While other schools are eliminating sports in favor of football….
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UConn would never cut non-revenue sports!!
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Already has. I'm pretty sure men's golf is funded by donation.
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I remember that as a way to save the program a few years back. Here's a link to an article about the practice facility:
Golf Practice Facility | University Planning, Design and Construction | University of Connecticut
Project InformationThe UConn Golf program has operated on campus for decades, winning two Big East Championships (1994, 2021) and drawing talented student a ...
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An expected consequence of NIL! All the money is going to the major sports to lure top shelf players. The actual "student athletes" get screwed! I gave up on pro sports a few years ago, and I'm leaning toward the same with big time college sports. I've said it many times, "NIL is destroying college sports"!
Most of us agree but how do we stop it or control it? Last year's men's NCAA championship Michigan team had a starting five of all NIL transfers, all purchased. The football schools from the top conferences have the money and get the players. Where does it end? Unlike the NBA, MLB, and NFL, there isn't the same stream of income. What effect will it have on tuitions, other sports, mid majors? The only way it can be fixed is federal legislation because of anti-trust laws but quite frankly that terrifies me too.
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My significant other’s nephew was a tennis star at UConn. In 2020, UConn ditched its men’s tennis a few years after he graduated. Uconn also dropped men’s swimming and diving, men’ cross country and women’s rowing. UConn is no different from other schools making choices.
The federal government does precious little well, almost as bad as the NCAA. Both terrify me. FYI, both organizations are responsible for where we are right now. It's more likely that they would screw it up more rather than fix it.
Unfortunately, once the toothpaste is out of the tube, you can't put it back in.
It's great to see that UConn is going for those olympic sports, but it's also not the death knell for those at other schools. At Fort Lewis (Colorado), cycling is a club sport with no college financing other than providing some space for storage, and they're perennially in the mix for the National Championships. Last year, our men's Olympic mountain bike team were both Fort Lewis grads, and one, Chris Blevins, won the overall series UCI championship last year. It's supported by strong local support and obviously strong parental support. Once a team gets that winning reputation, it can be sustained.
And it usually very messy.
The boys swim team was cut.
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The first to go was men's wrestling, last year in 1981. UConn AD attempted to cut women's rowing, but their coach sued and it was taken off the table with the promise of better resources. Think the Ivies still support the most teams?
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Its not just he "major sports." Women's softball is an example of where big donors are getting involved with increased funding. At some point, the competitive nature most of us loved with college sports will evaporate.
The biggest example is pitcher NiJaree Canady, who signed
- $1M+ NIL deal in 2025
- Followed by another deal reportedly $1.2M+ for 2026
Clemson did the same thing several years cutting the number of scholarship sports to the bare minimum required – it may have been 17 then - to funnel a lot more money into football before NIL. It worked – they won a National Championship.
I fear this is the future for many schools as NIL gets out of control especially for football. It’s going to be the haves and have nots and the unintended consequence of paying college athletes means there will be less college athletes.
When Title IX was passed which was crucial for women’s sports one of the unintended consequences was a lot of schools dropped men’s wrestling because there wasn’t an equivalent women’s sport. It was not the intention of Title IX to lesson the number of student athletes and in the long term it has increased women’s sports but in the short term it did not.
My point is college sports are at crossroads. Hopefully UConn can continue to fully fund all of their teams but it is going to become more and more difficult as NIL deals continue to be the driving force to keep players.
I fear this is the future for many schools as NIL gets out of control especially for football. It’s going to be the haves and have nots and the unintended consequence of paying college athletes means there will be less college athletes.
When Title IX was passed which was crucial for women’s sports one of the unintended consequences was a lot of schools dropped men’s wrestling because there wasn’t an equivalent women’s sport. It was not the intention of Title IX to lesson the number of student athletes and in the long term it has increased women’s sports but in the short term it did not.
My point is college sports are at crossroads. Hopefully UConn can continue to fully fund all of their teams but it is going to become more and more difficult as NIL deals continue to be the driving force to keep players.