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Message: [QUOTE="Northbound, post: 2734741, member: 155"] It is not 26 scholarships its 12 or 13 full scholarships that's the rules (12.6 actually from what I recall) - it's typically broken up in halves and quarters. NCAA teams are bound by this - you hurt your argument when you make things up. i could care less if UCONN has a program because the idea that in-state kids or kids in close proximity are going to flock to Storrs to play lacrosse is unlikely - a kid or two sure, but disabuse yourself of the notion that UCONN is getting 3 kids every year from New Canaan, Wilton, Yorktown, Lakeland, Garden City, Melville, etc. - that is a pipe dream for a start up program, especially when you'll not be the main attraction on campus. The attendance argument is asinine because if you judged sports on attendance you'd have two sports at most schools - football and basketball. Baseball is no draw either - UCONN isn't in the top 25 in attendance - christ Miami is 25th in attendance in baseball and they average 2,600 per game that's a real show stopper there - a whole 2,600 per game. Lacrosse makes as much sense as any other and here's the key - NON-REVENUE sport - I could argue either side of the issue, but christ be factual. [/QUOTE]