squirrel wrote:
Oakland's athletic budget is about $9 million dollars/year. Only the Valley's football playing members are at or above that level (and its actually ahead of some who do play football, IIRC).
This is not an accurate statement at all. WSU's is somewhere between 15 and 20 million, they do not play football.
EDIT: following list can be found here:
http://www.bbstate.com/info/schools-budget&c=VALLEYRk Athl. Exp (2010) School Location Arena Coach
104 $23,220,796 Southern Illinois Carbondale, IL The SIU Arena Chris Lowery (since 2004) Site, Schedule, School
152 $16,745,265 Wichita State Wichita, KS Charles Koch Arena Gregg Marshall (since 2007) Site, Schedule, School
160 $15,923,568 Illinois State Normal, IL Redbird Arena Tim Jankovich (since 2007) Site, Schedule, School
180 $14,316,946 Missouri State Springfield, MO JQH Arena Paul Lusk (since 2011) Site, Schedule, School
182 $14,238,300 Creighton Omaha, NE Qwest Center Greg McDermott (since 2010) Site, Schedule, School
186 $13,735,409 Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA McLeod Center Ben S. Jacobson (since 2006) Site, Schedule, School
198 $12,367,727 Drake Des Moines, IA Knapp Center Mark Phelps (since 2008) Site, Schedule, School
226 $10,738,143 Bradley Peoria, IL Carver Arena Geno Ford (since 2011) Site, Schedule, School
244 $10,000,677 Indiana State Terre Haute, IN Hulman Center Greg Lansing (since 2010) Site, Schedule, School
263 $9,350,775 Evansville Evansville, IN Roberts Municipal Stadium Marty Simmons (since 2007) Site, Schedule, School