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Post by bewildered on Jul 19, 2013 11:37:59 GMT -5
Not to be a pessimist but I'm curious as to how GWU is adding another Division 1 sport, female lacross. Most schools these days are slashing programs and hopefully this will be funded without taking from existing programs.
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Post by GWUFan3 on Jul 19, 2013 13:08:23 GMT -5
Hopefully, you are right, but regardless they have to add the sport for Title 9 issues
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Post by gwebb1994 on Jul 19, 2013 14:31:30 GMT -5
We had mens lacrosse for a couple of years while was a student. I didn't last since they couldn't stay sober.
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Post by bewildered on Jul 24, 2013 12:42:54 GMT -5
I wasn't going to mention Title IX but I feel fairly certain your comment is correct. Got nothing against providing opportunities but not at the expense of those already committed and participating. Hopefully parents will not be asked to expend more for equipment and clothing in existing sports due to the added sport and when traveling additional kids will not be added to the already 4 to a room accommodations.
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Post by gwalphachiba on Aug 14, 2013 11:12:30 GMT -5
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Post by gwebb1994 on Aug 14, 2013 17:00:26 GMT -5
Logically you would spend more on the sports (football, mens hoops) that produce the most revenue. It is hard however, to use the Big South total as a mean due to Liberty's ability to throw massive amounts of cash into their athletic program, and now Coastal as well due to them having a millionaire running their football program.
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Post by dawgdad on Aug 14, 2013 19:40:20 GMT -5
I might substitute "exposure" for revenue, certainly in the case of last season's basketball team. My understanding thru an athletic admin guy is that Women's Lacrosse was seen as a great ( good? ) recruitment tool for the northeastern U.S. for GW.
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Post by gwalphachiba on Aug 15, 2013 21:40:44 GMT -5
EagleDawg once posted:
"Based on reported funding, GWU ranks 2nd in the Big South in dollars spent on football but with that said, it was only 1/2 of what Liberty poured into their program.
On the other hand, GWU was only a couple hundred K behind the funding at App. State so it certainly isn't all about the money.
With today's economy, hard to see large scale funding increases over the roughly 2.9 mil spent in football. Most of the top tier CAA schools spend around 4 mil or so so I just don't see GWU in the near term increasing funding by 1 million on football. Of course that all can change if a really big donor brings his chips to the table."
falwell sr once said he wanted liberty to have a big time football team and stadium in the future. He wanted them on tv for evang. purposes. He wanted folks watching the big game of Protestant vs catholic, as liberty vs notre dame.
In a report I posted above as a link:
liberty athletics budget approx. $19 million, football budget 2011-12 was $8.42 million. liberty has won or tied for the Big South Conf football championship 5 times since 2007.
From the GWU & Pitt report last year:
Gardner-Webb Univ. athletics budgets $11 million.
(approx. $9 million less than liberty).
GWU subsidizes the athletics by $10 million.
So if EagleDawg is on the money, Gardner-Webb Univ
is budgeting approx. $4 million for football.
And, if GWU budgets $2 million for men's hoops, then that
would leave $5 million for the many other sports now at GWU.
pitt paid GWU $475,000 for the football game last year. The
furmanite called it "dirty money." And, GWU goal is to raise
$1 million "dirty money" a year for football. pitt's football budget for 2010-11 was $21.3 million (approx. $17 million more than GWU)
Some of the colleges athletic budget info in the links I posted above:
Athletic Budget said to be:
1) alabama is $92 million (22,000 undergrads enrolled)
2) baylor is $60 million (12,000 undergrads enrolled)
3) wake forest is $42 million (4815 undergrads enrolled)
4) samford is $14 million
5) campbell is $11 million
6) charleston southern is $8.85 million
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