UCF joins the Sunbelt for Soccer

[Turbine]

I don’t understand why y’all keep saying it isn’t feasible.. it’s almost the identical footprint as the conference now, add Florida and Kentucky. It’s not a 30 game travel schedule. It would be easy to have travel partners like basketball schedules.

Amazing how the cascades of CANT always drown out the CAN around here.

I agree

[Cajunrunner]

I don’t understand why y’all keep saying it isn’t feasible.. it’s almost the identical footprint as the conference now, add Florida and Kentucky. It’s not a 30 game travel schedule. It would be easy to have travel partners like basketball schedules.

Amazing how the cascades of CANT always drown out the CAN around here.

No one is saying it CAN’T be done. We’re questioning (and I’m saying no) SHOULD it be done.

I want our limited resources concentrated on sports that are relevant nationally and regionally, which we already know is football and baseball.

And I say that as a former Cajuns Olympic sport athlete. If we’re going to try to keep up our progress in football, we can’t run around chasing resources to dump in men’s soccer plus another women’s sport that would have to be added.

[RedTails]

I know this was brought up in the last soccer thread, but could we drop Olympic sports in favor of adding a soccer program + (beach volleyball or women golf)? Does the Sun Belt Conference require Olympic sports? Do the different events in Olympic Sports allow us to tally up to certain required number of sports programs?

If there are no barriers or reasons why we need to sponsor Olympic sports, would it be wise to replace them with a sport with potential to generate revenue way years down the road is soccer ever overtakes football/basketball/diamond sports in popularity (realizing this is a timeframe in decades)?

[JMV JustMyView]

No one is saying it CAN’T be done. We’re questioning (and I’m saying no) SHOULD it be done.

I want our limited resources concentrated on sports that are relevant nationally and regionally, which we already know is football and baseball.

And I say that as a former Cajuns Olympic sport athlete. If we’re going to try to keep up our progress in football, we can’t run around chasing resources to dump in men’s soccer plus another women’s sport that would have to be added.

Drop mens basketball.

[Million$Mullet]

Mens basketball will NEVER get dropped. Fun to think about though

[Turbine]

The prudent thing to do would be to form an exploritory committee.

Who knows a philanthropic desperate soccer fan might live right here in Acadiana.

[Boomer]

The prudent thing to do would be to form an exploitory committee.

Who knows a philanthropic desperate soccer fan might live right here in Acadiana.

….So what are the general dates for the Soccer season start to finish, where are the locker rooms located, what is their time in the weight room? Ask a HS Coach of how it is hurting all the other school sports!

[RedTails]

….So what are the general dates for the Soccer season start to finish, where are the locker rooms located, what is their time in the weight room? Ask a HS Coach of how it is hurting all the other school sports!

You're a Jesuit guy, so I'm assuming you're hearing from Jesuit football coaches that they don't like the soccer program because they have to share the weight room? Kinda crazy if so, Jesuit soccer is always among the top in the state.

[lcitsh]

I don't understand why you people don't realize that Dr. Maggard has been and is working on this. Sheesh.

[ZoomZoom]

I don't understand why you people don't realize that Dr. Maggard has been and is working on this. Sheesh.

Just hard to imagine or justify starting two programs (Title IX) when we can’t get a stadium renovated.