Do you fear that colleges are going to get rid of track and cross country?

I fear it. The college I'm assisting at (public D3) has already told us the program will face steep budget cuts next year.

why even have colleges? ONLINE EVERYTHING! THE DAYS OF BRICK AND MORTAR COLLEGE BUILDINGS ARE OVER!

THE ONLY SPORTS TEAMS WILL BE VIDEO GAME TEAMS!

Exactly

Forget xc teams

A lot of colleges as a whole are gonna have a hard time coming from this. Education will likely be forever changed.

Smaller schools will be dropping sports or very low budgets for a few years at best. Most D1 schools will be fine

why did they even have teams in the first place?

As a state tax payer what benefit do i get from a bunch of skinny incels running around in a circle?

It's intramurals....they should pay like a $40 fee to participate and be done with it.

Then why are you even here if you don't believe colleges should have track teams?

some D1 schools have 2000 students while some D3 schools have 15,000.

You will likely see big cuts to MEN'S track and XC. The women's programs will see less budget trimming as they are needed to meet Title IX compliance and offset large men's sports rosters.

For both genders, expect to see far less travel in coming seasons. More in-state and regional meets, less flying to big invitationals across the country. I foresee an emphasis on more localized recruiting for all but the top tier programs with deep pockets/benefactors. In some ways, this could help the often overlooked but talented local athlete. This could look much like the 1960s and 70s again - rosters filled with athletes from in-state and coaching staffs having to develop the more local talent. Unless you are Stanford, UNC, Arkansas, or Oregon, you won't have the money to recruit and sign 3 NXN placers or stock 50% of your team with international athletes.

Schools have all sports balanced so if they cut some men, they have to cut some women.

Not if they elect to keep 90 football players. The number of athletic opportunities has to balance out, not the sports offerings. Oregon State is a prime example. No men's track or XC (cut in 1988 due to budget problems) but, they have full squads in both sports for women. Why? It offsets the larger number of men on football and brought OSU into compliance with Title IX mandates.

Athletic directors will have to make choices. Historically, schools have cut "minor" sports like wrestling and men's track in times of financial crisis. No institution in today's political climate will cut a women's program for fear of backlash.

Here’s the biggest issue. Why have a sport that doesn’t compete?

They also don’t need to see 27th place in a big invite. Bring back disks with a win-loss in conference. Give athletic departments something they understand & appreciate.

It’s going to change. With no money how could it not?

Portland Hobby Jogger wrote:

Not if they elect to keep 90 football players. The number of athletic opportunities has to balance out, not the sports offerings. Oregon State is a prime example. No men's track or XC (cut in 1988 due to budget problems) but, they have full squads in both sports for women. Why? It offsets the larger number of men on football and brought OSU into compliance with Title IX mandates.

Athletic directors will have to make choices. Historically, schools have cut "minor" sports like wrestling and men's track in times of financial crisis. No institution in today's political climate will cut a women's program for fear of backlash.

this--men's track and cross the low-hanging fruit, and you know that most programs will hang on to football, making women's programs a safe bet to stay given title IX-why football has 90 scholarships is beyond me--$$ talks...

IAmAlwaysRight wrote:

Then why are you even here if you don't believe colleges should have track teams?

huh? what?

what does

just this is a running website ....not a "I love giving away my money so to fund intramurals" website

if i like cars am i obligated to think paying for a tuner club at the local community college with my money is a good idea? ? ?

Because most people here ran in high school and college?

People here still don't seem to understand - everything will go back to normal very soon. As soon as there is a vaccine, life will be like it was in the last 50 years.

It's not like everybody bought a bunker and tank to prepare for the next war after WW2. We are in a very special situation right now, humans have survived for millions of years without being overly dramatic about "once in a 1000 year" catastrophes so why should that change now.

truth sayer wrote:

IAmAlwaysRight wrote:

Then why are you even here if you don't believe colleges should have track teams?

huh? what?

what does

just this is a running website ....not a "I love giving away my money so to fund intramurals" website

if i like cars am i obligated to think paying for a tuner club at the local community college with my money is a good idea? ? ?

You are right. Sorry. I'm just stupid.

I realize that it is hard to understand math. If The University of Nebraska has 2000 men and 2000 women across all sports today and they cut 10 men from track, they then have 1990 men and 2000 women so they also have to cut 10 women from a sport. The 90 football guys are in the 2000.