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• NM State is committed to FBS football, has made football the

marquee sport of the University and is poised to add value to the

Sun Belt

• Increase of football budget to $7.0 million

• $3.77 million in facility improvements during the past 2 years

• Increase in scholarship student-athletes

• Promotional events to increase attendance

• Change in recruiting philosophy

• Televising football games nationwide

• Academic excellence

• Overall athletic success

Commitment to FBS Football

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• Football budget has steadily increased and is currently $7.0 million*

*Per EADA Website

Increase of Football Budget

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• $3.77 million in football capital improvements in 2014-15 alone

• $1.3 million to install artificial turf in football stadium

• $1.1 million to construct east side football suite

• $870,000 to renovate weight training facility

• $500,000 to renovate football locker room

Facility Improvements

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• During the 2013 and 2014 seasons, NM State football competed with

less than 70 scholarship student-athletes on the roster (maximum 85)

• The previous coaching staffs focused recruitment on junior college

transfers and this led to a high turnover rate each year

• During the 2015 season, NM State football competed with 72

scholarship student-athletes on the roster

• NM State expects to have 85 scholarship student-athletes for the

2016 season

• The lack of scholarship student-athletes has led to depth issues

compounded by season ending injuries to the starting quarterback,

number one receiver, and four defensive starters.

• A true freshman kicker missed two extra points and a field goal

against Georgia State (lost by 2)

• A 14-point lead over UTEP with 4:07 left in the game

• A 15-point lead over UNM in the 3rd quarter

Increase in Scholarships

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• NM State has created promotions for football to increase fan

support

• Stuff the Stadium Promotion for the first game

• Business leaders in the community helped in selling tickets to

the Las Cruces community resulting in an attendance of 27,201

• Only second time in program history to have back to back six figure

revenue games

Promotion of Football

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• NM State is committed to Coach Doug Martin and supports his

recruitment of high school student-athletes in building a program

and not just a team

• 65% of current starters are freshmen and sophomores

• Only two seniors started on offense and only 2 seniors started on

defense

• In 2014 21 freshmen played and only 4 freshmen redshirted (Coach

Martin’s first recruiting class)

• In 2015 13 freshmen played and 12 freshmen are able to be

redshirted (Coach Martin’s second recruiting class)

• In 2015 four upper classman redshirted due to injury and the starting

quarterback will be granted another year allowing him to compete

for two seasons

• Recruiting student-athletes from north Texas, Dallas and Houston

• A total of 34 student-athletes from Texas (we have the 6th most

Texans on the roster not counting Texas schools)

• Includes sophomore Larry Rose, III. Rose was named Sun Belt

Offensive Student-Athlete of the Year and AP All-America Third Team

New Recruiting Philosophy

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We eliminate the geography issue by televising and delivering games

back to your fan base. Through our in-house production and distribution

strategy (AggieVision), we televised more than 40 live games last year.

NM State Production Highlights:

• Have produced all Sun Belt football games played in Las Cruces, provided the

option to distribute back to the visiting team, and allow the visiting team to insert

ads (games not selected by Sun Belt national or regional TV packages)

Live Television Production

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NM State Production Highlights:

• Production quality meets standards of ESPN, Fox Sports Arizona, ROOT Sports and

Altitude Sports

• Sun Belt Conference branding is included in each game

• NM State produces all live events in High Definition

• Games are distributed via satellite

Live Television Production

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• TV productions from Las Cruces add

exposure for Sun Belt members into new

markets and potential recruits’

households.

• All productions are distributed

nationwide through the Watch ESPN and

ESPN3 applications

• These productions can reach over 23

million cable and DBS television

households in 14 states through

distribution agreements with Fox Sports

Arizona, Altitude Sports, Comcast-New

Mexico, Root Sports, and Fox Sports

Southwest

New Sun Belt Markets

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• This season Aggie Vision has broadcast Sun Belt Conference games nationally and regionally on the following networks:

• APR has improved by over 20 points the last 2 years and is expected to be a 935

for 2014-15

• Federal graduation rate is 12% higher than the overall student-body and

football has a graduation success rate of 64%

• 42 student-athletes have a cumulative GPA above a 3.0 and the team GPA is

currently a 2.73

Academic Excellence

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NM State has made strategic investments in facilities and operating budgets to compete for

championships. NM State investments have included:

• NM State has recently signed a 12-year contract with Learfield Sports for a guaranteed

$14,550,000

• Athletic budget has steadily increased and is currently $25.73 million*

Overall Investment

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• Capital improvements in athletics have topped $46 million over the past decade

• Just in 2014-15, capital projects worth $7.37 million included:

• $1.3 million to install artificial turf in football stadium

• $1.5 million to upgrade baseball stadium

• $870,000 to renovate weight training facility

• $500,000 to construct a swimming locker room and offices

• $500,000 to renovate football locker room

• $100,000 for locker room improvements for women’s sports

• $1.5 million for a new High Definition television production truck

• $1.1 million to construct a suite on the east side of the football stadium

• $425,000 to install artificial turf in the baseball stadium

Overall Investment

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• Having 12 football teams

creates a balanced east/west

division

• At the fall meeting the

athletic directors supported

playing an 8-game schedule.

An 8-game conference

schedule would be achieved

by playing the 5 teams in your

division and 3 teams in the

other division creating a

competitive and balanced

schedule.

Sun Belt Footprint

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TOGETHER WE RISE