30Duck Moderator No. 1 Share Posted yesterday at 02:22 AM Not that it takes a genius to see this, but very classy for a coach of one of the premier football teams to speak about the issue. Very little has happened,” Smart said. “It just shows you how hard it is to make changes and correct things, probably when they’re needed, because … people have talked about Congress. That’s not easy. Not a lot gets done quickly there and where we are right now. Like, I think every coach agrees we’re in a good place with being able to compensate players. Call it pay for play, call it NIL, I don’t care what you call it. “We’re all in a good place for that. We just want it to be in a way that’s sustainable. I just want to be able to have a freshman come in and not make more than a senior, and I’d like for other sports to be able to still survive. We’re on the brink of probably one to two years away from a lot of schools cutting sports. What’s the pushback going to be then when you start cutting non-revenue sports? I don’t want that to happen.” l 1 1 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
idontrollonshobbas No. 2 Share Posted 19 hours ago This has been as plain to see as the nose on my face (I have a big nose!). I am shocked that the issue of non-revenue sports attrition hasn't emerged earlier as a Title IX issue if nothing else. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tandaian No. 3 Share Posted 4 hours ago It is likely going to be football and men's basketball for the majority of schools. Then, however many women's sports it takes to satisfy Title IX. I can see in 10 years where Olympic sports are all but gone from college. Colleges probably don't really think about it, but without Olympic sports at colleges, USA is not going to dominate the summer Olympics in 10 years. Having 300+ colleges supporting all those Olympic sports is huge for our dominance. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake Moderator No. 4 Share Posted 2 hours ago The long-term outlook looks bleak for D1 non-revenue sports. AD’s are forced to compete in the free-for-all for talent in football and basketball to generate fan interest. The ‘arms race” for talent, along with the higher costs of the maintenance on athletic facilities for the revenue sports, takes money that once could be used for the non-revenue sports. Without fundamental changes from lawmakers, how many college sports programs will survive? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
