Delaney is our dude! How do we get the replay?
The future is in Lax and the BTN knows it...it seems to drain young talent that used to concentrate on FB. I don't like it but it is what it is!! Were gonna have to get used to it.
The move to D1 lacrosse is a head scratcher. The AD is running a deficit, exit money is being consumed and will not last forever, yet we are expanding our athletic footprint. Jim wants to live in the east and we can bring content. I hope where there is smoke, there is also fire.
The move to D1 lacrosse is a head scratcher. The AD is running a deficit, exit money is being consumed and will not last forever, yet we are expanding our athletic footprint. Jim wants to live in the east and we can bring content. I hope where there is smoke, there is also fire.
I will admit I was a little surprised when I heard the upgrade. I can understand the head scratching. However, if Lacrosse is the itch the B1G is trying to scratch and this makes us more appealing and puts us over the top then it will be money well spent. The additional revenue from the B1G will more than pay for a Lacrosse upgrade. Speaking hypothetically of course.
We have not seen an announcement that the university is in fact adding lacrosse. It is more accurate to say that we have a rumor of smoke with no sign of fire.
My personal belief is the admin's are acting on knowledge that we don't have access too due to secrecy clause...otherwise why expand into expensive sports at this critical time? I hope i'm right and I sincerely sense this. Same thing's were going on at RU before the announcement. I don't think UConn would add more to the deficit willy nilly!! Smoke means their's fire somewhere. Ive had this sense for awhileThe move to D1 lacrosse is a head scratcher. The AD is running a deficit, exit money is being consumed and will not last forever, yet we are expanding our athletic footprint. Jim wants to live in the east and we can bring content. I hope where there is smoke, there is also fire.
Thanks for the clarification, I just assumed that it would be funded by the athletic department without thinking about donations.I need to be somewhat limited in what I say here (this is from a conversation ~ one month ago with a couple of senior personnel within the school's athletic department and foundation):
A) The lacrosse upgrade, if it does happen will be from private donations, not athletic department dollars.
B) There was quite a bit of momentum early on (in fund raising for this) but it has stalled and the upgrade is a non-starter until funding is in place.
C) Funding will not only need to cover the upgrade of men's lacrosse but also sufficient funds to increase scholarships and participation in women's sports to remain Title IX compliant (this is a bit of an issue as a donation earmarked for men's lacrosse, something many who have donated specified as a requirement, which is fully their right, cannot be used for adding scholarship dollars to women's rowing or track).
The upgrade of lacrosse is viewed as a targeted, strategic move to benefit the university on a few levels including making the school more attractive to a potential (P-5) suitor, increase the visibility of the school in the affluent NYC suburbs (which would be helpful on both an academic level and in terms of increasing our fan presence in a densely populated area) and on an overall prestige level, allowing us to move closer to schools who we want to be viewed with as peers.
That information makes sense / sounds plausible. Women's rowing is adding scholarships, up to 10 now according to this article in UConn magazine, and they compete in the American along with Temple, Tulsa, USF, UCF, SMU, plus affiliates Villanova, Sacramento State and San Diego State (!!!, although maybe not so much since I don't think they have that many meets with conference foes outside of the conference championship.... rowing is weird). Not sure what the max # of additional scholarships would be for rowing + women's track. I can see how despite improved fundraising efforts since Herbst took over, convincing someone to donate specifically to a relatively non-glamor sport in order for another person's donation to establish a men's team, instead of donating to a science building or what have you, could be a hard sell.I need to be somewhat limited in what I say here (this is from a conversation ~ one month ago with a couple of senior personnel within the school's athletic department and foundation):
A) The lacrosse upgrade, if it does happen will be from private donations, not athletic department dollars.
B) There was quite a bit of momentum early on (in fund raising for this) but it has stalled and the upgrade is a non-starter until funding is in place.
C) Funding will not only need to cover the upgrade of men's lacrosse but also sufficient funds to increase scholarships and participation in women's sports to remain Title IX compliant (this is a bit of an issue as a donation earmarked for men's lacrosse, something many who have donated specified as a requirement, which is fully their right, cannot be used for adding scholarship dollars to women's rowing or track).
The upgrade of lacrosse is viewed as a targeted, strategic move to benefit the university on a few levels including making the school more attractive to a potential (P-5) suitor, increase the visibility of the school in the affluent NYC suburbs (which would be helpful on both an academic level and in terms of increasing our fan presence in a densely populated area) and on an overall prestige level, allowing us to move closer to schools who we want to be viewed with as peers.
rowing is weird
Would the B1G try to add 2 schools though for Men's LAX? Right now they're at 6 (including non-FBS John Hopkins)... Given their strenght in LAX and history I doubt they will drop them to add in UConn.
Would the B1G try to add 2 schools though for Men's LAX? Right now they're at 6 (including non-FBS John Hopkins)... Given their strenght in LAX and history I doubt they will drop them to add in UConn.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!I can find the money for lacrosse by the end of this post...
Drop baseball, it's an absolute waste of resources for schools in the Northeast.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
I can find the money for lacrosse by the end of this post...
Drop baseball, it's an absolute waste of resources for schools in the Northeast.
With players like George Springer, Matt Barnes and Nick Ahmed in the majors, that is simply not happening.
I hope so. The timing should be about right with the fundraising for the new on campus stadium.There is no reason to drop baseball. The 2011 team had 12 players who would eventually be drafted (plus one undrafted player that signed a pro contract afterwards). 12 of those 13 players were from the northeast including both first round picks. Next year Anthony Kay (also from the northeast) figures to be drafted in the first 2 rounds with a strong possibility that he goes in the first. We are the only program that matters in New England and it makes no sense to drop it in order to fund Lacrosse.
p.s. Hopefully when Springer signs a contract for $100+ million in a few years, he'll be generous enough to throw a million or two back to UConn.
Uneven number of schools. Or adding UConn and another school??Wait, what? Why does anyone need to be dropped to add a school that plays lax?