how many “PAC12” (current or former) presidents and chancellors defend themselves on twitter/x to relative nobodies with 2000 followers when they post their doubts? Sorry but this clown should focus on running a university and be less concerned about this “mine-is-too-bigger-than-yours” posturing on social media. Or he should quit and sell Oxyclean full time on infomercials.

Is he the Chancellor or AD?

Fantasyland.....

University President and alumni of CSUS.

Here's a link where you can learn more about him if you feel so inclined:

https://www.csus.edu/president/

Of course they are making a mistake. However, I only care to the extent that the mistake doesn't eventually result in a state government bailout of Sac State.

it won’t. Many schools including sac and our own school/UCD made it clear that athletic funding will be completely separate from general funding. So if sac did happen to fail, they still have their new student athletic fees to fall back to, but would have to trim cost down such as cutting football completely along with some other programs. Many state CA schools are already trimming their athletic costs/programs this year. Sac almost cut football a few years ago but were able to make it work and are now gambling big. We will see if it pays out. “FBS or bust”

The athletic departments at both schools do rely on contributions from the general fund to survive.

a few years ago?
Try 30 years!

@Aggie Cisco Florida resident here. Regarding the video, FAMU, UCF, and USF not great analogues for Sac State. Football in the southeast has a different level of public and private support, and despite talking their way into a P4 conference, UCF still struggles for political relevance against the old guard Florida, Florida State, and Miami. Even when they are all bad. Though USF has kind of a trashy fan base and also wears green, so that part tracks.

you are right a few years was wrong. I don’t know about what was happening 30 years ago. But I was referring to their athletic dept woes in 2003 - 2006 (which is around 20 years so maybe you were referring to then as well). But they gambled on theirselves then and it worked out. Hopefully it does again. We do hope they succeed and that we continue our rivalry. I hope they do find a home within the PAC or MW. I and many other just voice our concerns and many including myself do not fully trust Dr Wood who seems to always make it about him self and would respond and argue with random people in X.

I agree. There is no true analogy to what is happening now. The college football world seems to be evolving so fast the past 1-2 years.
I just posted it since it was something posted on YouTube related to this subject.

indeed it is the times I fear when something in Florida becomes the example.

he really doesn’t say anything, does he?

Are they expecting channel 40 to pay big bucks to broadcast games, or a national syndicate?

So Luke Wood says they have draft schedules for several years. Are they planning to just do full barnstorming road schedules in the 2026-2028 period? Where is the money coming to get any home games?

Everything he does looks like fake it til you make it.

don’t need a stadium if you live on the road. Luke Wood follows Roy Cohn’s playbook - attack everything, admit nothing, and always claim victory. The question if this is just a stop on the Luke Wood promo train before he skips town for greener grass or if he’s been drinking his own Kool Aid and is a true believer in this plan.

I guess I just realized that his brother is the ci-leader of the Sac12?

Or is it the Sacdependent?

the brother also owns a sports consulting firm and a stadium/arena management company. Certainly a lot of opportunities for an inappropriate relationship that I would hope CSU is watching.

I would look for 5/7 split of home vs. away games in 26 and 27. Big paydays on the road, and less home games during stadium construction won't be the worst.

FCS Daily Dose: Thoughts On Sac State’s Plan To Go FBS Independent

-I have heard and confirmed that Big Sky school officials recently voted to increase the exit fee from $250K to $1 million. I also heard there was only one dissenting vote. It’s a pretty safe guess who voted no.

-There is also a $5 million transition fee for an FCS team to move to the FBS.

-Sac State would have to find another conference to park its Olympic sports in.

-What happens if this waiver isn’t approved? That could happen. But Sac State president Luke Wood and NCAA president Charlie Baker have met. I assume Sac State feels confident that this move will get approved, or else it’d be odd for the university president to be publically promising they will be FBS.

-Going from FCS to FBS independent is unorthodox, unstable, and expensive. Liberty, with piles of money, pulled it off in the 2010s and eventually landed in CUSA. But it’s a gamble that may make sense for Sac State. More on this below, but in short: Get better positioned for an FBS conference invite and potential for massive community engagement and financial support.

Whole article here: https://herosports.com/fcs-thoughts-sac-state-plan-fbs-independent-bzbz/

FCS Daily Dose: Sac State’s Path To FBS Independent Approval

It’s no secret that FBS leaders, especially those in the Power 4, do not want to see the FBS grow by adding more FCS teams. Some within the Mountain West Conference wanted to add North Dakota State, but MWC presidents instead voted to invite Northern Illinois as a football-only member, and a big reason for that was wanting to add an already-established FBS program.

Sac State has a strong pitch to join the FBS as an independent due to its location, facility upgrades, and reported community financial support.

However, its fate is essentially up to other FBS schools and conference representatives. Will these FBS leaders deny Sac State’s request to join their subdivision as an independent? Will a “no” answer result in a lawsuit from Sac State, so they’ll say “yes” to avoid that headache? Is there a concern of opening the floodgates and a precedent if they say yes and we see other FCS programs try to take this same FBS independent route? How does the future pathway from FCS to FBS look as NCAA governance sees some changes?

It’ll certainly be interesting to see how it unfolds. Liberty was able to make a similar jump in the 2010s. Sac State hopes to follow that same path.

Whole article here: https://herosports.com/fcs-sac-state-path-to-fbs-independent-approval-bzbz/

"Sac State has a strong pitch to join the FBS as an independent due to its location, facility upgrades, and reported community financial support."

So two of these three are unproven or speculative right now.

Your Central Valley: New fee to designate $5M to Fresno State Athletics

"Beginning this fall, the instructionally related activities fee for Fresno State students will increase from $628 to $1,123."

"...The increase is projected to bring in more than $11.3 million to the university. What’s getting criticized is the $5 million that will be designated to the athletics department.

"That total outpaces second second-place holder by more than two and a half times and is 43% of the total increase."

- it looks like there was no student referendum, the Chancellor acted w focus groups
- the Chancellor took no direct questions
- looks like they're banking that 50-55% of students will have the new fees covered by financial aide
- the campus provided close to $20 million in direct aid to Athletics last year
- it's possible the $5 million will be used to reduce campus support
- I thought I read somewhere these monies could also be used for NIL deals
- I'm sure Dr. Wood is following this

https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/local-news/new-fee-to-designate-5m-to-fresno-state-athletics/

I drafted the exact same response but didn't post. Only one of these is in evidence yet, not three. Non-local commentators on social media, and in the professional media, are way too credulous(/gullible) about this. It's possible that everything about how Sac State has operated to date has changed, and they are finding it way easier to raise money than they have in the past, but we certainly don't have any tangible visible evidence of that yet. Phase 1 of the stadium rebuild that will likely ultimately cost a quarter billion dollars is a $2 million bathroom upgrade. The stadium (and NIL fund) are still fantasy at this point.

AMA! Ask me (President Wood) anything. Lots of disinformation, let’s talk about it.

I’m Luke Wood, President of Sac State. Ask me anything. Respectful questions only. Here for two hours.

>Stingers Up! I’ll run this back again in the future.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CSUS/s/GDauvV2Ar4

Some snippets from the Reddit page.
- seems that most student disapprove the new athletic fees. He also sort of admits to some of his previous lies including no conference showing real interest in adding them, and he is now giving updated timeline for “stadium”.