What new sport would you like to see

[cajun4life]

From day one, Mens Soccer would generate more money than Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Golf, Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis, Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country.

From the start Men's Soccer would be the 5th highest revenue producer behind Football, Baseball, Softball and Men's Basketball.

And also be in the 1st or 2nd rated conference in the country.

With the World Cup coming here it would be the perfect time to invest into soccer. Then maybe we could join Coastal and Marshall with NCAA recognized national championships.

[CajunVic]

DWAMWDHOMS . . .

[R1Letterman]

The only additional sports Bama has that we don't (they claim 21 total) are:
M. Swim/dive
W. Swim/dive
W. Golf
W. Gymnastics
And the 20+ scholarships of women's rowing. (Possibly some of those scholarships could be use for two.sport softball walk ons

[R1Letterman]

Yet, most Division I schools do not meet it. Their roster counts used to tabulate compliance are not public, but under the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act, they must report an early-season snapshot the DOE publishes. Despite artful manipulation of that snapshot — many colleges double- and triple-count runners, pad women’s rowing rosters and count male practice players as women — a Yahoo Sports analysis of 2020-21 EADA data found that 82.5% of D-I schools would need to add more than 15 women’s roster spots to match the gender demographics of their student bodies.

Some Power Five powerhouses — most notoriously, the University of North Carolina — would need to add hundreds. In total, 308 of the 348 D-I schools would need to add a total of 35,797 women’s roster spots to achieve full proportionality. (Female athletes were overrepresented at those other 40 schools by an aggregate count of 1,123.)

[JMV JustMyView]

Water polo and boxing.

[Cajunrunner]

Would rather see the little money we do have, to go to the existing sports that already exist, now.

This.

We shouldn’t be adding sports unless they pay for themselves.

[CajunVic]

. . . now we fishing with cut bait . . .

[Turbine]

This.

We shouldn’t be adding sports unless they pay for themselves.

In what kind of time frame?

No sport starts off paying for itself.

[Cajunrunner]

In what kind of time frame?

No sport starts off paying for itself.

Doesn’t matter. We are already behind the leaders of the Sun Belt when it comes to athletic revenues and manageable budget. We need to provide the current sports all that available money just to stay in the middle of the pack in financial support.

[Duckster]

Don't agree with NCAA looking at increasing number of required sports. Why is that being tossed around considering inflation and other financial pressures in the economy?

However, if we were to add Men's soccer it needs a sugar daddy go first class. Soccer is a global sport, maybe get the Saudi's to kick a few dollars in the kitty.

[Turbine]

Doesn’t matter. We are already behind the leaders of the Sun Belt when it comes to athletic revenues and manageable budget. We need to provide the current sports all that available money just to stay in the middle of the pack in financial support.

Good money after bad is a lack of vision.

Only 2 sports are close to paying for themselves

Unlike any other option, Mens Soccer can pay for itself and be a front porch product.

[CajunVic]

No it won’t . . .