How long after non revenue college sports wither away are posters on this board and across America bemoaning the decline of the US's Olympic competitiveness?
JP in the DMR talking about reorganizing the big 5
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How long after non revenue college sports wither away are posters on this board and across America bemoaning the decline of the US's Olympic competitiveness?
Run, here come the posters from the Premier League thread!!!!! And they're wearing their short shorts!!! :elvis:
I don't know, were there? Why is that even relevant now?
You didn't read the article did you?
"We'll have to pass those costs on to our fans," Pollard said. "There's just no other way about it."
Which is ironic since he had no problem finding $600K to give to CFH. I have no problem with him giving Fred the raise, but seems ironic that there is some hand wringing in finding this amount to give to the athletes.
Wait...you're listing Borger, TX...which is about as BFE as you can get in Texas, and you're saying Iowa is uncultured?
I just flopped here at the office! Soccer sympathy flop!
Remember, I could never play soccer because I can't run that long. Heard that right after an 18 mile run back in the day.
If we're left with football and basketball as the only sports, no, we're not better for it. But CFB for schools like ISU, KSU and Baylor are about survival now. The end of major college football at Iowa State is the end of the athletic department as we know it. We're either with the Big 5 or we're toast.
It sucks. I wish I could go back and somehow keep Earle Bruce at ISU and change the course of our FB history but I can't.
Wait...you're listing Borger, TX...which is about as BFE as you can get in Texas, and you're saying Iowa is uncultured?
Well, often posters here demonstrate lack understanding for sports culture outside of the upper Midwest. ISU has been in the Big 12 for nearly 20 years, yet posters still freak out when the southern MBB games aren't packed. Many also don't understand the importance of baseball in the south.
Hey man can I have $10,000? No need for you to hog all the money you make. I would like some. Not going to do anything for it though.
Were there scholarships before football and basketball supported them? If there were, where did that money come from? Find that source and get it again.
So what is your claim to the money that the football players and basketball players generate to run your club? Is it any greater than if I started an ultimate frisbee club? Should we have the same $$ given to us?
Practical question. How would this policy apply to athletes in sports where you don't get a "full ride?" For instance, I think wrestling has something like 9 scholarships for the entire team, but they are split up into fractions for most team members. Will they get more money? As I understand it, right now, they just get a percentage of tuition, but nothing for living expenses.
Eh, most other countries around the world don't have sports associated with their universities the way we do, so I have a feeling we would survive. There will still be plenty of athletes in this country interested in winning some medals.
If people really cared about non-revenue sports, they wouldn't be non-revenue sports. The truth, as sad as it may seem to some, is that people really don't care about much aside from football and men's basketball. Everything else is a niche. By and large, they don't watch it. And they certainly don't pay to watch it. There are some regional exception (maybe woman's basketball here, maybe wrestling at Iowa).
Huh... sounds a lot like welfare. Something we do a lot of in this country...
At no point did I ask for money. Not sure why you pulled that argument out of your hat.
