Do universities ever get penalized for not meeting sponsorship?

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1 month ago 03/23/2024 3:31am EDT

What is the penalty and are universities actually being penalized for not meeting sponsorship? I recently spoke to an Assistant AD (good friend) and his university has never met sponsorship in the years of the T&F program (3-4 years old). He said that they have never received a penalty for not meeting sponsorship.

I know of multiple track teams that do not have enough runners to meet sponsorship. One in particular has 7 females, and 8 males. The coach often just takes 6 athletes to meets.

So I am just curios if anyone EVER gets penalized.

1 month ago 03/23/2024 7:27am EDT

re: Trackman1975

Yes. A reprimand the first year, then loss of Sports Sponsorship funds if repeated. (The funds are part of the revenue distribution from the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament television rights.)

1 month ago 03/23/2024 9:02am EDT

re: Trackman1975

The immediate penalty is that NCAA qualifying individuals do not get to participate at that sport's NCAA championship. So for example, if the women's indoor T&F team doesn't hit countable meets for sport sponsorship, any woman on that team that would have qualified for the indoor championships (could be the NCAA leader in her event), would be ineligible for competition. It seems like this happens to at least one poor athlete every year or two. It happened on the men's side outdoors to multiple people last year.

1 month ago 03/23/2024 9:59am EDT

re: Old Big East

Old Big East wrote:
Yes. A reprimand the first year, then loss of Sports Sponsorship funds if repeated. (The funds are part of the revenue distribution from the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament television rights.)

So it appears if you don't send anyone to nationals and your school does not earn basketball tourney revenue, you can just middle along, undersponsored and sucking. This could apply to many of the bottom 50 schools.

1 month ago 03/23/2024 1:36pm EDT

re: terrible school - no penalty

Individuals can still compete, really just an issue with the repeat offenders. Also depends on number sports your school sponsors. If you have a ton of sports meeting sponsorship, it’s not really an issue for track/XC.

Sources - compliance officer, Athletic Director, and Conference Commissioner

1 month ago 03/23/2024 6:38pm EDT

re: terrible school - no penalty

If you have a Division 1 Men's Basketball team and meet sport sponsorship requirements, you get a revenue distribution from the NCAA. This includes the athlete special assistance funds. It is why schools that should be D2 prefer to be a weak D1. Plus go on the road in basketball, take the loss, and bring home a check.

1 month ago 03/23/2024 8:20pm EDT

re: It depends

There is a D3 university that has had a couple sprinters make it to nationals, but those girls and 1 thrower are the only athletes on the team for a few years.

I am not sure if it being a D3 university makes a difference or not, but it shouldn't.

1 month ago 03/25/2024 2:21pm EDT

re: Trackman1975

It's definitely a valid concern. It seems like enforcement might be inconsistent or non-existent in some cases. It would be interesting to hear from others in the community of if they've experienced penalties for not meeting sponsorship requirements.

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