeed they can't afford to?

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Per Matt Brown, it's sort of a combination of House and everything else that is causing the tough conversation.

"For other schools, the House settlement and increased cost structure of D1 athletics is forcing some difficult conversations. For at least one school, Trump/DOE/NIH budget cuts may be the shove off the D1 bridge. There isn't a one-size-fits-all situation here."

I'd say both could be correlated. If a school is nervous about the finances of House (news alert: most of D-I is very concerned) it stands to reason that the loss of federal funds (some reneging on promised money simply not showing up) would also be a huge financial challenge.

[nodak651]

I think just the extra costs involved needed to be only somewhat competetive.

[WestCoastAggie]

Per Matt Brown, it's sort of a combination of House and everything else that is causing the tough conversation.

"For other schools, the House settlement and increased cost structure of D1 athletics is forcing some difficult conversations. For at least one school, Trump/DOE/NIH budget cuts may be the shove off the D1 bridge. There isn't a one-size-fits-all situation here."

I'd say both could be correlated. If a school is nervous about the finances of House (news alert: most of D-I is very concerned) it stands to reason that the loss of federal funds (some reneging on promised money simply not showing up) would also be a huge financial challenge.

The UMaine System just lost $100 million due to that back and forth the Governor had with the President.

Although this is politics, the ramifications will affect quite a few universities. A&T, for example, lost millions in research dollars, pending court appeals. As a result, from what I've learned since starting this thead, some schools will need to make some drastic cost-cutting measures which could include dropping down to D2 or D3 in this era.

[ElCid]

Sounds like someone might be discovering soon how much his alma mater relies on federal programs and federal funding to survive as an institution.

Huh? And how much federal funding do you believe The Citadel gets? It's a state school. And tuition has gotten ridiculous over the last couple decades. And while it is a Senior Military College, its operations are not necessarily dependent on federal programs. I love for the feds to write big checks to subsidize its operations.

[kdinva]

Huh? And how much federal funding do you believe The Citadel gets? It's a state school. And tuition has gotten ridiculous over the last couple decades. And while it is a Senior Military College,

Same in Lex Vegas. a year of school at VMI is 6x what it was in 1976. {of course ElCid and I didn't have to worry about a wardrobe budget}