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Post by williamtsherman on May 18, 2021 18:34:54 GMT -6
You dimbulbs don't appear to realize that womens sports are football's greatest allies. Did you think womens soccer exists because of the 6 people that come to their games? Did you think field hockey exists because of the 11% of the students that even know BSU has a team? They exist in their present form because of football and title IX, and they know it.
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Post by 00hmh on May 18, 2021 23:49:42 GMT -6
Yea it is but thats life.. Like I said the student is in control though he or she if good enough would have to find a school that had the sport they wanted I don't see that control. Looks to me like the FB athletes are in control. We'd be cutting scholarships for very good athletes in other sports, preserving MAC level athletes in FB. If cutting budget is the goal, it's unrealistic FB escapes attention, and women's scholarships are left that far behind, with total budget even more unbalanced considering coaching and other items. And probably not cut enough without considering the 85 scholarships for FB. If you're using student fees to finance these programs, students who are women are paying more than 50% of the bill. Men getting much more benefit. True now, also, but you've made it worse. |
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Post by williamtsherman on May 21, 2021 12:49:39 GMT -6
Something that is utterly nonsensical about the non-revenue sports is the lavish manner in which they are funded. State of the art uniforms and equipment. Manicured grass or artificial turf playing surfaces. Nice (and always completely empty) arenas. trips to the Southern US and West Coast. Coaching staffs. Why are these things necessary at all? Every single dollar of these luxuries must be paid for by the fees on the fellow students. Why? Football (which is a "revenue" sport BWHAHAHAHAHA) is obviously by far the biggest money loser, but there are at least SOME people who care about it. I think even the parents of the non-revenue athletes sort of tune out, once the scholarship is secured.
Here is an interesting thing one can do. Go to the BSU website and look at the news and video of the various non-revenue sports. I did this to try to form some estimate of the crowds...such as they might exist. Problem was, I looked at about 50 pictures and 5 videos and saw exactly ZERO spectators. Assuming the actual number is greater than zero, they are, at best, so small as to be able to hide from these cameras without even trying. I would guess that the budgets for these sports could be reduced by 90% and the athletes could still play the same number of games, and probably experience a reasonably close level of competition. Isn't that the point of the whole thing?
By the way, don't bother citing the GPA's of any non-revenue sport. If that's what's important, then give out scholarships FOR academics and give no weight to the ability to dribble a soccer ball well or hit a softball 200'. |
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