Lots of news lately about possible conference realignments in the NCAA. I see the first official move was made today with Colorado agreeing to join the Pac-10. The Pac-10 is also looking at several other Big 12 schools. The Big Ten is looking at adding members with Nebraska and Notre Dame being mentioned.
So how will this affect college swimming? My gut tells me it's neutral or negative. I think football is the driving force in these realignments and it will just marginalize the non-revenue sports even more than they already are.
Any thoughts?
P.S. by the way, the Pac-10's possible realignment to a 16 team conference by adding six Big 12 teams will only increase the number of men's swim teams to seven in the conference (Texas and TAMU being the new ones). So the conference would go from 5/10 teams fielding men's teams to 7/16.
Texas has the largest budget and revenue in the country - about $140M. Its Directors Cup performance is decidedly mediocre considering the money spent. I believe they will finish in the 11-20 group this year, now that they are out of baseball.
This academic year I think they performed as expected in football, men's swimming, and women's volleyball. They probably finished in the hunt for baseball, softball, golf and tennis. They underachieved in basketball, soccer, women's swimming, and track and field.
Texas is showing that they are an athletic financial powerhouse, but on field results don't match up.
It pains me to defend UT but this post is misleading. Look at all those sports they support, that is the most impressive thing to me. That is a lot of opportunities for a lot of kids.
Texas has the largest budget and revenue in the country - about $140M. Its Directors Cup performance is decidedly mediocre considering the money spent. I believe they will finish in the 11-20 group this year, now that they are out of baseball.
This academic year I think they performed as expected in football, men's swimming, and women's volleyball. They probably finished in the hunt for baseball, softball, golf and tennis. They underachieved in basketball, soccer, women's swimming, and track and field.
Texas is showing that they are an athletic financial powerhouse, but on field results don't match up.
It pains me to defend UT but this post is misleading. Look at all those sports they support, that is the most impressive thing to me. That is a lot of opportunities for a lot of kids.
