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Stanford to eliminate 11 of 36 varsity programs
If Stanford can't afford some of their teams, who can ?
If Stanford can't afford some of their teams, who can ?
Stanford to eliminate 11 of 36 varsity programs
If Stanford can't afford some of their teams, who can ?
Womens basketball is not a priority for most schools. Football and men's basketball are only sports that really bring in money for almost every school as far as I know
I posted this on March 30, 2020. Caught alot of flack for it. But, not too much lately.My crystal ball says:
1. NCAA football season cancelled. Massive TV contract payments to conferences go away. Season tix sales go away.
2. AD bugets get hammered.
3. Massive cuts to Administration staff, training, coaches, nutrition, etc.
4. Each school has to eliminate 4-5 sports - minimum. (UT will kill golf, rowing and tennis) If problem is long lasting: Track and Field and Volleyball would be next.
5. Coaches salaries will be cut by 50%-70% across the board.
6 The day of reckoning for the NCAA and these absurd salaries, and crazy ticket prices has arrived.
Discuss among yourselves.....
Womens basketball is not a priority for most schools. Football and men's basketball are only sports that really bring in money for almost every school as far as I know
Just a reality check for those who don't recognize that football is the golden goose. You don't rock the boat when it comes to football. Football takes a hit and you can kiss all those women's sports goodbye as well...title IX be damned.
I would take Soccer, Golf and tennis before baseball. Baseball is a dying sport and MLB has no one to blame but themselves.As long as Tennessee can have 5 to 8 sports everything will be fine with me. Football, baseball, basketball, womens basketball, softball, volleyball, and track and field maybe swimming would be fine with me
as can be expected during the next few months - this board (all boards) will receive interpretations of simple sporting news that will become an opportunity to express personal opinions and bias.
another topics:
The Big Ten has cancelled all non-conference football games - Indiana as an example, plays on Sept 7 and has three open weeks before the next game. loss of revenue to mid-majors will impact even more than top sports.
G5 schools are f—-ed.
If football isn’t played its going to be mayday even in P5. All the other sports for the season will be cancelled. More sport reductions. Likely see mass furloughs for a calendar year as well. Not everywhere but it will happen.
There are so many contingencies. What can be said, as 71, 000 new cases are reported, is that we likely to be deep in the throes of a massive outbreak by the time we hit early August.
Universities desperately want students on campus because they will take an even bigger financial hit if they have to go to on-line classes--which would mean big drops in enrollment and a lot of push for tuition reductions.
But facing the realities of the situation (and the risk to not only students but the older population of faculty and staff), I think most Universities will blink and cancel on-campus classes and there goes Fall sports.
If that happens, the NCAA will have to regroup and hope that football could be played as a Spring sport (Perhaps kicking off in mid-March). However, as bad as the US is doing at containing this pandemic, I am not optimistic that the Spring semester (which starts in January where we will have the flu/covid convergence) is going to be any better for hosting students on campus or major sporting events.
And really unlikely, desparation scenario - The NCAA could finally admit that, for the power 5 schools at least, football and men's b-ball athletes are really undercompensated professional athletes and they need to play to save the institution of college sports. So, they could be sequestered in bubbles like the pros and just play their slate of games to earn the television revenues.[/QUOTE