Why No UConn Lacrosse ? (Merged: or wrestling)

[Huskyforlife]

Does anyone here know why UConn doesn’t have a Lacrosse program? I’m pretty sure it’d be very good with the talent in New England. Money?

 

[Fishy]

 

[Bomber36]

Well, we definitely have a hockey team.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Could a mod change the title? Should obviously say Lacrosse.

 

[storrsroars]

Could a mod change the title? Should obviously say Lacrosse.

I'd rather have curling. At least I understand that.

 

[Magic32]

Does anyone here know why UConn doesn’t have a Lacrosse program? I’m pretty sure it’d be very good with the talent in New England. Money?

Title IX- would need to add more women's sports, they do have a competitive club team.

 

[husky99]

Could a mod change the title? Should obviously say Lacrosse.

The title makes the thread....

 

[Wise2]

I believe we would be very competitive with our Curling team against those BIG XII teams

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Fortunately the NCAA has not yet sponsored curling as a varsity sport.

If there ever was a sport that Syracuse would dominate due to inherent advantages from their location this is the one.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Title IX- would need to add more women's sports, they do have a competitive club team.

Worth it to develop a lax program

 

[huskymedic]

Worth it to develop a lax program

From 2018 - All it takes is a sugar daddy/mommy to write the check:

Jeff Jacobs: Lacrosse at UConn makes sense, but don’t hold your breath

>“It’s not a priority at this time from the standpoint that we’ve got a lot other things we’re dealing with,” UConn athletic director David Benedict said. “Obviously, whether it’s sports sponsorship or budget, we’ve got to get our situation in order before we start thinking about adding sports.

“I do think if you were ever going to consider adding a sport at UConn, that one is at the top of the list.”<<

>“Listen, we can’t go back and play revisionist history here,” said Benedict, hired in 2016. “But why that sport wasn’t on the list and isn’t already sponsored at our place, I can’t tell you. This isn’t just something that’s becoming relevant right now. This is a sport we could have been dominating the last decade.”<<

>“If someone came forward who wanted to support lacrosse financially, it certainly would increase the likelihood of it happening,” Benedict said. “That hasn’t happened. We really haven’t gone out and solicited people for it. It is something we’ll have on the list, but there are more pressing things we’ve got to address first.”>>

>“It comes down to this,” Brameier said, “money and managing Title IX numbers.”

Truth. That’s why lacrosse is a club sport for men at UConn and the women are Division I.

“If you add a men’s sport, you have to have something to offset that,” Benedict said. “A lot of these men’s lacrosse teams have 40 athletes (average D-I roster: 44). That’s a big number. What would be the complementary sport to add for women? Or do you reduce a men’s sport? You’re not canceling soccer or baseball at our place.”<<

>Few things would win over Fairfield County better than adding lacrosse. Evidently it will take some gold from the Gold Cost to make it happen. “Anybody interested,” Benedict said, “should look me up.”<<

Background

 

[husky99]

From 2018 - All it takes is a sugar daddy/mommy to write the check:

That is a big check

 

[I Bleed Blue]

From 2018 - All it takes is a sugar daddy/mommy to write the check:

Sheeeeesssshhh

 

[CL82]

Except, of course, we're not, but other than that, spot on.

(You are not wrong, though, that we are highly unlikely to add more sports in the near term.)

 

[CL82]

I believe we would be very competitive with our Curling team against those BIG XII teams

Well you know what they say, curling drives the bus.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

When I went to UConn, there was plenty of hurling...especially on Thursday nights after people came back from bars/parties

 

[alexd]

Of all the women's sports, it's a shame we don't have curling.

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I'll go with Sweden...

 

[Bomber36]

Could a mod change the title? Should obviously say Lacrosse.

From hockey to hurling? Getting close I guess.

 

[HuskyDogArt]

I believe we would be very competitive with our Curling team against those BIG XII teams

We will be undefeated in Big12 Hockey. ,

 

[UconnAlum04]

Well, you see there used to be this thing called "Spring Weekend" and "X lot"

 

[Sick Puppy]

Some of the best athletes in CT HS's play Lacrosse.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Does anyone here know why UConn doesn’t have a Lacrosse program? I’m pretty sure it’d be very good with the talent in New England. Money?

It would add another 2-3 million to the AD deficit.

 

[fatlucy]

Title IX- would need to add more women's sports, they do have a competitive club team.

Wrong angle. We can’t afford more teams. Mens or womens. But to your point, if we added Varsity Mens Lax, we’d have to add women’s teams as well. If we had the money, we’d have it.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Some of the best athletes in CT HS's play Lacrosse.

Very true, and they come from the wealthiest neighborhoods.

Long term it would be extremely beneficial to the school on a number of levels. Unfortunately we are not in a position to pursue it at the moment outside of private funding covering the entire cost.

 

[Huskyforlife]

It would add another 2-3 million to the AD deficit.

The AD is already running a 50 mil deficit, is that really a good excuse?

 

[Sick Puppy]

Very true, and they come from the wealthiest neighborhoods.

Long term it would be extremely beneficial to the school on a number of levels. Unfortunately we are not in a position to pursue it at the moment outside of private funding covering the entire cost.

Spoke with a couple of coaches at FF county schools. They both said "The best athletes in our school play lacrosse." That was over 5 years ago. Probably more so now.

 

[Jay-Bone]

do prep school kids go to UConn now? They didn't when I was there.

 

[Devland]

Not even every HS in CT plays lacrosse. I tends to be only the more affluent white towns.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Spoke with a couple of coaches at FF county schools. They both said "The best athletes in our school play lacrosse." That was over 5 years ago. Probably more so now.

I had a conversation with Hathaway ~2005 about this, he seemed very disinterested. At that time it would have been feasible to pull it off, it would have made us far more relevant not only in Fairfield county but also Westchester and Long Island, HS lacrosse hotbeds and wealthy NYC suburbs. We could have carved out a nice piece of the most lucrative market in the world if we approached it properly back then.

 

[uconnfan68]

Just returned from New Hampshire last week. Went to grandson’s lacrosse tournament. Must have been 1000 kids there. It was 14/under. Much more participation than the other twin’s baseball.