Over the last few years I have been a staunch CRITIC of most hypothetical proposals for a college football playoff based on the holes that existed in the specifics, logistics, and massive unintended consequences of most proposals when laid against the backdrop of real world constraints and reality. Whether by design or by ‘luck’, college […]
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Financing College Athletics – Part 4
RECAP OF PREVIOUS ENTRIES – The US Dept of Education collects information on financing college athletics from colleges/universities and makes this information publically available at Equity in Athletics (EIA). Most articles you see on this subject take their information straight from this website with an unstated assumption that this information is uniformly prepared and provides […]
Financing College Sports – Part Two
Written by VAWolf, posted by SFN: In the first installment of this series, we set the framework of how to look at financial reporting in college athletics with the following statement: Information is only as accurate and complete as what the individual schools choose to report. There is NO consistent set of standards or normalizing […]
Financing College Sports – Part One (Major update & additions 10:30am)
This piece is the first in a series of related entries that I am doing to discuss the funding behind big-time college athletics. At a minimum, I intend to break down the articles along these lines: (1) Introduction and Organizational Analysis (this entry): (2) A Closer Look at the Numbers (3) Athletic Dept finances across […]
TBJ Reports NCSU lags behind on recruiting spending
It’s really no surprise to most of us here at Statefans that the Triangle Business Journal’s Chris Baysden is reporting that NC State spends much less on recruiting than our rivals down the road. In football the difference is simply (and sadly) astronomical. Here is a link to Mr. Baysden’s article: link. The report sets […]
Football Tidbits: ACC Spring Football Prospectus, Rutgers Bled Cash To Play In Pizza Bowl
Tidbit 2: Rutgers Loses 184K Going To The Pizza Bowl Rutgers University collected $1.2 million for its trip to the PapaJohns.com Bowl last December. But by the time expenses were paid and the coaching staff given its performance bonuses, the school lost more than $184,000, according to reports filed with the NCAA. While the football […]
Rutgers Back in the News; Grobe interviews for Auburn Job
Since we are playing Rutgers in a few weeks, there might be some NC State fans interested in what is happening with our bowl opponent: Rutgers president Richard L. McCormick told the school’s board of governors and trustees in an e-mail last night that he has asked Mulcahy to leave his position by the end […]
Wall Street Journal Looks At Coaches’ Pay (w/ NC State mention)
An interesting article popped up on the radar from an unlikely source: the venerable and staid Wall Street Journal. In “Who Pays The College Coach,” author Mark Yost takes a look at Alabama’s Nick Saban, among others (including Coach Kommercial.) When North Carolina State thought it would take at least $2 million to find a […]
The Don of Donations (must read)
Out of all fundraisers in college athletics, the Wall Street Journal chose our very own Bobby Purcell to feature in this article. Some may be surprised that there wasn’t a single mention of Lee Fowler and others probably wonder how Bobby can raise so much money since NC State has such “bad” fans. Maybe the […]
NC State’s Coaching Salaries
It is mandatory that you read this link before proceeding with the remainder of this entry. NC State hired new coaches for our two most prominent sports this year. With this said, we thought that it would be worthwhile to share information and links to the compensation structures for both Sidney Lowe and Tom O’Brien. […]
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