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That is truly truly sad. There will be more I am afraid. I remember the days of UConn playing a D3 schedule. They were SO dominant.
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Ridiculous from what people connected to Mercyhurst are saying. It’s the only sport in which they were nationally recognized.
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Well, this may happen some more. It may have been an expression of educational philosophy with the view that the tail is beginning to wag the dog; or, it may have spoken more to the finances of the institution with the view this is costing a lot more than it used to and the revenue generated does not cover the added costs.
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Connecticut is a Division I independent in football. That said, they will all be soon giving good amounts for hockey players. UConn's and UMass' hockey rev share budgets are expected to hit $300,000 with the potential to climb near $500,000.
The Big Ten schools and Boston College are ready to play in the big pool, with budgets anywhere from $500,000 to $1 million. It's not clear if Notre Dame is doing that yet for hockey, but will need to.
In the case of Denver and Providence, in particular, this means looking at rev share budgets of at least $500,000. This is not necessarily where those programs are now, but it's heading in that direction, as needed.
At the high end, perhaps by itself, is North Dakota. Expect its hockey rev share budget to be up to the $500,000 range once it's in full gear.
Some will use a big chunk to lure in a player they really want, whether that's a recruit or someone in the portal. Others will distribute money evenly among all players on the roster, with essentially retention bonuses for each year they stay. Others will use the money just to retain players so they're not lost to the portal.
A common theme has emerged for a majority of the schools — the ones who aren't necessarily at the top end of spending but in the middle tier. Those schools, by and large, will not get into a bidding war.
"If you want to be competitive, the standard is going to be around $250,000," said one athletic director.
"There's a couple programs and a couple players where there's a considerable amount of money being thrown at them," Western Michigan athletic director Dan Bartholomae said recently to ESPN. "I still think it's a pretty unknown space beneath that. Like, what is your top-line player making at North Dakota or Denver? I don't know that. And how do you spread the money out? Is it going all to a McKenna? There's not much left for anybody else."
"We deserve a 'development fee' — take a player, OK, now you owe us, like European soccer," one coach said.
Said player agent George Bazos, "They recruit kids based on that. They'll tell them 'come here 2 years, we'll pump up your numbers and you can go somewhere else.'"
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The Big Ten schools and Boston College are ready to play in the big pool, with budgets anywhere from $500,000 to $1 million. It's not clear if Notre Dame is doing that yet for hockey, but will need to.
In the case of Denver and Providence, in particular, this means looking at rev share budgets of at least $500,000. This is not necessarily where those programs are now, but it's heading in that direction, as needed.
At the high end, perhaps by itself, is North Dakota. Expect its hockey rev share budget to be up to the $500,000 range once it's in full gear.
Some will use a big chunk to lure in a player they really want, whether that's a recruit or someone in the portal. Others will distribute money evenly among all players on the roster, with essentially retention bonuses for each year they stay. Others will use the money just to retain players so they're not lost to the portal.
A common theme has emerged for a majority of the schools — the ones who aren't necessarily at the top end of spending but in the middle tier. Those schools, by and large, will not get into a bidding war.
"If you want to be competitive, the standard is going to be around $250,000," said one athletic director.
"There's a couple programs and a couple players where there's a considerable amount of money being thrown at them," Western Michigan athletic director Dan Bartholomae said recently to ESPN. "I still think it's a pretty unknown space beneath that. Like, what is your top-line player making at North Dakota or Denver? I don't know that. And how do you spread the money out? Is it going all to a McKenna? There's not much left for anybody else."
"We deserve a 'development fee' — take a player, OK, now you owe us, like European soccer," one coach said.
Said player agent George Bazos, "They recruit kids based on that. They'll tell them 'come here 2 years, we'll pump up your numbers and you can go somewhere else.'"
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