Following some discussion of recruiting expenditures last week, I decided to look a bit closer at some of the numbers.

The best estimate of football recruiting expenditures right now comes from the US Dept of Education site on Post-secondary education. At that site, the most recent (FY 2010) athletic scholarship are reported by gender – men’s and women’s recruiting. Since football recruiting expenses have not been reported since the Indy Star database (FY 2005), most analysts are using the men’s recruiting expenses as a proxy for football expenses. This is appropriate since football accounts for the lion share of the men’s scholarships at D-1A schools. Continue reading →