Yardbarker · Jul 18, 2015
Football: ISU third in Big 12 recruiting budgets
At least when it comes to football recruiting spending Iowa State resides with the fat cats in the Big 12. An Ames Tribune study comparing recruiting budgets from 2009-2014, obtained with the help of Freedom of Information Act requests, shows the Cyclones spent the third most in the league, averaging $524,044 per year. Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Texas are the only other Big 12 programs to top the $500,000 mark.
Coach Paul Rhoads said the higher cost is part of doing business as the northernmost school in the league with most of ISU’s recruiting areas spread out across the south and west.
“Flights, motel rooms and rent cars,” Rhoads said, “those are big budget items.”