I talked to a GT alum, contributor last week.
For what it's worth HE said Coach Key went to admin and asked that they rethink their admissions requirements for athletes when hired so GT could field a competitive team.
AND he got some big time alumni donors on board to pony up for players.....
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Can confirm. I know people at GT with names on buildings/rooms.
They say administration is moving on admin requirements, but it's still hard to keep kids enrolled. GT doesn't offer any BA degrees; everything is a bachelors of science. Multiple math courses are a requirement for every degree. That piece isn't changing. So it's one thing to lower admissions standards, but keeping them in is the challenge.
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Also would like the definition or details of Recruiting Budget
Is this what they paid players? Is this the salaries of recruiting staff? Is this how much the school spent having coaches travel around? Some combination of above? How accurate is this? Does it take into account NIL Collective spending?
I call BS on the Oregon number. Nike spends more than that on the Oregon football team in a month.
As noted above there are quite a few big schools not on here. Is that because they dont publish data?
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If Tech's recruiting doesn't improve significantly it will get difficult to even maintain their current level of mediocrity. Money is a big factor however the quality of the staff doing the recruitment also needs review.
The results so far are not good.
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My questions are, what is our budget and How far behind are we?
I have the 2022 numbers which was under $900k
GT must be completely waiving their academic standards that they touted so highly with a budget like that.
OR they have to spend $2MM to find players that meet the standards, can pay football, and want to do so at GT.
I talked to a GT alum, contributor last week.
For what it's worth HE said Coach Key went to admin and asked that they rethink their admissions requirements for athletes when hired so GT could field a competitive team.
AND he got some big time alumni donors on board to pony up for players.....
Can confirm. I know people at GT with names on buildings/rooms.
They say administration is moving on admin requirements, but it's still hard to keep kids enrolled. GT doesn't offer any BA degrees; everything is a bachelors of science. Multiple math courses are a requirement for every degree. That piece isn't changing. So it's one thing to lower admissions standards, but keeping them in is the challenge.
I would consider #13 on down as our "peers". They average $2M a year. That's where we should be.
We should be in the 2-2.5m range. I'm guessing we're in the 1-1.5 range (and that's being generous)
There's no way this is accurate. Where are Michigan and Ohio State? If those 2 schools aren't top 20, I'll eat my hat.
I view recruiting budget as what you have to pay to convince kids to take less money to come to your school
Also would like the definition or details of Recruiting Budget
Is this what they paid players? Is this the salaries of recruiting staff? Is this how much the school spent having coaches travel around? Some combination of above? How accurate is this? Does it take into account NIL Collective spending?
I call BS on the Oregon number. Nike spends more than that on the Oregon football team in a month.
As noted above there are quite a few big schools not on here. Is that because they dont publish data?
Recruiting budget isnt what players are paid - it's what you spend to host recruits, on jet fuel to visit recruits, etc.
Recruiting budget isn't a good measure of a team's commitment to recruiting.
If Tech's recruiting doesn't improve significantly it will get difficult to even maintain their current level of mediocrity. Money is a big factor however the quality of the staff doing the recruitment also needs review.
The results so far are not good.
Yeah is this NIL budget or recruiting budget?
I feel like On3 is kind of clickbait outlet. I'm sure the original report from Extra Points has more substance and context.
Recruiting budget!
Also I subscribe to extra points. I haven't seen this 'original' report yet.