(02-25-2017 11:49 AM)panama Wrote:  

(02-24-2017 04:51 PM)p23570 Wrote:  

(02-24-2017 04:35 PM)Steve1981 Wrote:  p23570 you are free to post what ever you want and facts are fine. Going to stick with three facts for now.

1) Attendance will not likely average in the 40's range in the next decade, but 20's should happen with a few games in the 30's. The key is scheduling right so we can start winning. Our second string is getting stronger. We went out and hired the best available Defensive Coordinator at the G5 level, Ed Pinkham from Western Michigan.

2) Conferences do consider the athletic budget size and we are growing to be in the AAC ball park. You have noticed the dramatic increase.

3) Politics, as long as Marty Meehan is the UMass System president, FBS Football is a given. Take it to the bank.

PS. We are not Virginia schools loading the students with huge athletic fees. Our student athletic fees have not gone up in a long time and they did not go up one penny, when we went FBS. Your concern for the students and taxpayers is very nice.

I would put those estimates as a bit optimistic looking at recent performance. Teens would be a nice improvement getting closer to FBS minimum of 15k for every game in the next decade

Another shocking thing was the EMU game in 2015. Having FBS football games with 2,700 people is exactly why we need to be more realistic and selective with who is brought up to FBS.

There should never, ever be an FBS game with 2,700 people.

Looking at UMass attendance the entire MAC needs to be in FCS. Way to many games with less than 5k people.

IF you look at UMAss AD budget the real increase is just subsidy. They went form 19 to 36 million in a decade but over 12 million of that was just subsidy. There was only a slim increase in ticket sales and donations in that period.

Read this, saw who the poster was, laughed hysterically and carried on with my Saturday.