Uconn spending $70 million on a hockey stadium after cutting Men's cross country for lack of budget

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3 years ago 05/06/2021 9:34pm EDT

re: SleepyGRun

SleepyGRun wrote:
An outsider take:
Viewing athletics as a business or profit making venture at a university/college is the root of the dissidence here. Educational institutions should focus on developing excellence in all aspects of life including sports but the business management culture that has taken over the 'leadership' positions in all parts of society including higher education do not care about an abstract concept like 'excellence'. So, this is the regrettable situation we are all in and I don't see how to fix it without a revaluating of the role of higher education first and asking what we want from our colleges and universities. Until that happens the status quo is towards ever more business driven decisions that will destroy funding/interest in anything but the most lucrative sports/activities.
Sad but true.

This.

3 years ago 05/07/2021 12:49am EDT

re: former husky xc

You don’t understand. This money is earmarked in facilities not in the athletic budget. So yes, athletics do not have the money for it.

This is the fault of the coaches. They could lower their budget, stay local rather than fly a few athletes all over. Never run a dual meet and never have any scores or rivalries. It’s sad but their own fault.

2 years ago 05/08/2021 11:38am EDT

re: former husky xc

The people saying, "uconn doesn't have the money" do not know what they are talking about. This was a title IX issue, not a money issue. The women's rowing team, the biggest joke in UConn athletics, were removed as well to balance this.

The mens xc / track alumni network raised enough money to fund the team for the foreseeable future but have heard close to nothing back from athletics. So, it is the combo of title IX and the effort of the AD and administration.

All that being said, title IX is a joke. The women's rowing team is a sham of a D1 team and is mostly made up of girls who just want to wear the free athletic gear around campus. The 'tryout' includes a 2 mile run that they do not need to *finish* to make the team. The cherry on top was seeing their recruiting posters at the insomnia cookies on campus. Unreal.

I'm sure there are some girls who are good athletes and rowers on that team, but the vast majority was mediocre girls who wanted to say they were 'd1'.

2 years ago 05/08/2021 5:10pm EDT

re: On topic

On topic wrote:
This must be the case for at least half of the crowd at those games - no way will most people travel to the boonies in Storrs to watch a college game. I know I won't.

Kids also aren't going to travel from storrs to Hartford for a hockey game. You have to pick which crowd you want to satisfy.

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