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

[cjr3888]

LOL! It's funny how Beach Volleyball keeps coming up, but not surprisingly!

I've been a fan ever since I was in Orange Beach and watched the national title in person. Those USC girls can drink with the best of us!

[jerrybaldwin69]

If it doesnt cost much whatever. Would hate to hurt a football, baseball, or basketball budget to add a mens soccer team. Seeing alot of talk about how lafayette is good at soccer so why not add them. The thing is if we wanted to be good in the sunbelt we would have to look across the pond not at the Youngsville sports complex.

[jerrybaldwin69]

Ahh. But softball is so much better

I think that softball teams across the country could probably beat up mens soccer teams lol.

[Esqueleto]

Get rid of track.

How many track meets have You gone to?

I like this, but I don't think it's possible. Maybe you could cut cross country.
Really all you'd have to do to comply with title 9 is to add beach volleyball and women's golf.

[Duckster]

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.

[Turbine]

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

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.

[Turbine]

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

Not Necessarily.

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

[KajunKrazy]

Ahh. But softball is so much better

Softball is a girl sport. Great comparison though.

[CajunVic]

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

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

[KajunKrazy]

Get rid of track.

How many track meets have You gone to?

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

[KajunKrazy]

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

Lower than shorty.

[ZoomZoom]

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