I am a massive advocate for adding mens soccer but there is a glaring issue that I know is going prevent Maggard from doing it.
This conference first off, is top notch, extremely talented teams joining it.
Marshall, James Madison, Coastal, West Virginia, and Kentucky have all been ranked in the past 2 years with Marshall winning the national championship in 2020.
Our issue would be travel cost and that’s it. This conference is regionally based on the east coast. It would cost a ton to send our teams out there for every conference away game. Now that wouldn’t be a problem if the mens soccer home games would bring in 10,000 fans every game which they could tbh.
Soccer is a very popular sport down in Louisiana and I believe it could succeed. Just need to convince Maggard.
If we do make a team we would dominate Louisiana and the south. So much hidden talent in this state.
Louisiana has produced two Herman Award winners, which is the equivalent to the Heisman so there is talent. If that talent had a proper D1 team to go to we could get a ton of it.