hm101 Posted June 6, 2023 Group: TBP Subscriber Topic Count: 173 Content Count: 7,004 Reputation: 2,260 Days Won: 12 Joined: 06/11/2010 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Why are we launching this sport again? I'm not against (on the contrary) but our home conference doesn't have a league, and neither does AAC or Big Ten. So not sure what the play is here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted June 6, 2023 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,331 Content Count: 97,076 Reputation: 10,845 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Share Posted June 6, 2023 18 minutes ago, Triple B said: I'm not so keen on putting yet another sport that close to the YC .......... it would have been nice to put it far away as possible as a test. Sailing has their version of a natty and look how far away that is. They sailed their first two seasons in the Corral, so there's that. 10 minutes ago, hm101 said: Why are we launching this sport again? I'm not against (on the contrary) but our home conference doesn't have a league, and neither does AAC or Big Ten. So not sure what the play is here. Title IX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted June 6, 2023 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,615 Content Count: 74,714 Reputation: 10,932 Days Won: 424 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted June 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Brad said: They sailed their first two seasons in the Corral, so there's that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinRicky Posted June 7, 2023 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 583 Content Count: 22,719 Reputation: 5,860 Days Won: 109 Joined: 09/13/2007 Share Posted June 7, 2023 4 hours ago, hm101 said: Why are we launching this sport again? I'm not against (on the contrary) but our home conference doesn't have a league, and neither does AAC or Big Ten. So not sure what the play is here. Did someone mention a while back that some ACC schools did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Matrix Posted June 7, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 604 Content Count: 16,485 Reputation: 2,940 Days Won: 43 Joined: 01/04/2003 Share Posted June 7, 2023 31 minutes ago, CousinRicky said: Did someone mention a while back that some ACC schools did? I think so. Think it was with the WLAX that the ACC has too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm101 Posted June 7, 2023 Group: TBP Subscriber Topic Count: 173 Content Count: 7,004 Reputation: 2,260 Days Won: 12 Joined: 06/11/2010 Share Posted June 7, 2023 7 hours ago, Brad said: Title IX Can you elaborate? Is this some regulation we were not compliant with? A way to get more funding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBulls84 Posted June 7, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 43 Content Count: 3,899 Reputation: 871 Days Won: 8 Joined: 12/10/2006 Share Posted June 7, 2023 7 hours ago, hm101 said: Can you elaborate? Is this some regulation we were not compliant with? A way to get more funding? I believe it may have been related to funding. IIRC with the increase of funding going toward football, we had to balance it elsewhere, hence launching the WLAX program (that will also use the OCS) and the beach volleyball program, both of which put us in line with the ACC and potential colleagues there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Stuben Posted June 7, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 74 Content Count: 2,468 Reputation: 1,139 Days Won: 19 Joined: 04/08/2012 Share Posted June 7, 2023 16 hours ago, hm101 said: Why are we launching this sport again? I'm not against (on the contrary) but our home conference doesn't have a league, and neither does AAC or Big Ten. So not sure what the play is here. Brad mentioned Title IX, which is right, but why we picked this one ..... I think it is a relatively low cost sport to field. We were close to starting Rowing, and it is very expensive. I know we looked at bowling years ago, but that never got much traction. Working hard to not cut men's sports is very admirable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBull Posted June 7, 2023 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 207 Content Count: 3,458 Reputation: 1,428 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/09/2007 Share Posted June 7, 2023 28 minutes ago, Mike Stuben said: 16 hours ago, hm101 said: Why are we launching this sport again? I'm not against (on the contrary) but our home conference doesn't have a league, and neither does AAC or Big Ten. So not sure what the play is here. Brad mentioned Title IX, which is right, but why we picked this one ..... I think it is a relatively low cost sport to field. We were close to starting Rowing, and it is very expensive. I know we looked at bowling years ago, but that never got much traction. Working hard to not cut men's sports is very admirable. When it comes to all of the above, plus the overall emergence of this sport and our locale, starting a program at USF seems kinda like a no-brainer to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinRicky Posted June 7, 2023 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 583 Content Count: 22,719 Reputation: 5,860 Days Won: 109 Joined: 09/13/2007 Share Posted June 7, 2023 14 hours ago, Bull Matrix said: I think so. Think it was with the WLAX that the ACC has too You're right. It was the LAX that was mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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