UND Tennis

[cberkas]

Other schools fans are very upset with UND right now, and how could they do this. A counter point was made to a SCSU fan, did you go to watch them play, oh no, well why does it bother you. 

[The Sicatoka]

1 hour ago, AJS said:

Talked myself into it, I’m back in on this move. Emphasizing my thought that it’s insane in the current landscape to have more than the minimum amount of required sports (even if it’s just one). Cut both, it’s clean. Redistribute the $ & scholarships to other programs. Hit reset. Hunt for a W sport to offset potential FBS move. It’s a great plan. We’ll see. Do I think this is likely from Bill Chavez? No. 

Womens triathlon <- USD already sponsors

Beach volleyball <- that was for you @SiouxVolley, RIP  

Womens nordic skiing (hold the alpine jokes) 

 

(NCAA does not sponsor mens triathlon or mens beach.)

[tnt]

1 hour ago, TheFlop said:

If the tennis programs were losing a million per year they should have been cut years ago.  How many of you can genuinely say you have been to...or know someone that has been to a UND tennis game...or watched one being streamed....ever?  

I forget how much women’s hockey was bleeding, but most people saw the need to move away from that even though it fit more into the regional sports scene.

[tnt]

Cue Schlossman saying that they learned of it while they had a recruit on court at the time of the cut, especially since tennis is Schlossman’s sport.

[The Sicatoka]

I know this is crazy-talk, but end the minimum sports requirements and play what your demographics have interest in and will pay to support. 

[cberkas]

5 minutes ago, tnt said:

I forget how much women’s hockey was bleeding, but most people saw the need to move away from that even though it fit more into the regional sports scene.

I think it was $2 million

[cberkas]

1 minute ago, tnt said:

Cue Schlossman saying that they learned of it while they had a recruit on court at the time of the cut, especially since tennis is Schlossman’s sport.

Better yet, they learned it during the final set on match point with a recruit in the stands

[Fratt Mattin]

4 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

I know this is crazy-talk, but end the minimum sports requirements and play what your demographics have interest in and will pay to support. 

This, 100%. The minimum sports requirement makes no sense to me

[tnt]

5 minutes ago, cberkas said:

I think it was $2 million

I guess if people are fine with a one million loss, why not be fine with another million loss and have a sport that many people are interested in, and area girls can aspire to.  Let’s see if this tough decision leads somewhere for future aspirations.

[The Sicatoka]

Neither the Griz nor the Bobcats are at 16. Each is at 15. 

[homer]

1 hour ago, gfhockey said:

why don’t we cut the bad teams and keep the good ones

How many tennis matches did you go to? 

[tnt]

26 minutes ago, Fratt Mattin said:

This, 100%. The minimum sports requirement makes no sense to me

Especially since the NCAA let things get way out of control with NIL and making it easy to transfer for any reason.  They have made it very necessary to make hard financial decisions.

[Fratt Mattin]

I really don't understand the reaction to this that I am seeing on social media. Why in the world should colleges keep funding sports that lose boatloads of money and that nobody attends? The school and the community gain nothing by having a tennis team. If the minimum sport requirement and Title IX were not a thing, I would see no reason why we shouldn't cut everything but hockey, football, and men's and women's basketball. Make everything else club sports

[The Sicatoka]

When college sports were co-curricular, part of the broader college expericence, and run by academics, sport minimums were acceptable. 

Now that college sports is high-dollar business it needs to be run like a business.

 

Heck, Notre Dame just named a COO for Athletics ... just like a big business has a COO. 

 

[siouxweet]

32 minutes ago, Fratt Mattin said:

I really don't understand the reaction to this that I am seeing on social media. Why in the world should colleges keep funding sports that lose boatloads of money and that nobody attends? The school and the community gain nothing by having a tennis team. If the minimum sport requirement and Title IX were not a thing, I would see no reason why we shouldn't cut everything but hockey, football, and men's and women's basketball. Make everything else club sports

Almost all college sports lose money.

[Fratt Mattin]

12 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

Almost all college sports lose money.

Yes. Hence my advocating to cut all but a few of them

[southpaw]

I see this as the start of a shift towards club teams not affiliated with universities, much like the rest of the world does it. 

There are multiple downsides, including the ability to attract students who normally wouldn't attend UND, attracting international students who bring their experience to the classroom, universities now become a sports minor league that also offers education.

[The Sicatoka]

Just now, southpaw said:

.. universities now become a sports minor league that also offers education.

Isn't that SEC football today? 

[AJS]

1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said:

Womens triathlon <- USD already sponsors

Think we found a winner if another Women's sport is needed down the road. 6 members / 4 meets a year. 

Cutting two sports is bad optics (even more-so when you're the only Dakota school that ever does it), but the "bad press" will pass. I think Chavez might have this one mapped out! I'm as surprised as anyone. 

[southpaw]

10 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

Isn't that SEC football today? 

One sport in a few conferences vs all sports at every university.