MVCfans wrote:glm38 wrote:Here's another article on the subject:
http://www.news-leader.com/story/sports ... 29514300=1
MSU AD:Moats said it would be up to individual schools in a conference like the Missouri Valley whether to follow along with the cost of attendance, a portion of it or give none at all. He said his belief is that schools in the Valley, being a basketball-centric league, would do all they could to fund the additional costs for men's and women's basketball players.
Maybe it doesn't need to be a league in it's entirety, but schools can individually make the decision?
unipanther99 wrote:I'm not really sure why you are picking on Evansville? Have they reduced their men's basketball budget in recent years? Has any MVC school?
This isn't going to be chump change, but it's not going to break the bank either. MVC/A-10/MWC/WCC schools understand the value of continuing to compete at this level in terms of exposure for their university, and will come up with what's necessary. If cost of attendance starts to blow up any conferences, I really think that line will be drawn below our level. Summit, Horizon, WAC... Who knows. But those conferences are already very volatile.
MoValley John wrote:unipanther99 wrote:I'm not really sure why you are picking on Evansville? Have they reduced their men's basketball budget in recent years? Has any MVC school?
This isn't going to be chump change, but it's not going to break the bank either. MVC/A-10/MWC/WCC schools understand the value of continuing to compete at this level in terms of exposure for their university, and will come up with what's necessary. If cost of attendance starts to blow up any conferences, I really think that line will be drawn below our level. Summit, Horizon, WAC... Who knows. But those conferences are already very volatile.
Just an example school and they are small. That said, I could really be a dick and mention that SIU is broke, Drake doesn't spend Money, Loyola is small with a small fan base, Missouri State had to sell cattle to keep athletics afloat, on and on and on. And while each fan base of each school is positive that their school can keep up with this spending increase, with as many schools that have already had financial problems in the past, do you really trust the others? Are you positive that your school can and will keep up when this balloons from a few hundred grand to a few million? If you are sure, you better be first in line to write the check (and a big check) without complaining.
Wufan wrote:I'm currently concerned about Bradley and SIU. If I understand correctly, they have overspent athletics earnings recently.
uniftw wrote:Wufan wrote:I'm currently concerned about Bradley and SIU. If I understand correctly, they have overspent athletics earnings recently.
You can extend that to the entire state of Illinois.
I don't think ISUr is much better off, if at all.
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