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How do FCS and Div II & III pay for all other sports without big football revenue?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:23 am
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:23 am
A common perception is that football (and, in some cases, men’s basketball) pay for all the other sports on campus, and that any begrudging of the big money sports should be tempered by that.
However, there are hundreds of schools out there that pay for all these things without the tens of millions that come from football.
The big football schools pay for other things with all that money that the small schools will never have ($10 million coaches, palaces of locker rooms and training, etc.), but it still boggles my mind that these small schools can pay for even the basics for all these other sports.
However, there are hundreds of schools out there that pay for all these things without the tens of millions that come from football.
The big football schools pay for other things with all that money that the small schools will never have ($10 million coaches, palaces of locker rooms and training, etc.), but it still boggles my mind that these small schools can pay for even the basics for all these other sports.
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Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:26 am to Ag Zwin
I’m guessing Mississippi College doesn’t have a lazy river going through their locker room among other amenities absent.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:27 am to Ag Zwin
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boggles my mind that these small schools can pay for even the basics for all these other sports.
They collect big fees from students to fund at least some of it.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:30 am to Ag Zwin
Have you seen their tuitions vs state schools, especially for in state kids?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:31 am to Ag Zwin
How do high schools do it?
At a small college, yeah, you’ve got weights for the football players to use in the athletic center, but they’re going to have to share with the other students who want to workout, too. You take a damn bus to away games. All the teams play against other schools in truly regional conferences, sometimes confined to one state.
There’s so much gross shite about big time D1 athletics that doesn’t have to happen.
At a small college, yeah, you’ve got weights for the football players to use in the athletic center, but they’re going to have to share with the other students who want to workout, too. You take a damn bus to away games. All the teams play against other schools in truly regional conferences, sometimes confined to one state.
There’s so much gross shite about big time D1 athletics that doesn’t have to happen.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:32 am to Ag Zwin
When I was in student government at a D-II school way back when, student fees were the largest funding source.
Very, very few D-II athletes are receiving g full scholarships. D-II football was allowed 36 “equivalencies” meaning the equivalent of 36 full scholarships. That money could be divided among an unlimited number of players. So, a scholarship athlete may only be getting book money or meals, etc.
FCS had 63 equivalencies that could be divided among 85 total players.
Very, very few D-II athletes are receiving g full scholarships. D-II football was allowed 36 “equivalencies” meaning the equivalent of 36 full scholarships. That money could be divided among an unlimited number of players. So, a scholarship athlete may only be getting book money or meals, etc.
FCS had 63 equivalencies that could be divided among 85 total players.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:36 am to Ag Zwin
FCS football budgets average a bit over 5 million per year. That is just football but they really don't spend much on their programs. You get a nice bodybag game in there and you have covered most of the budget.
FCS Football Budgets (FY24)
FCS Football Budgets (FY24)
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:39 am to Ag Zwin
You need a lot less money when you don’t have scholarships, bloated coaching salaries, crazy facilities, large admin staff, etc.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:40 am to PeleofAnalytics
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bodybag game
These really help.
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