The Indiana State University Board of Trustees was presented Friday with the findings of a report initiated to determine where ISU athletics rates among its peers. The report, prepared and presented by College Sports Associates at the behest of ISU administration, confirmed what many already knew or suspected — ISU is behind in almost every measurable category in terms of its athletic expenditure. CSA’s study — which was presented to the Trustees by CSA Vice President Brad Bates via Zoom — determined that ISU was in the bottom quartile versus its peers in athletics generation, plus, ISU is in the highest quartile in the percentage of athletics budget from university support. That has created a situation where ISU is in the bottom quartile in most categories of budget and staffing.
