Interesting Article on HBCU's

[joncarl]

It's time for high school football recruits to go the HBCU route

The one stat that stood out, though I guess it should not have was:

When looking at the ESPN 300 for the 2019 Class, 299 of them chose a Power 5 school. One recruit out of the 300 signed to Boise State. Now, we know the lay of the land when it comes to college football. Coaches often double as car salesmen and they do what they have to do to get the best talent on campus or to keep talent away from their rivals.

 

[berryhusker]

Thank you for sharing. That was a very thought provoking read.

 

[Show Me State Red]

Maybe a better story to write would be why do many colleges continue to hemorrhage money towards a game they have no chance at succeeding when those funds can be better spent elsewhere. :O O:

 

[ColoREDo]

Maybe a better story to write would be why do many colleges continue to hemorrhage money towards a game they have no chance at succeeding when those funds can be better spent elsewhere. :O O:

Like Husker basketball?

 

[Huskerthom]

Like Husker basketball?

Actually we sell out a majority of our BBall games so pretty sure we do not lose money as BBall is a relatively inexpensive sport. https://nebraska.rivals.com/news/big-red-business-nebraska-athletics-remains-in-the-black

Football generated $94.24 million in revenue in 2017, while expenses were $47.86 million. Men’s basketball a year ago brought in $19.54 million, while expenses were $7.98 million.

 

[ColoREDo]

Actually we sell out a majority of our BBall games so pretty sure we do not lose money as BBall is a relatively inexpensive sport. https://nebraska.rivals.com/news/big-red-business-nebraska-athletics-remains-in-the-black

But we have always sucked. Thats the point I was making.

 

[Huskerthom]

But we have always sucked. Thats the point I was making.

But we do make money on it. So we are not throwing money away.

 

[ColoREDo]

But we do make money on it. So we are not throwing money away.

You must be a riot at partys.