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[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

Tennessee State University coaches issued a vote of no confidence for their AD, Mikki Allen.

Here’s the budgetary context behind this vote, which houses concerns of resource allocations:

#TSU #OVC #HBCU

https://t.co/aCJRk2hHXw

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

#SWACTV announced a partnership with a Media-Equity-Fund. That means ad inventory for Equity stakes in companies this fund invests in instead of direct cash-flow.

What does this mean for the conference in the short and long-term?

#SWAC #HBCU

https://t.co/tX3hu6jgrV

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

For the final look into the 2024-2025 finances of our D1 #HBCU Cohort, we look into the impact of institutional and state support for these athletic programs.

We also analyze the differences in reporting between the #NCAA and Feds.

#CAA #MEAC #OVC #SWAC

https://t.co/g9hU6Va4LM

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

This is an item schools, specifically those in our D1 HBCU Cohort need to watch carefully. This group has athletic budgets that are sensitive to enrollment fluctuations.

As we’ve reported, Student Athletic Fees are the largest revenue source for this cohort.

[The Debt Collective 🟥 @StrikeDebt]

It's happening 🚨

House GOP representatives are about to introduce a bill that would completely eliminate subsidized student loans.

They are trying to make it impossible to go to college unless you can afford to pay for it upfront.

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

Unfortunately for the conferences, many in Congress are willing to vote on a bill that will classify players as employees.

The best option, imho, will be for the NCAA to quickly create subdivisions based on what schools can realistically afford regarding this new payroll.

[Dave from PNP @ChampD1012]

Not a single one will openly say they want their student athletes as employees.

Because they don’t.

This is their best way around it…

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

For our next article in the 24/25 series of #HBCU Athletic finance rankings, we’re looking into the number one source of revenue for most schools: Student Athletic Fees.

#CAA #MEAC #OVC #SWAC

https://t.co/0Iy1rayfDw

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

The conference nor their presidents openly leaned one side or the other in this letter on whether or not student-athletes be classified as employees by Congress.

This is a hot-button issue that will clearly delineate Division 1 colleges and universities, both PWI and HBCU.

[Dave from PNP @ChampD1012]

Lines are being drawn.

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

For the next post in our 2024-2025 athletics finances series, we have our first comprehensive look at women’s basketball spending across all 23 schools in the Data Driven HBCU D1 cohort.

#HBCU #CAA #MEAC #OVC #SWAC

https://t.co/PHrT34KCHp

[Michael Jones @bymichaeljones]

Wow. Ahead of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the Protect College Sports Act, the Congressional Black Caucus calls on the Senate to suspend consideration of the bill.

The CBC wants athletics leaders to engage on what it describes as attacks on Black political representation across the South in the wake of the Callais decision.

It comes after the caucus unanimously opposed the SCORE Act and joined the NAACP in urging athletes to boycott SEC schools in red states that have redrawn their maps to gerrymander CBC members out of their seats in November.

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

Next up in our 2024/25 Athletic Budget series, we have our first comprehensive look into men’s basketball spending across all 23 schools in the Data Driven #HBCU D1 cohort.

#CAA #MEAC #OVC #SWAC

https://t.co/umMGq4ltgQ

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

#UPDATE:

Data Driven HBCU obtained the estimated FY2026 budget for Tennessee State Athletics.

What could be helping drive the no confidence vote is an almost 26% decrease in the athletic budget this year compared to last school year.

https://t.co/aCJRk2hHXw

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

Tennessee State University coaches issued a vote of no confidence for their AD, Mikki Allen.

Here’s the budgetary context behind this vote, which houses concerns of resource allocations:

#TSU #OVC #HBCU

https://t.co/aCJRk2hHXw

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

President Dwayne Tucker, who took over at Tennessee Stare on a permanent basis during that crisis, had transformed the university’s finances to a $13.2 million surplus by the end of 2025.

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

Tennessee State University coaches issued a vote of no confidence for their AD, Mikki Allen.

Here’s the budgetary context behind this vote, which houses concerns of resource allocations:

#TSU #OVC #HBCU

https://t.co/aCJRk2hHXw

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

The enrollment drop does not exist in isolation. Tennessee State entered the 2024-25 academic year in the aftermath of a severe institutional financial crisis.

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

Tennessee State’s athletic department reported $18,708,180 in total revenue and $18,622,127 in total expenses for the academic year 2024-25.

Football had the highest budget, totaling $6,913,955. Meanwhile, both basketball teams had budgets less than $1.7 million each.

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

Tennessee State University coaches issued a vote of no confidence for their AD, Mikki Allen.

Here’s the budgetary context behind this vote, which houses concerns of resource allocations:

#TSU #OVC #HBCU

https://t.co/aCJRk2hHXw

[Liv Antilla @livforhoops]

Dope. 🔥 Coach Woods was playing against P4 schools at his former stop. Love seeing a home and home and it continue at Norfolk State.

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

Norfolk State spent the most out of the 21-team D1 Cohort, spending over $7 million dollars on football during Dawson Odoms final year as Head Coach.

#MEAC #HBCU

https://t.co/rLHZA9UF34

[Data Driven HBCU @DataDrivenHBCU]

This week, we are highlighting the details of our D1 Cohort’s 24/25 athletic budgets.

First we’re taking a look at what each D1 football team spent that season.

https://t.co/mSRjMXybB4

#HBCU #HBCUFootball

[LIGHT ON COLLEGE SPORTS @LightOnSports]

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