UCF joins the Sunbelt for Soccer

[ManAboutTown]

I've said what I said about the program so I will only speak to the type of talent we would get.

If you could get a coach in here that can properly recruit Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and International Students. You would have a serious program on your hands. UL already has a ton of international students that come over for several of our academic programs. If you can now give athletic scholarships for soccer who is to say you can't get some incredible talent from the international player pool.

Not to mention Texas and Florida produce fantastic talent and are right next to us as well travel wise. We'd run the South if we could do it. '

If you are curious as to why LSU-Eunice is top 10 every year for JUCO soccer it is because their coach knows how to recruit Texas and International Players. He would be the ideal candidate to become the first programs head coach. Josh McReynolds. https://athletics.lsue.edu/staff-dir...-mcreynolds/54 . Check out his coaching Bio. Pretty solid.

Someone donate $4 mil and everything we are discussing can come true we're golden. Anyone got that?

Working on it

[Duggie35]

Someone donate $4 mil and everything we are discussing can come true we're golden. Anyone got that?

We would also need to find enough more money to support the additional woman's sport that would need to be added and funded.

[CajunT]

We would also need to find enough more money to support the additional woman's sport that would need to be added and funded.

Nothing but a pipe dream Duggie, but it gives us something to talk about during the summer doldrums.

[Cajunrunner]

Nothing but a pipe dream Duggie, but it gives us something to talk about during the summer doldrums.

Be careful. You don’t want to be viewed as a CAN’T Ragin Cajun.

[CajunT]

Be careful. You don’t want to be viewed as a CAN’T Ragin Cajun.

None of the "Can't Ragin Cajuns" have suggested a reasonable path and funding mechanism to add scholarships and additional cost to our athletic program. They are entitled to their opinions and wish list; speculation is great for Wall Street, but it's hardly a business model.

[CajunRebel]

Some people's eyes are bigger than their stomachs.

[ManAboutTown]

It isn’t Joe Fans job to create a system where these kind of opportunities can flourish. That’s what we pay the Admin and Athletic staff for.

That’s like saying anyone that hasn’t coached football at the D1 level can have a reasonable open about football at the D1 level.

It is our job as supporters to say what we would support and open our wallets when the opportunity presents itself. It’s only a pipe dream to those that don’t want the program to start. Hardly an impossibility.

[Turbine]

Eventually Soccer television rights will dwarf what P5 football gets today.

Time to establish a foothold.

[SlickRick]

In the case of adding a sport, a unique fanbase is essential.

Spreading old money on a bigger slice of bread won't work and (quite frankly) is the only reason some of the shortsighted are saying UL can't afford it.

Soccer is the one sport that can bring in its own fanbase, it's own money.

This is the one sport that can attract international students.

This is the one sport that can bring in money from existing international alumni. Of which there are many thousands, and they only love one sport. Futbol

Good point.

[SlickRick]

Eventually Soccer television rights will dwarf what P5 football gets today.

Time to establish a foothold.

Not such a good point...unless NIL ruins P5 football after it ruins G5 football.

[Million$Mullet]

Eventually Soccer television rights will dwarf what P5 football gets today.

Time to establish a foothold.

Lol

[Big Buds]

Eventually Soccer television rights will dwarf what P5 football gets today.

Time to establish a foothold.

I’m 100% on board with adding Men’s Soccer…but stop dat, baw!