Xavier FCS Football???

[Final4]

Just saw x received a 50 million dollar gift. Wonder what that is earmarked for

I told them to use it to build a new dorm. Too many kids having to go three to a room.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Just saw on linked in and double checked.. yep 50 million to Xavier university from mr and ms fath

They are giving out 50 million dollar donations like its candy!

[ballyhoohoo]

Notre Dame and Mercy Ships also. They give away $50mm like me dropping farts on the subway

[Muskie]

I applaud X for the creativity. But anyone that says this won't effect Basketball is fooling themselves because they so badly want football. Even if it starts as a retention piece, someone somewhere will want to begin throwing money at it instead of basketball. "Why is our football team so bad, we need better equipment, coaches, players, lockerrooms, facilities!" The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Ladies and gentlemen this is the entrance to our "road to hell".

[XUGRAD80]

I applaud X for the creativity. But anyone that says this won't effect Basketball is fooling themselves because they so badly want football. Even if it starts as a retention piece, someone somewhere will want to begin throwing money at it instead of basketball. "Why is our football team so bad, we need better equipment, coaches, players, lockerrooms, facilities!" The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Ladies and gentlemen this is the entrance to our "road to hell".

Now that’s a bit of a stretch isn’t it? Certainly hasn’t hurt Villanova, has it? I’ve not heard of anyone there complaining about having funds taken from BB to support their football team. You might as well be complaining that funds used for all the other sports at X are draining funds from the men’s BB team.

[paulxu]

$50 million to St X, and XU.
How about paulxu?

[Muskie]

Now that’s a bit of a stretch isn’t it? Certainly hasn’t hurt Villanova, has it? I’ve not heard of anyone there complaining about having funds taken from BB to support their football team. You might as well be complaining that funds used for all the other sports at X are draining funds from the men’s BB team.

It's not a stretch. Look no further than Indiana State for a case study. They have competing alumni over funding for football or basketball. I get that people want football at X. But comparing to other sports at X is not a fair comparison. The cost to run a football program at any level far exceeds what X spends on other sports.

[XUGRAD80]

The cost to run a football program at any level far exceeds what X spends on other sports.

Do you have any idea how much X spends on all the other sports? Or how much money they are talking about for football?

[JTG]

It's not a stretch. Look no further than Indiana State for a case study. They have competing alumni over funding for football or basketball. I get that people want football at X. But comparing to other sports at X is not a fair comparison. The cost to run a football program at any level far exceeds what X spends on other sports.

Cmon Muskie, you can't be this dense. ISU is a state school with D1 football. It hasn't affected Butler, or UD, or Nova, or the other schools. $1.2 mil expenses out, $3.5 mil in from tuition. It's a net plus. There is NO intention to go D1 now or ever. The model stated makes it self sustaining, and if it starts to fail, I'll be first in line to say end it.

[GoMuskies]

There is NO intention to go D1 now or ever.

Xavier football will be D1 or it will not exist. It cannot play anything but DI football if it wants to play DI basketball. It would be in the same division as Indiana State. It would simply be non-scholarship and play a bunch of other non-scholarships.