D1 team gets one shirt for gear drop

Cross country has the top endurance athletes in the country. It is more relevant than the silly ball sports where they just push each other around and accomplish nothing but strange little arbitrary tasks.

That’s because you haven’t seen the crowds or money involved with equestrian.

That’s pretty embarrassing, especially for D1. Athletic administrators don’t realize how important it is to give out a decent amount of gear. It’s not the actual gear that matters, but the CONCEPT. When you give your athletes 1 shirt, that shows the athletes how you feel about them and how you value them. All XC athletes need are some shoes, shorts, a few shirts and a bag. I get it, XC isn’t a huge revenue generating sport. But you want your athletes to be proud to represent your university, they’re an extension of your marketing department. And recruits want to know details like how much gear you get. It may not seem like a big deal to administrators, but things like this are a huge turn off to high schoolers. I think you should name drop your school so they realize how absurd this is.

Well it depends on how successful the program is. If your program isn’t scoring/placing high at the conference meet, or sending individuals to regionals/natties, it makes sense. They need to allot funds to other programs. If you have won a conference championship or placed high or sent athletes to regionals/natties, then that’s a completely different story. Quite f’ed up if you ask me.

I was once sent a couple big boxes of sshoes and gear from a shoe company. It went to my college coaches office. He took all the gear and gave me 1 pair of shoes. The rep called me and asked how I liked all the stuff they sent...

That's all we got at SFA one year, our shirt at least said cross country on it. Our track team didn't even have a locker room, and we were ranked nationally. Don't go to school for gear, enjoy wearing that one shirt you got and kicking bigger school asses.

You don't. Wear the team shirt 1 or 2 days a week and your own clothes (preferably from a different brand than your school sponsor) the rest of the time.

If they have a problem with that they can provide you with some more shirts.

When I was your age we got one cardboard box, had to cut out our own armholes AND headhole. We had to wear that box everywhere- NO EXCEPTIONS. These modern kids have it way too easy.

I know who you are poopyman69. I hope you get banned from running for your school for complaining about this. Absolutely inacceptable.

I don’t see how the kid did anything wrong. He even made sure not to mention the school’s name. I’m sure he’s just curious if any other athletes have dealt with the same issues. Also, it’s *unacceptable big guy

Dang guys that sucks. I only got one item in my gear drop this year too unfortunately and here’s a link to eat we got.

He was in the wrong. This student athlete should never step foot on a cross country course again.

He has done everything wrong. If given a free shirt one should be grateful.

XC makes no money. No money should be allocated to XC.

Unless you're in the SEC, Big 10, Big 12 or MAYBE the ACC, be prepared for this to become the norm in "DI" over the next few years. Enjoy being de facto DII kids!

If they're not providing your equipment I guess you're free to wear Adidas gear and participate in the Adidas NIL program.

When you’re at meets and training in the shirt it doesn’t need to say XC on it. I actually like this understated style.