July 29, 2008
GAINESVILLE — With dozens of top college football recruits sprinkled around the Southeastern Conference getting ready to arrive on campus, some marvel how the league continues to land the best of the best in athletics.
One of those reasons boils down to simple numbers — financial numbers. The Chronicle of Higher Education did a two-month study which reveals that 48 percent of NCAA Division I athletic departments at least doubled athletic recruiting budgets in the past 10 years. The Chronicle’s analysis, provided to FLORIDA TODAY, is based upon data reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
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