Bison137
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10-10-18 10:20 PM - Post#262390
In response to Doktore K
B137-- Can you be more specific? Our rival schools in the PL spend more on FB and BB than us, or they spend more on just FB than we spend on both sports?
How can that be? Is it better alumni support from fund-raising or is it a matter of how the administration funds the sports programs?
If you add up what is spent on men's basketball and football, Bucknell has spent less than Lehigh, Lafayette, Holy Cross, Fordham, and Colgate. Bucknell spends somewhat more on basketball than all but Fordham But it's spending on football is dwarfed by the others. BU has fewer coaches, generally poorer facilities, and very possibly fewer scholarships.
Bucknell administration in general has not been very supportive of sports other than basketball and, to some degree, track. For example, all PL men's soccer and lacrosse programs have scholarships, some 10 or more in each sport. But Bucknell has exactly zero. And women's soccer and lax - plus softball and volleyball - have fewer scholarships than the others. Then throw in the fact that Bucknell's administration is MUCH tougher than the other schools when it comes to allowing injury redshirts, and the playing field is far from level. Bucknell has generally managed to hold its own in mist sports due to very good coaches and facilities. But it is a tough fight.
Note: men's lax, soccer, etc do provide some financial assistance. But it is need-based or the occasional academic scholarship. This means many players can't be recruited and that parents often must fill out FAFSA and jump through hoops to qualify for aid. And after all of that, Bucknell still gives less overall aid than the other PL schools in these sports.
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