Posted by kevoininsidesparta on 6/23/2010, 12:34 pm Link: http://fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2010/06/final_thoughts_on_dogs_realign.html#more
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George Hostetter/Fresno Bee has a fascinating article up today about the WAC -- this isn't your stream-of-consciousness type writing.
Here's what he had to say about SJSU:
"...Contagion has to have officials at San Jose State seriously asking themselves: "Why are we still in the WAC?"
According to "USA Today", San Jose State in 2008-09 spent $18.7 million on athletics. Only $2,324,560 came from ticket sales and contributions. That's 12.4% of revenues. No other WAC school gets such a small percentage of its revenue from ticket sales and contributions. Idaho is next on the list, at 22.4%.
You might ask: "As long as San Jose State pays its bills, so what?"
I suggest that ticket sales and donor contributions are the top indicators of a D-I program's financial health. People either care enough to buy tickets and write checks, or they don't. No one cares anymore about San Jose State D-I athletics.
More than 50% of San Jose State's athletic revenue in 2008-09 came from student fees, government support and the university. That's a lot of money spent on a program about which few ticket-buying fans care enough to open their checkbooks. I can't imagine a more unstable and politically volatile funding model. The school simply can't afford to remain in the WAC. It's over.
* With TCU, BYU, Louisiana Tech and San Jose State out of the picture in the next year or two, that would leave 13 schools between the WAC and Mountain West: Fresno State, Nevada, Hawaii, Idaho, Utah State, New Mexico State, Wyoming, Colorado State, Air Force, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV, Boise State..."
Access the entire article at the link below.
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