Recently, Matt Brown posited a question that’s been on this Big Sky alumni’s (shout out to the University of Montana) mind for a while now: Why are some teams still in FBS?
Brown notes:
Attendance has declined all over. With the decline of cable TV, the rise of media fees should slow, especially outside the Power 5 conferences. Many state governments have slowed their support for higher education, leading schools to charge students heavy fees to subsidize athletics.
Many teams aren’t going to win anything significant. They’re often the same ones in financial peril.