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Forecasting Issues In Ncaa Division I Fbs Athletics, James T. Morton, Donna L. Pastore
Forecasting Issues In Ncaa Division I Fbs Athletics, James T. Morton, Donna L. Pastore
Kinesiology and Health Science Faculty Publications
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and its member institutions have been faced with significant changes in the recent past. This study was used to predict issues, caused by some of these changes, which will impact leaders of NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) athletic departments over the next five to seven years. The Delphi technique was employed to obtain expert opinions for the forecast. The expert panel consisted of sport management faculty who were surveyed over three rounds to determine what issues were likely to occur and whether or not those issues would have a significant impact. The …
College Choice Factors And Organizational Effectiveness In Intercollegiate Athletics, James T. Morton
College Choice Factors And Organizational Effectiveness In Intercollegiate Athletics, James T. Morton
Kinesiology and Health Science Faculty Publications
The purpose of this study was to find out if winning could be predicted by spending on facilities and coaches’ salaries by NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic departments. Using the goals attainment model (Price, 1972) approach, winning, as measured by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Cup Points, was used as the measure of organizational effectiveness for intercollegiate athletic departments. The results of a hierarchical multiple linear regression suggest that a significant proportion of the total variation in Directors’ Cup points was predicted by the combination of total annual debt service, total outstanding debt, average men’s head …
Impact Of Student Fees On Winning In The Ncaa, James T. Morton
Impact Of Student Fees On Winning In The Ncaa, James T. Morton
Kinesiology and Health Science Faculty Publications
The financial picture for most intercollegiate athletic departments involves the use of student fees to help offset the costs of running the department. Students were charged more than $795 million to support sports programs at 222 Division I public schools during the 2008-09 school year (Berkowitz, Upton, McCarthy, & Gillum, 2010). With that level of investment it is prudent to ask what effect on winning these funds may have. Many presidents have cited the indirect benefits athletics brings to a campus as a justification for allocating student fees to athletics. However, while much research has been done on the subject, …