The Bobcat Nation

Hell yeah!

How would it be funded? Any discussion on where the funds get generated? Costello must be confident the Cats to do it because he wouldn't be talking about "next Fall" unless he was close.

I don’t know why UM wouldn’t be able to match.

AFCAT wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 7:35 pm

I like the attitude, not complacent with were we are, shooting for the top!

AFCAT wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:11 pm

I don’t know why UM wouldn’t be able to match.

Why do you say that? Because the BOR would require it for both schools? If not, seems like a stretch for a cash-strapped university, especially when you have to offer it for all sports.

I really like this move. It represents risk but will pay big dividends. We need this to take the next step. I'll gladly pay my share.

WOW!! It’s almost like Choate was trying to send a message to fans, boosters and administration with his comments before the NDSU game. I’m shocked, I tell ya, shocked.

kennethnoisewater wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:27 pm

AFCAT wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:11 pm

I don’t know why UM wouldn’t be able to match.

Why do you say that? Because the BOR would require it for both schools? If not, seems like a stretch for a cash-strapped university, especially when you have to offer it for all sports.

Because the MSU athletic department would have to fund raise for it. The UM athletic department does a good job of fund raising, in fact they are better at raising scholarship money than MSU is. They also have a billionaire benefactor that likes to put his name on stuff.

It's about time!

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Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:38 pm

kennethnoisewater wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:27 pm

AFCAT wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:11 pm

I don’t know why UM wouldn’t be able to match.

Why do you say that? Because the BOR would require it for both schools? If not, seems like a stretch for a cash-strapped university, especially when you have to offer it for all sports.

Because the MSU athletic department would have to fund raise for it. The UM athletic department does a good job of fund raising, in fact they are better at raising scholarship money than MSU is. They also have a billionaire benefactor that likes to put his name on stuff.

Yeah that's fair. Would they have the interest in, say soccer, softball, track? I'm not sure MSU would either, just curious how it would work.

Have we determined how many total scholarships that is across all sports for both men and women? 200? 250? Gotta be close to a million bucks a year.

I'm shocked. Didn't really think it would happen here for another decade or so.

This would be a huge, huge, recruiting advantage. Love it.

kennethnoisewater wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:18 pm

AFCAT wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:38 pm

kennethnoisewater wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:27 pm

AFCAT wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:11 pm

I don’t know why UM wouldn’t be able to match.

Why do you say that? Because the BOR would require it for both schools? If not, seems like a stretch for a cash-strapped university, especially when you have to offer it for all sports.

Because the MSU athletic department would have to fund raise for it. The UM athletic department does a good job of fund raising, in fact they are better at raising scholarship money than MSU is. They also have a billionaire benefactor that likes to put his name on stuff.

Yeah that's fair. Would they have the interest in, say soccer, softball, track? I'm not sure MSU would either, just curious how it would work.

Have we determined how many total scholarships that is across all sports for both men and women? 200? 250? Gotta be close to a million bucks a year.

I believe it's close to 400 scholarshipped athletes. At $3000 apiece, we're looking at $1.2 million annually.

If MSU was funded by the state at the same level that UM is, we could do FCOA x10

wbtfg wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:38 pm

WOW!! It’s almost like Choate was trying to send a message to fans, boosters and administration with his comments before the NDSU game. I’m shocked, I tell ya, shocked.

Me too! He rarely speaks with purpose whatsoever! I was told by several North Dakota fans that his comments had nothing to do with wanting MSU to step up, and EVERYTHING to do with making excuses. It’s no wonder those North Dakota fans, coaches and players were so worked up! Hopefully they’ll start having a little success and won’t worry so much about what Choate says.

Choate is just awesomeness personified. This is great!!!

91catAlum wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:17 pm

kennethnoisewater wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:18 pm

AFCAT wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:38 pm

kennethnoisewater wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:27 pm

AFCAT wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:11 pm

I don’t know why UM wouldn’t be able to match.

Why do you say that? Because the BOR would require it for both schools? If not, seems like a stretch for a cash-strapped university, especially when you have to offer it for all sports.

Because the MSU athletic department would have to fund raise for it. The UM athletic department does a good job of fund raising, in fact they are better at raising scholarship money than MSU is. They also have a billionaire benefactor that likes to put his name on stuff.

Yeah that's fair. Would they have the interest in, say soccer, softball, track? I'm not sure MSU would either, just curious how it would work.

Have we determined how many total scholarships that is across all sports for both men and women? 200? 250? Gotta be close to a million bucks a year.

I believe it's close to 400 scholarshipped athletes. At $3000 apiece, we're looking at $1.2 million annually.

BUT it sounds like they'll start smaller than $3000 per student and just do what they have money for each year. That's probably why they're calling it COA instead of FCOA.

UM is currently working on setting up a Gofundme for this. They are worried about us doing it and then not being able to. Also, they are cutting music education and dance therapy so I could see at least 12 players leaving their team.

A few things:

1). The COA stipends have to be paid proportionate to total scholarships - you can't just hand out the same amount of money to all student-athletes. MSU offers around 220 Full Athletic scholarships for the NCAA varsity sports

2). In 2017, MSU paid 72% of the Full Cost of Attendance in its scholarship package (according to the formula for determining what is Full Cost). Meaning the total stipend it could pay at that time was about $4000 per scholarship - putting total stipend cost ~$900,000.

3). One of the reasons this next year is probably a great year to role this out is probably due to the lack of expenses for football travel in the athletic department. The football team doesn't leave the Northwest - the longest trip of the year is to Portland. That GREATLY reduces overall athletic expenditures and will provide a significant amount of revenue that could potentially play into the ever shifting balance sheet of a D-1 athletic dept.

4). You want to make this thing happen the least "painful" way possible? James Madison grossed $250,000 on beer sales just at football games last year (their first year of selling beer at games). Come up with a reasonable policy that brings beer sales to Bobcat stadium, Shroyer, and the Brick and you probably make a significant dent in FCOA.