(10-04-2016 04:35 PM)teamvsn Wrote:  

(10-03-2016 12:45 PM)MWC Tex Wrote:  Interesting. However, move from D2 to NAIA is not 'dropping' down. NAIA and D2 are pretty much the same. While some D2 school get some NCAA $$, the annual fees wipe most of that out. NAIA fees are much cheaper.
In addition, I found that the most schools in the NAIA and D2 are the same level of competition. NAIA also lets you focus on 6 sports rather than 10.

They only difference in scholarships between the D2 and NAIA is that D2 allow 36 equivalent for football and NAIA allows 24 equivalent

You are essentially correct except for some details. The NAIA's association fees are actually higher, but NAIA conference fees are much lower then NCAA conference fees, and NCAA has personnel and infrastructure requirements that make the NCAA MUCH more expensive overall.

I'm not sure about all the sports, but NAIA DI allows 11 basketball scholarships compared with NCAA D2's 10. But overall, it's essentially a side-step for someone moving between the two.

NAIA due are $7500 yearly, D2 is around $15k if I remember correctly. Conference dues I have not idea about but NAIA states average is around $9500.

http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_...=205323010