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Soccer and Lax stadium?
I noticed the LAX as well.
As did lame duck Susie; she's gone just not soon enough (7/31/19).I'd like to see a men's team so we can take advantage of ALL the quality LAX players in CT.
Just found this, Oklahoma State building a new stadium.
I noticed the LAX as well. I'm in the corner of trimming some men's sports, like maybe golf and tennis, and upgrading the LAX to D1 from club. I opt for trimming versus adding more women's schollies & sports only due to our funding constraints. CT is a good LAX state. Seems a natural upgrade.
Not saying that the upgrade will happen or that an extra field is needed but yes there is space. It might require a bit more clearing and leveling than the current projects though.If UConn was to upgrade Men's Lax, which I agree is logical considering the popularity of Lax in the state and the number of D1 recruits coming from Connecticut, UConn would likely need to build an additional practice field to accommodate such (assuming that the new Morrone is used as the game field, though it would be confusing as Women's Lax uses different lines than Men's Lax, no to mention soccer). Is there enough open space left in that corner of campus to build such?
Great questions and informative. I had no idea the lines would be different between the men and women. In my pea brain I assumed it would be an easy add. Just move the scholarships over to LAX from something else and it's a done deal. Clearly I was off by a little bit.If UConn was to upgrade Men's Lax, which I agree is logical considering the popularity of Lax in the state and the number of D1 recruits coming from Connecticut, UConn would likely need to build an additional practice field to accommodate such (assuming that the new Morrone is used as the game field, though it would be confusing as Women's Lax uses different lines than Men's Lax, no to mention soccer). Is there enough open space left in that corner of campus to build such?
Minor considerations:Just move the scholarships over to LAX from something else and it's a done deal. Clearly I was off by a little bit.
I would love to see UConn field a men's lacrosse team, but there is a rather big problem with money as has been point out. UConn can barely scrape together the dollars for the various athletic facility improvements they are currently doing with ice hockey, and it has taken a long, long time to see any progress with the facilities for men's and women's soccer, baseball, and softball. If someone was willing to donate the millions of dollars to fund a men's lacrosse team, I'm sure UConn would be quite willing to do it. I seem to remember the athletic director saying as much in a speech a couple of years ago. But barring that, UConn is not going to be adding any sports do to its financial situation. If UConn were ever able to gain acceptance into the Big 10 or the ACC, that would probably change the financial situation for adding a team, but UConn has been waiting for that invite for some time now, and it doesn't exactly seem to be on the horizon.
Painfully agree. Plus, I am not sure that even if Men's Golf and Tennis were sacrificed in order to upgrade Men's Lax if the financial numbers would be the same as before and thus there could be a Title IX issue. To meet the law, I suspect that another women's sport would need to be added or more money and scholarships would have to be spent on existing programs like Women's Lax, Hockey and Rowing.
PS - To this day, I have no idea how programs like Alabama, Oklahoma, etc. meet IX requirements as I suspect that their football programs spend more money than each schools respective women's programs combined.