Exploring the Relationship Between Intercollegiate Athletic Expenditures and Team On-Field Success Among NCAA Division I Institutions

Jones, Willis A.

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“…Research on the Football Championship Subdivision is limited and only a scant amount of literature has touched on marketing (Cooper, 2010;Havard et al, 2012), departmental change (Peachey & Bruening, 2011;Peachey, Bruening, & Barton, 2011), APR scores (Chandler, 2014;Johnson et al, 2015), winning percentages (Jones, 2013), attendance (Falls & Natke, 2015), and reclassification (Chandler, 2014;Dwyer et al, 2010;Upright, 2009). Research on Cuban studentathletes is also limited and scarce.…”

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“…No studies could be found that specifically addressed the experiences of FCS athletes. FCS literature included studies on electronic marketing (Cooper, 2010;Havard, Eddy, Reams, Stewart & Admad, 2012), athletic department change (Peachey & Bruening, 2012;Peachey, Bruening & Burton, 2011), Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores (Chandler, 2014;Johnson, Pierce, Tracy, & Ridley, 2015), winning success (Jones, 2013), attendance (Falls & Natke, 2015) and NCAA reclassification (Chandler, 2014;Dwyer, Eddy, Havard, & Braa, 2010;Upright, 2009). …”

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The Embodied Experience of a Football Championship Subdivision Student-Athlete

Turk

Stokowski

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Many scholars believe that due to the intensity of college sport, student-athletes are denied a well-rounded experience. Although previous research has focused on the educational experiences of the general student-athlete population, few studies have focused on the culture that constructs the overall student-athlete experience. The authors utilized Riessman's (2008) narrative methodology to reveal the genuine human experience and assist in mobilizing action for progressive social change. The data was collected via semi-structured interviews and journal entries to examine the embodied in-season experience of one athletically gifted Cuban Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) football student-athlete. Open coding revealed four major themes that are discussed: football, identity, social support, and stereotype. This study is one of the first to explore both the experience of a FCS student-athlete and shed light on a Cuban football student-athlete's experience.

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The Embodied Experience of a Football Championship Subdivision Student-Athlete

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Stokowski

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“…This also increased the likelihood of finishing the season in the Top 25 by 5%. Lawrence et al 53 and Jones 54 examined National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Director's Cup scores and how they were impacted by athletic expenditures. These two studies broadened the success definition, and included total expenditures and other institutional variables.…”

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The relationship between spending and winning in college baseball: Is this the new ‘arms race’ in college athletics?

Cary

Elder

2017

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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College baseball has grown in popularity over the course of the last few years, as is evidenced by the increased national and regional broadcasts of games on television. For some schools, baseball is the third revenue-generating sport; however, the sport has not received much attention in the academic sports literature. This study seeks to fill the void in the extant literature and examines the rise in expenditures and revenues, and their impact on winning, using a sample of Power Five Conference baseball teams from 2007 to 2014. ANOVA, linear regression and logistic regression were used to find that there is a moderate, positive relationship between expenditures and success. Specifically, expenditures account for 18% of the variance in winning, and a 5% increase in win percentages is evidenced with every additional million-dollar investment in the sport. Additionally, the same investment increases the odds of qualifying for the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament by 248%, for a Super Regional by 112%, and for the College World Series by 127%. The implications of these findings, as well as recommendations to frame decision-making at the administrative level are included here.

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“…Specially, their data concluded an extra million dollars spend on operating expenditure for football is estimated to increase the team's winning by 1.8 percentage points and the chances of ending the season in the top 25 in the AP poll by 5%. A more recent study found that institutional athletics expenditures were strongly correlated with FBS institutions' on-field performance, but not among non-FBS institutions at the Division I level (Jones, 2012). Meanwhile, Lawrence and colleagues (2012) determined that investing heavily in women's sports would most likely result in greater success for the overall department in terms Director Cup points.…”

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The Price of Winning and the Impact on the NCAA Community

Sparvero

Warner

2013

Journal of Intercollegiate Sport

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In many cases, athletics department spending has been spurred by a desire to field more competitive athletics programs, and it has been assumed that spending more would result in greater on-the-field success for the athletics program. However, little empirical evidence exists to support this assumption, and few studies have explored financials trends related to cost-benefit of intercollegiate athletics program. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between on-the-field success and spending while also exploring current trends. The authors drew longitudinal data from EADA reports and then examined the association with Directors' Cup rankings at the end of these respective seasons. The results indicated that a relationship between overall expenses and on-thefield success does exist, and points to operating expenses, rather than coaching salaries and recruiting expenses, as having greatest influence on this relationship. The cost-benefit analysis and trends over time are also explored and discussed.

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Exploring the Relationship Between Intercollegiate Athletic Expenditures and Team On-Field Success Among NCAA Division I Institutions

Cited by 26 publications

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The Embodied Experience of a Football Championship Subdivision Student-Athlete

The Embodied Experience of a Football Championship Subdivision Student-Athlete

The relationship between spending and winning in college baseball: Is this the new ‘arms race’ in college athletics?

The Price of Winning and the Impact on the NCAA Community

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