105 Football Scholarships approved by NCAA. Rosters will also be capped at 105 (there will be 26 roster cuts at Iowa). Must be at 105 by Aug 1, 2025
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Don't forget; revenue sharing is coming, which means athletic departments will be able to pay up to $22M to student athletes. And that $22M figure will grow over time.
Budgeting is going to get really interesting for schools. How many schools will budget for up to 20 more football scholarships?
Insane waste of money, some of the TV money should go to the academic mission of the University.
Honestly, in the grand scheme of things, funding 20 more football scholarships isn't a big deal. If you figure half of the extra come from out of state and half from in-state, that's an average of about $35,000 per add'l scholarship, or $700k total. Not a huge number when compared to the $20M+ that schools are going to be required to pay it's athletes (if they want to remain competitive).
What I'll be interested to see is how that $20M is divided up. Since this is considered to be a "revenue sharing model" and not an "employee compensation model", it would make sense to me that the majority of that revenue sharing goes to the athletes in the sports that are driving the most revenue. But doing that is guaranteed to get a lawsuit because of Title IX. However, if they take the approach of dividing it up equally by the number of athletes in each sport, then they're guaranteed to get a lawsuit from players in the revenue generating sports that they aren't being appropriately paid based on the revenue their sport brings to the university.
In other words, no matter which route is taken, there's going to be lawsuits, and lots of them.
What I'll be interested to see is how that $20M is divided up. Since this is considered to be a "revenue sharing model" and not an "employee compensation model", it would make sense to me that the majority of that revenue sharing goes to the athletes in the sports that are driving the most revenue. But doing that is guaranteed to get a lawsuit because of Title IX. However, if they take the approach of dividing it up equally by the number of athletes in each sport, then they're guaranteed to get a lawsuit from players in the revenue generating sports that they aren't being appropriately paid based on the revenue their sport brings to the university.
In other words, no matter which route is taken, there's going to be lawsuits, and lots of them.
It does. When you think of the fact that the athletic department pays the general fund (the academic side) of the University for the tuition of each of the 650 athletes, then that amounts to $13M per year. That sounds like pretty good academic support to the University to me.
some of these athletes are going to make a ton of money because they aren't going to give up their NIL income
The University of Iowa gets far more ROI from the exposure from the football program by reinvesting the maximum amount back into the football program.
One of the most noteworthy moments of Iowa football's media day was the announcement that Tyler Barnes' job had been changed to general manager and chief of staff for the Hawkeye program.
Tyler joins Chad Leistikow for the first half of the linked podcast where they discuss his changing role and the future of a 105-player roster limit.
Chad and Tyler Tachman later review the play of quarterbacks and other highlights from Kids Day at Kinnick.
Link to the podcast:
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Tyler joins Chad Leistikow for the first half of the linked podcast where they discuss his changing role and the future of a 105-player roster limit.
Chad and Tyler Tachman later review the play of quarterbacks and other highlights from Kids Day at Kinnick.
Link to the podcast:
Hawk Central: An interview with Iowa football's Tyler Barnes, more thoughts on quarterbacks - Hawk Central Hour
One of the most noteworthy moments of Iowa football's media day was the announcement that Tyler Barnes' job had been changed to general manager and chief of staff for the Hawkeye program. Tyler joins Chad Leistikow for the first half of this week's show as we delve into his changing role and the...
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I said they need a GM to manage the roster and pay. In this case nepotism has been a very very good thing. Way more loyal with father-in-law as coach.One of the most noteworthy moments of Iowa football's media day was the announcement that Tyler Barnes' job had been changed to general manager and chief of staff for the Hawkeye program.
Tyler joins Chad Leistikow for the first half of the linked podcast where they discuss his changing role and the future of a 105-player roster limit.
Chad and Tyler Tachman later review the play of quarterbacks and other highlights from Kids Day at Kinnick.
Link to the podcast:
Hawk Central: An interview with Iowa football's Tyler Barnes, more thoughts on quarterbacks - Hawk Central Hour
One of the most noteworthy moments of Iowa football's media day was the announcement that Tyler Barnes' job had been changed to general manager and chief of staff for the Hawkeye program. Tyler joins Chad Leistikow for the first half of this week's show as we delve into his changing role and the...
One of the more interesting things I took from that interview is that Barnes said every other college "GM" he's talked to is not planning on going to 105 scholarships, which honestly I think is smart. I think the best move (which it sounds like they're doing) is moving to 95 scholarships and keep 10 roster spots for walk-ons. I also thought it was interesting that in the conversations Barnes has had with Lester, they're going to up the scholarship number for WRs by at least 2. I thought it was a really good interview and it's good to see nepotism play out to the positive, rather than the negative.One of the most noteworthy moments of Iowa football's media day was the announcement that Tyler Barnes' job had been changed to general manager and chief of staff for the Hawkeye program.
Tyler joins Chad Leistikow for the first half of the linked podcast where they discuss his changing role and the future of a 105-player roster limit.
Chad and Tyler Tachman later review the play of quarterbacks and other highlights from Kids Day at Kinnick.
Link to the podcast:
Hawk Central: An interview with Iowa football's Tyler Barnes, more thoughts on quarterbacks - Hawk Central Hour
One of the most noteworthy moments of Iowa football's media day was the announcement that Tyler Barnes' job had been changed to general manager and chief of staff for the Hawkeye program. Tyler joins Chad Leistikow for the first half of this week's show as we delve into his changing role and the...
I understand that. I am thinking the Athletic Department should be giving 3-5 million MORE per year to the academic programs of the University with all the TV revenue they are receiving. Perhaps once the Athletic Department completes paying back the loan from the University they can start doing so.
Iowa is lucky to have Barnes.
Hard worker plus smart.
I'm just hoping that with the smaller roster size, we can move away from having so many duplicate numbers on our roster. For instance, during the past season, of the 29 numbers available between 0 and 29 (#24 is retired), 25 were worn by multiple players. I always found it confusing.
Most universities/colleges have huge endowments set up…they aren’t hurting for funds.
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Zero reason for Iowa to not have every Kid on the 105 on full scholly, zero. Make each ride on an annual renewing basis except for Kids who are high level contributors /Recruits that need the 4 year guarantee to commit like an Iose type . That should be baseline SOP
Oregon certainly doesn’t need the “extra” money. 😜
Iowa is, read the gazette article about repaying covid funds. There isn’t the surplus that needs to be, and Iowa could fall behind the 8 ball with revenue sharing if those tv funds are cut due to repaying that. As of 2023 the athletic department owes 235 million according to this article.
UI ‘very interested’ in athletics paying back $50M loan ‘as quickly as possible’
Hawkeye Athletics hasn’t made much of a dent in paying back the $50 million it borrowed from the main University of Iowa campus during the height of COVID, leaving $47.6 million outstanding on the 2021 loan – even as contributions from the Big Ten Athletics Conference have continued to climb.
www.thegazette.com
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I'm sure repaying that $47.6 MILLION is critical to the University, but perhaps they'll survive by dipping into their $3 BILLION endowment to make ends meet for the time being...Iowa is, read the gazette article about repaying covid funds. There isn’t the surplus that needs to be, and Iowa could fall behind the 8 ball with revenue sharing if those tv funds are cut due to repaying that. As of 2023 the athletic department owes 235 million according to this article.
UI ‘very interested’ in athletics paying back $50M loan ‘as quickly as possible’
Hawkeye Athletics hasn’t made much of a dent in paying back the $50 million it borrowed from the main University of Iowa campus during the height of COVID, leaving $47.6 million outstanding on the 2021 loan – even as contributions from the Big Ten Athletics Conference have continued to climb.
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tell me you didn't read the article without telling me. The endowment has nothing to do with this, the money borrowed was from the universityI'm sure repaying that $47.6 MILLION is critical to the University, but perhaps they'll survive by dipping into their $3 BILLION endowment to make ends meet for the time being...
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"In total, per the 2023 auditors report, UI Athletics had $235.1 million in outstanding debt."
No, I didn't read it.
The University can borrow funds against it's endowment if it should need to ...nuff said.
The AD will pay back it's loan as it can...no need to for the University to sue itself over it.
While certainly not in the spirit of the new 105 roster limit, could teams still have "practice squads"? These guys couldn't play during the season, but would be on the scout team and get the chance to develop during spring practice, etc., and potentially earn a roster spot in subsequent seasons.
Nope, Barnes discussed this yesterday.
Really sad situation as it was always neat to see a walkon rise out of nowhere to become a contributor and fan favorite.
I remember reading several years ago that the sec teams had more schollies available. Not sure if true or not, but if so, that's bs.
It will be like going through the Halloween bag, finding the good candy and tossing out what you don't like. Probably more bad than good to pick from. How good is the 106th player on any team?? Tougher to take shots with developmental players. Unless you're lucky and get the hidden gem!
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??? This 105 limit will apply to ALL teams. Thats been made clear......
It will be interesting to see who the 105 end up being; guessing 85 on scholarship and 20 walk ons/preferred walk ons.
He worked at Iowa before meeting Kirk's daughter. Then left for awhile and returned. Tyler is a bright guy, Brian not so much. Tyler could find employment at numerous schools, probably for more money. He has earned all that he's received, again Brian, not really.
