(06-12-2021 07:31 PM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  

(06-12-2021 05:57 PM)TexasTerror Wrote:  

(06-12-2021 08:57 AM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  So they decided to keep it. Did they decide how they're going to pay for it?

They indicated previously that they will not fully fund sports. Whether this means eliminating coaches for Olympic sports, cutting scholarships and/or reducing roster sizes was not clear to me. I want to say the president recommended scholarship reduction specifically in his recommendation

You're right. I forgot they had mentioned some sports are not going to be funded, so they are D1 in name only, and D3 in practice. I haven't seen a list of which sports are getting that treatment, but I assume everything that isn't football or basketball.

Maybe not just football and basketball, because there are D1 minimums on overall scholarships, but that just means they will run the numbers on how many sports need scholarships to hit the minimum. I would not be surprised if putting your non-headcount team sports on partial scholarships would be enough, in which case it might be all of the individual sports on a non-scholarship basis.

Doing it by basic category avoids individual coaches fighting to knock scholarships from another sport so they can have some.

EWU's AD released a statement that strongly implies staying in Division I is contingent on greatly increased fundraising, including "major gifts for facility projects".

https://goeags.com/news/2021/6/11/genera...ickey.aspx

Quote:ARE YOU ALL IN? With their announcement supporting Division I FCS Athletics, our Board of Trustees presented Eagle Nation with a significant call to action. If our expectations to excel in the Big Sky Conference are to be met, we will need your support in ticket sales, philanthropic gifts to the Eagle Athletic Fund, and major gifts for facility projects. The time is now and work has already begun to further solidify our program and to keep EWU Athletics one of the best in the nation.

(06-13-2021 12:59 AM)Wedge Wrote:  EWU's AD released a statement that strongly implies staying in Division I is contingent on greatly increased fundraising, including "major gifts for facility projects".

https://goeags.com/news/2021/6/11/genera...ickey.aspx

Quote:ARE YOU ALL IN? With their announcement supporting Division I FCS Athletics, our Board of Trustees presented Eagle Nation with a significant call to action. If our expectations to excel in the Big Sky Conference are to be met, we will need your support in ticket sales, philanthropic gifts to the Eagle Athletic Fund, and major gifts for facility projects. The time is now and work has already begun to further solidify our program and to keep EWU Athletics one of the best in the nation.

Have a cousin attending EWU and there is a rumor that there might be an athletic fee between $500-$700 a year. With 12k students that's roughly $6 to $9 million bucks a year. If I'm EWU I'd sell my soul to any and all sponsorship while thinking outside the box to generate money. EWU is known for being cheap and outside of football not really caring what happens. Hopefully that will change sooner than later.