FB: American Southwest Conference

[Ron Boerger]

FWIW Sully charges $11.52 per semester hour for "athletic fees".  That's in addition to tuition of $225.80 per hour (state residents), "student service fees"of $22/sh, $5/sh for "student center fees", $43.87/sh for "institutional service" fees, and one time fees of $100 for recreational sports and $34 for medical services.  Out of state students pay the same except $645.80/sh for tuition. 

[CNU85]

FWIW Sully charges $11.52 per semester hour for "athletic fees".  That's in addition to tuition of $225.80 per hour (state residents), "student service fees"of $22/sh, $5/sh for "student center fees", $43.87/sh for "institutional service" fees, and one time fees of $100 for recreational sports and $34 for medical services.  Out of state students pay the same except $645.80/sh for tuition. 

Interesting. I just looked up CNU's fees for Intercollegiate athletics and intramurals. $117.46 per credit hour.

I believe they stop at 12 credit hours because everything is listed as the cost for 12-17 hours per semester.

12hrs X 117.46 X 4500 students X 2 semesters per year. That's $12.7 million to cover athletics and intramurals. Plus ticket sales and donors. On another board I recently calculated that football and basketball ticket sales are approx $500k. I know the donor amount but am not allowed to say other than it is 7 figures per year.  Throw in merchandise on campus, on line and in numerous local stores and also toss in proceeds from CNU Captains Lager and it all adds up quickly.

[Riley Zayas]

Yes, that's a good point on the athletic fees, Ron. Completely my bad on misinterpreting the scholarship structure. It does appear MavChamp was correct in noting that in Texas, funding is given to state schools for athletic operating expenses, but scholarships themselves stem from the athletic fees, fundraising, and donations. I do remember Sul Ross needing approval from the Texas State System Board of Regents before it could apply and begin the transition to Division II, because at the time, it sounded like their athletic budget would need to be expanded, and the board would need to approve that aspect before steps towards D2 could be fully taken.

I think the D3 model makes better sense, especially at a football school, for a number of reasons. It wouldn't be the biggest surprise if SRSU eventually opted to return to D3...it would certainly help if a couple of LSC schools decided to go D3 as well and expand the ASC's West Texas footprint.

[TheChucker]

"This agreement underscores the commitment of all member institutions to providing a faith-based collegiate environment that values a challenging academic and spiritual experience enriched by robust athletic competition, offering exceptional opportunities for student-athletes to grow, compete, and excel."

The above quote is a key sentence from the recent ASC 10-year agreement. "Faith-based" is the first descriptor. I'm skeptical that the ASC wants to go back to a private/public school mix. 

[Ron Boerger]

But other than SRSU there really are few public candidates these days.  Nearly all the D3 schools in the region have some religious affiliation, albeit some more tightly than others.

[Etchglow]

Edwin Lopez is in the portal too:
https://x.com/EdwinLopez1810/status/1912285009383227558

Kind of surprising how many guys have gone into the portal around the time spring ball started.