Sun Belt Adding Men's Soccer, League Will Include Two SEC Schools

Maybe we're approaching this all wrong. We should be demanding women's beach volleyball be added but only on the condition we balance it out with men's soccer. Ha.

Someone mentioned the travel costs, its true. All the conference teams are near the Atlantic seaboard. Its more a Sunbelt east soccer conference. Besides money, we'd need three other SBC west schools to crank up men's soccer. And someone else mentioned college men's soccer is a Fall sport like football. Considering due to TV games we're only averaging 3 Saturday night football games per season, there's schedule space for Saturday night home men's soccer games. Suppose if football is stuck with a 11 a.m. kick for home TV game, could certainly schedule soccer for 6 p.m. or something like that. Football stadium renovations come first. A rebounding oil and gas economy wouldn't hurt either.

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Originally Posted by RaginCajun309

We can barely get 25k butts in the seats for a top 25 ranked football team. Soccer attendance would be low low low.

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At first for sure, perhaps for the first decade.

It would bring in a whole new crowd, existing fans from legacy sports would be in the minority.

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Originally Posted by Duckster

... Besides money, we'd need three other SBC west schools to crank up men's soccer...

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Not Necessarily.

Perhaps one more SBC school and a couple Big-12 schools to get started.

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Originally Posted by zephyr

Ahh. But softball is so much better

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Softball is a girl sport. Great comparison though.

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Originally Posted by RaginCajun309

We can barely get 25k butts in the seats for a top 25 ranked football team. Soccer attendance would be low low low.

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This is reality . . . Let’s get beach volleyball . . .

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Originally Posted by LouisianaB

Get rid of track.

How many track meets have You gone to?

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The same amount as soccer games I’d go to.

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Originally Posted by RaginCajun309

We can barely get 25k butts in the seats for a top 25 ranked football team. Soccer attendance would be low low low.

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Lower than shorty.

Beach volleyball…girls jumping up and down in bikinis…remember, they’re somebody’s daughter, especially if YOU have a daughter.

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

We ought to go with it just for the entertainment value it provides . . .

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Lafayette has tried both indoor and outdoor soccer. Only indoor stuck around an appreciable time, but much like the Icegators, the entertainment value grew old.

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Originally Posted by ZoomZoom

Beach volleyball…girls jumping up and down in bikinis…remember, they’re somebody’s daughter, especially if YOU have a daughter.

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Why I'm only having sons..