The new revenue-sharing model will see by-sport scholarship restrictions eliminated, allowing schools to offer scholarships to the entirety of their rosters
This is tremendous for xc/track. No more "hey I got into Duke, and they gave me a 50% xc/track scholarship!! But I still have to pay $45,000." If a kid earns the right to be on a major program's team, they shouldn't have to pay at all.
This is tremendous for xc/track. No more "hey I got into Duke, and they gave me a 50% xc/track scholarship!! But I still have to pay $45,000." If a kid earns the right to be on a major program's team, they shouldn't have to pay at all.
No, what is more likely to happen is they just cut all non-revenue sports teams.
More likely that schools will move slowly. Current athletes will be allowed to finish. That means 4 years before real change. Even then, schools won't fund 50 track scholarships. Most will still be walkons.
I think that there will be much less high school recruiting the next few years. A school like Michigan has more than 30 men and women on the roster. Assuming the max will be about 15, they won't be bringing any new athletes in for a while.
This is tremendous for xc/track. No more "hey I got into Duke, and they gave me a 50% xc/track scholarship!! But I still have to pay $45,000." If a kid earns the right to be on a major program's team, they shouldn't have to pay at all.
No, what is more likely to happen is they just cut all non-revenue sports teams.
Like they say, "Be careful what you ask for. You just might get it."
You realize that scholarship money has to come from somewhere right?
If they increase football baseball softball and volleyball scholarship counts it is more likely they will take them away from other sports.
Track is dead
It will actually be very strange to see how this effects stuff… for instance this seems to say you can only have 105 roster sports for football; currently you can have 85 but the average roster size is 127 so they are adding 20 kids that “can get a scholarship” but cutting 22 kids from each team… baseball averages 40 dudes per team, more kids on scholarship “if schools what” but less kids on the roster. Having 20+ less dudes in a fb team may actually save schools money even if they add 20 scholarships (scholarships money is kinda fake) walk-on kids still need gear, training room etc which is all real money.
D3 may eventually be the best Division to run. Study hard, get good grades and test scores, get into the Johns Hopkins, MIT, Emorys, Case Westerns, Carnegie Mellons, Williams, Tufts, Ursinus, Dickinson, Haverfords of the world, get a great education and still compete at a high level. Or go Patriot League or IVY if you must go D1. I think XC and Track programs at those levels will maintain through this storm.
Some track programs could do well. All it will take, for example, is an alumnus who is mega-rich and wants to support the team financially. The cool part is, the rich supporter might want to support, say, Middle Tennessee rather than Florida or Texas A&M. One the other hand, Oregon could really take over with unlimited support.
None of this takes into account Title IX. No way schools will fund non-revenue sports after they increase scholarships for football and basketball and then have to match that with women's scholarships.
this country is in desperate need of a return to judgment/success/reward based on merit
of course most runners will cry about this, but look at the reality of professional running: 95% of pros are charity projects that will end up being a poor ROI for the sponsor. most college teams have almost no fans attend their meet. outside of friends, family and those of us on letsrun, the US does not care about running.
if you don't generate money, you don't deserve to be the benefactor of it
most collegiate runners, by the time they are seniors are totally fried and will end up running less over the course of the rest of their life than they did during the 3-4 years they ran collegiately.
scholarships ought to go to people who are going to generate money for the school, or if it's being done for the greater good of us all, it should go to those students who will excel in their field as adults/professionals
the majority of runners on scholarship in college never run seriously again after college. so these runners bring in no revenue, generate no excitement/pride on campus and then never run again after they graduate.
let's be real boys, XC/TF is a charity sport at all but a few schools that really believe in it and have great coaching staffs.
it's truly a horrible spectator sport if you aren't a die-hard runner, yet so proud of itself that's it'll fight tooth and nail at any petition for change to make it more exciting
D3 may eventually be the best Division to run. Study hard, get good grades and test scores, get into the Johns Hopkins, MIT, Emorys, Case Westerns, Carnegie Mellons, Williams, Tufts, Ursinus, Dickinson, Haverfords of the world, get a great education and still compete at a high level. Or go Patriot League or IVY if you must go D1. I think XC and Track programs at those levels will maintain through this storm.
I don't think you understand what college is supposed to be about. Or, on the other hand, you do.
This is tremendous for xc/track. No more "hey I got into Duke, and they gave me a 50% xc/track scholarship!! But I still have to pay $45,000." If a kid earns the right to be on a major program's team, they shouldn't have to pay at all.
Yes, it will be, Hey, I got into Duke in a non revenue generating sport and I have to pay $90K…
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