Quote Originally Posted by XUGRAD80 View Post
The closest match that I can think of is Mt St Joesph’s, right here in the west side of Cincinnati. It’s got 1800 undergrads, it’s a private Catholic university, tuition averages 18K after student aid, and while it plays D3 ball, it’s very competitive at its level on a national basis. Their annual football budget is around 450K. It started the program in 2007, so it’s in its 15th year. I have no idea how they draw, but it hasn’t seem to be detrimental to the rest of their mens and womens programs. They are a non-athletic scholarship program too.

Thomas More also started football around the same time. Their mens and womens BB programs are both ranked in the top 5 preseason in NAIA this year and have been extremely competitive nationally at their level for several years. Their football budget is around 700k, but they also give out athletic scholarships. In fact, they left D3 and moved back to NAIA so they could give scholarships and play more schools in the area, thus cutting down on travel expenses.
I wonder how Xavier being division 1 in a big time conference in their other sports helps or hurts Xavier (if either) in this comparison?