🏈 MAC to add Sacramento State as football-only member (travel miles.)

[TerryP]

P4 schools in serious debt (see the latest on Rutgers) and here's a G6 school taking on these expenses?

*Western Michigan - 2,177
*Ball State - 2,222
*Miami - 2,263
*Toledo - 2,271
*Eastern Michigan - 2,283
*Bowling Green - 2,286
*Central Michigan - 2,292
*Akron - 2,399
*Kent State - 2,401
*Ohio - 2,421
*Buffalo - 2,574
*UMass - 2,947

 

[alabama mike]

That's absolutely crazy! I enjoy going to MAC games from time to time, specifically, Ohio University, 72 miles from me.

 

[rick4bama]

Crazy

 

[alabama mike]

I heard on the radio a little while ago that Sac. St. is paying airfare to the teams traveling out west to play them.

 

[TerryP]

I heard on the radio a little while ago that Sac. St. is paying airfare to the teams traveling out west to play them.

 

[TerryP]

I heard on the radio a little while ago that Sac. St. is paying airfare to the teams traveling out west to play them.

I saw the numbers yesterday. I'll see if I can find them again. Last fiscal year over 85 percent of their athletic budget was covered by the University and student fees.

 

[TerryP]

This is the President of Sac St. I'm fairly certain I remember the revenue from football last year was 9M.

The math doesn't work for me here. How does he expect 10+M per week in TV revenue?

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

When you hire a "social scientist" to be your University President...