All co-educational postsecondary institutions that receive Title IV funding (i.e., those that participate in federal student aid programs) and that have an intercollegiate athletics program, must submit athletic department data annually as required by the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA).
There is a EADA tool that allow interested parties to search and review schools of interest.
https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/
The link below is a blog that outlines key components of EADA
https://collegebaseballinsight...at-you-need-to-know/
Upon uploading the 2021 EADA data there might be some interesting observations.
We use EADA for 4 specific items.
- Validate Roster size (Website vs EADA Compliance), note schools receiving federal funding must report the number of players that participated in varsity activities.
- Number of Undergrads (Men/Women)
- Expense by Sport
- 5 or 10 year baseball spend
I did a quick look at Mississippi State:
Based on our extraction in March 2021, there were 46 players on the roster, subsequent sync during the summer
Upon loading the EADA, you will notice they reported 48 players participating in 2021, probably 2 non-rostered that practiced with team.
But here is a more scary thing , if you are doing research today, they only have 38 players listed on their website.
https://hailstate.com/sports/baseball/roster/2021
Note, we implemented this feature because in 2016 when Coastal Carolina won, they only have 29 players listed on their website. So my question was, what happened to the 6 players, as for we had them on the snapshot that we collected at the beginning of the season.
I knew of 2 players, one played against my son in high school. The other player I knew the following year, as for he played with my son in 2019 at Mercer Community College. He was injured in 2016.
Note, I always tell people, the websites are not as accurate as you may think.
Trust But Verify
Expense by Sport
Baseball Budget (10 year spend)
