Akron cutting some sports

[abcguyks]

I agree but honestly I don't see any need for Golf Teams, Cross Country teams, that type of stuff. Nobody goes to watch it, it does nothing for the university other than add more athletes to the mix. You could eliminate both the men's and womens teams and be in compliance of Title IX

One thing these some of these 'minor' sports are able to do for a school is to bring up the collective GPA for athletes. Cross country runners tend to be excellent students.

Until football gets eliminated, I doubt that you'll see much get cut in the way of women's sports due to the very high number scholarships that are given to men for football.

 

[rochclone]

I agree but honestly I don't see any need for Golf Teams, Cross Country teams, that type of stuff. Nobody goes to watch it, it does nothing for the university other than add more athletes to the mix. You could eliminate both the men's and womens teams and be in compliance of Title IX

So every sport that doesn’t produce revenue should be cut. Softball, track and field, tennis and volleyball all need to go. Eye roll.

 

[Rabbuk]

So every sport that doesn’t produce revenue should be cut. Softball, track and field, tennis and volleyball all need to go.

probably wrestling too

 

[Drew0311]

So every sport that doesn’t produce revenue should be cut. Softball, track and field, tennis and volleyball all need to go.

Whats the point of them if they put a drain on money? Has anyone came to Iowa State because we have a good cross country team besides cross country runners? How much money do we have to lose just so we can compete?

 

[Gunnerclone]

Whats the point of them if they put a drain on money? Has anyone came to Iowa State because we have a good cross country team besides cross country runners? How much money do we have to lose just so we can compete?

Cancel the Olympics.

 

[knowlesjam]

I agree but honestly I don't see any need for Golf Teams, Cross Country teams, that type of stuff. Nobody goes to watch it, it does nothing for the university other than add more athletes to the mix. You could eliminate both the men's and womens teams and be in compliance of Title IX

Or you can have the University of Iowa Women's Rowing Team, sign more than 100 walk-ons, and use that number to have a huge football team walk-on squad. Brother's niece, played soccer in high school, never touched a paddle in her life...instant University of Iowa rowing team walk-on.

 

[Drew0311]

Cancel the Olympics.

What? That is the worst comparison ever.

 

[CyJack13]

So every sport that doesn’t produce revenue should be cut. Softball, track and field, tennis and volleyball all need to go.

I would agree, make them club sports.

 

[Sigmapolis]

I think the whole bubble will be bursting, but not on the way I always thought it would.

Acute crises due to some exogenous shock (e.g., the 2008-09 financial crisis and now this pandemic, etc.) tend to accelerate existing trends and make what were brewing, slow-motion problems into ones that are seriously pressing. What was once a threat on the horizon, one that you can think about later, all the sudden is right on top of you.

Stressing any system shows you where it is weakest. We are seeing that now in all sorts of athletic, academic, medical, business, and governmental realms.

 

[Cycsk]

This will have zero impact on me. Zip!

Seriously, I feel for their fans. I really wish their football program could turn it around. Unfortunately, it seems that they are on a slippery slope downward. Programs like theirs will find it hard to bounce back from the hit of the shutdown.

 

[CTTB78]

Or you can have the University of Iowa Women's Rowing Team, sign more than 100 walk-ons, and use that number to have a huge football team walk-on squad. Brother's niece, played soccer in high school, never touched a paddle in her
life...instant University of Iowa rowing team walk-on.

My co-worker's daughter snagged a scholarship to Minnesota for women's crew. She did have previous experience loading an oar into her dad's speedboat, though.
Such a waste of AD dollars will most likely go down the river.

 

[beentherebefore]

I’m not sure why schools have so many sports anyway. Nobody shows up to half the sports teams offer so what exactly does the school benefit from having them.

Isn't there a requirement from the NCAA that a school must offer a certain number of sports to maintain D1 status in football an basketball?

 

[theshadow]

Isn't there a requirement from the NCAA that a school must offer a certain number of sports to maintain D1 status in football an basketball?

Yes. There are minimums to be D-1. There are also minimums to be D-1 and in an FBS conference.

 

[Drew0311]

Yes. There are minimums to be D-1. There are also minimums to be D-1 and in an FBS conference.

Ahhh that makes more sense then to me. I knew they had a limit on the number of men and womens percentage, didn't know that schools had to have a certain number of sports.

 

[rochclone]

Cancel the Olympics.

Exactly. Losing non-revenue sports programs will absolutely hurt the college experience and impact the amount of high school athletes that deserve to continue their athletic careers.

 

[rochclone]

I would agree, make them club sports.

Ridiculous.

 

[rochclone]

Whats the point of them if they put a drain on money? Has anyone came to Iowa State because we have a good cross country team besides cross country runners? How much money do we have to lose just so we can compete?

You clearly never played sports in college. We have one of the best cross country teams in the nation. Ask some of the revenue coaches how much pride as an athletic department they have in the non-revenue sports. A lot of synergy between athletes in all sports. You start cutting sports and it hurts the culture of the entire athletic department.

 

[harimad]

I think the G5 is going to be in a world of pain honestly.

All the more reason to thank our lucky stars that Texas was willing to play ball when it came to realignment. Consider where we'd be now if they'd gone Pac-12 and relegated us to the Big East.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Isn't there a requirement from the NCAA that a school must offer a certain number of sports to maintain D1 status in football an basketball?

Yes. 6 men's sports and 8 women's sports.

However, Indoor and Outdoor track are considered two different sports and cross country is its own sport as well so you've got a lot of crossover on those three teams.

 

[CyJack13]

You clearly never played sports in college. We have one of the best cross country teams in the nation. Ask some of the revenue coaches how much pride as an athletic department they have in the non-revenue sports. A lot of synergy between athletes in all sports. You start cutting sports and it hurts the culture of the entire athletic department.

I think the football players will survive without having cross country runners around. Why do cross country runners deserve scholarships? They bring in no money. If they want to run, let them but they have to pay for their own school.