As of 8:10am this morning one of the finer programs in the country is lost due to "budgetary" problems.
No one saw it coming and they just recently signed some top level recruits that gave them one of the top 3 recruiting classes in the country.
Athletic departments SHOULD be able to not count football towards their scholarships - just imagine how great that would be. If you take the football scholarships out of the equation things could/would actually match up or be very close. I like the theory of Title IX but in practice it blows.
I am so sorry for the ASU swimmers and their recruits. Think those top coaches were on the phone today trying to get the recruits and current members? OR do you wait a day or two ... hmmmm ....
Football does have a lot of overhead but some of it could easily be removed. For example - THE Ohio State (and I'm sure this happens at other schools) football team stays in a hotel the night before HOME games - they get dinner paid for, too. How much do you think that costs the Athletic Department each home game? I can really only speak to Ohio State but their football team is raking in the bucks big time 100,000 + at each game plus regular bowl game appearances - I think I heard schools get several million for BCS bowls ... amazing ... take a million (or heck half) off of that and spread it around to keep Olympic sports in the schools ...
Athletic departments SHOULD be able to not count football towards their scholarships - just imagine how great that would be. If you take the football scholarships out of the equation things could/would actually match up or be very close. I like the theory of Title IX but in practice it blows.
I am so sorry for the ASU swimmers and their recruits. Think those top coaches were on the phone today trying to get the recruits and current members? OR do you wait a day or two ... hmmmm ....
Football does have a lot of overhead but some of it could easily be removed. For example - THE Ohio State (and I'm sure this happens at other schools) football team stays in a hotel the night before HOME games - they get dinner paid for, too. How much do you think that costs the Athletic Department each home game? I can really only speak to Ohio State but their football team is raking in the bucks big time 100,000 + at each game plus regular bowl game appearances - I think I heard schools get several million for BCS bowls ... amazing ... take a million (or heck half) off of that and spread it around to keep Olympic sports in the schools ...
