is spending a lot of its budget on athletic scholarships, primarily for football but other sports (such as men’s and women’s basketball) as well. While not all out-of-state players received a scholarship, it can be assumed a good majority did which means Illinois St. Out-of-state players made up approximately 50% of the roster.
#Missouri valley football conference revenue 2015 full#
At the FCS level, 63 full scholarships are available for football and unlike other sports, football usually gives out “fulls or nothing” which means 63 players take up 63 of the scholarships. Compare that to SDSU’s (which is approximately $12,000) and it becomes clear where Illinois State spends their money. Illinois State’s out of state tuition is approximately $26,000. Illinois State is second on the list and while their number (29 million is high) the explanation is rather simple. Men’s hockey is not cheap however and its sponsorship at UND is a big reason why they top the athletic budget list here. UND also has something that no other program in the MVFC has: a highly successful men’s hockey team, capable of winning national championships and bringing both revenue and eye-balls to the university. The school also moved from the Big Sky to the Summit, swapping flights to Sacramento for bus trips to Brookings. In 2017, the school cut men’s and women’s swimming and diving as well as women’s hockey. UND surprisingly tops the list, but on deeper examination, should be of no surprise. Per usual, SDSU is mid-pack when in comparison to the rest of the conference and just behind NDSU. Western Illinois University - $ 10.59 million
Youngstown State University - $16.2 millionġ1. Indiana State University - $ 17.4 millionġ0. University of South Dakota - $19.9 millionĩ. Northern Iowa University- $20.49 millionĨ. Southern Illinois University - $22.5 millionħ. South Dakota State University - $23.4 millionĦ. North Dakota State University - $27.25 millionĥ. Missouri State University - $28.76 millionĤ.
Illinois State University - $29 millionģ. University of North Dakota - $30.5 millionĢ. MVFC athletic budgets for the fiscal year 2019ġ. Consider this when examining the athletic budgets below.Īlso note that the 2019 athletic budgets were used for this article, as the 2020 budgets were extremely effected by COVID and did not present as clear of picture as 2019 did. That doesn’t mean that the conferences are at different ability levels in terms of “Olympic sports”, but the Missouri Valley is considered a “marquee” mid-major conference in men’s basketball while the Summit is a relative afterthought. To note, the athletic budgets discussed below include all sports, both men and women, which means that while SDSU and Northern Iowa may be in the same conference for football, in all other sports, they are in much different conferences (Summit League and Missouri Valley). This week, I am going to look at the athletic budgets among the MVFC schools and see where the biggest disparities are. The Dakota schools in the MVFC also have some advantages over some of the other far-reaching schools in the conference (Youngstown, Indiana St., Missouri St.) as SDSU, USD, UND, and NDSU have the ability to bus to each other (UND and USD may fly to each other) and avoid some of the travel time issues previously discussed. Last week, I discussed airport travel times and why that offers hidden advantages (or disadvantages) amongst schools in conference.
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