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FWST: TCU has no plans to eliminate any non-revenue sports anytime soon

TopFrog

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TCU has no plans to eliminate any non-revenue sports anytime soon​

Steven Johnson

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The University of Arkansas’ recent decision to eliminate men’s and women’s tennis sent shock waves through the world of college athletics.

It wasn’t the first time a Power Four conference had eliminated a sport. Iowa State canceled its gymnastics program in February, but the Cyclones had a number of issues internally. Arkansas’ decision was about resources, or a lack thereof, it could prove to tennis athletes to compete in the SEC.

It probably won’t be the last time a major program eliminates a sport as teams continue to grapple with funding football and basketball with revenue sharing and name, image and likeness payments.

Could TCU be the next program to cut a non-revenue sport? Director of athletics Mike Buddie told the Star-Telegram that the program has no plans to cut any sport anytime soon.

FWST link: https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article315555997.html

Alternate link: https://www.newsbreak.com/fort-wort...eliminate-any-non-revenue-sports-anytime-soon
 
TopFrog

TopFrog

Lifelong Frog
Maybe no plans today ... but it is coming to all schools who commit to remaining competitive in football and basketball. The math has to math and it ultimately means fewer programs and opportunities, especially for female athletes.

So soccer and tennis ... you are on notice.

“And that’s OK, as long as you’re still committed to educating young people. But the flip side of it is, if every penny is going to matter. ... now that we have to take those dollars and share them directly with student-athletes, you do have to review your ledger and make sure that you’re you’re making the best decisions for your department. And so while TCU is committed to maintaining our current offerings, it’s not shocking to me to hear that others are having to make some really tough decisions.”
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FroggleRock

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TopFrog said:
Maybe no plans today ... but it is coming to all schools who commit to remaining competitive in football and basketball. The math has to math and it ultimately means fewer programs and opportunities, especially for female athletes.

So soccer and tennis ... you are on notice.
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Yep. One of the many unintended consequences of not putting a cap on NIL spending.
 
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FROGLEGHOP

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It would certainly be a disappointment to get your sport cut. But for the vast majority of these athletes, their really competitive athletic career is over at the end of college. It is mostly recreational after that. They should be putting academic effort into whatever will help set them up for life success beyond their college sport. Even the athletes in the revenue generating sports should doing that. They are in the same boat.
 
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Wexahu

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FroggleRock said:
Yep. One of the many unintended consequences of not putting a cap on NIL spending.
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A cap on "NIL" spending would be useless because it would be impossible to monitor and/or regulate. Once they made it legal for players to accept money, the cat was out of the bag. It needed to be either you can't accept payments or you can accept an unlimited amount, anything in between would be unworkable.

The only way to "cap" what players make would be to get rid of the transfer portal and go back to the old rules regarding transfer eligibility.
 
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Mean Purple

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TopFrog said:

TCU has no plans to eliminate any non-revenue sports anytime soon​

Steven Johnson

TCUUNC2resize.jpg


The University of Arkansas’ recent decision to eliminate men’s and women’s tennis sent shock waves through the world of college athletics.

It wasn’t the first time a Power Four conference had eliminated a sport. Iowa State canceled its gymnastics program in February, but the Cyclones had a number of issues internally. Arkansas’ decision was about resources, or a lack thereof, it could prove to tennis athletes to compete in the SEC.

It probably won’t be the last time a major program eliminates a sport as teams continue to grapple with funding football and basketball with revenue sharing and name, image and likeness payments.

Could TCU be the next program to cut a non-revenue sport? Director of athletics Mike Buddie told the Star-Telegram that the program has no plans to cut any sport anytime soon.

FWST link: https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article315555997.html

Alternate link: https://www.newsbreak.com/fort-wort...eliminate-any-non-revenue-sports-anytime-soon
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Bummed to hear about the Arkansas deal. Hate to see that.

TCU has made pretty good decisions with some pretty healthy endowments, so there's a buffer between those lines and NIL lines.
 
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Wexahu

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Mean Purple said:
Bummed to hear about the Arkansas deal. Hate to see that.

TCU has made pretty good decisions with some pretty healthy endowments, so there's a buffer between those lines and NIL lines.
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And that's an SEC school. I thought they were all swimming in money, now they are cutting programs? No way!
 
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Mean Purple

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Wexahu said:
And that's an SEC school. I thought they were all swimming in money, now they are cutting programs? No way!
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might be an issue with the state they are in. much like LSU, they just have other challenges. or it might not.
for Arkansas, it's a bigger hit. The Hogs mean a lot to Arkansans. So I imagine the issue makes some nervous there.

certainly not a good thing. because what goes around comes around.
 
ShreveFrog

ShreveFrog

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Arkansas athletics reported about a $7M surplus last year. They have big NAME contributors to athletics, including Walmart and Tyson Foods. But are those companies big SPENDERS?
Maybe Arky is just funneling most of its athletic spending to high rev sports. Duh.
 
hometown frog

hometown frog

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ShreveFrog said:
Arkansas athletics reported about a $7M surplus last year. They have big NAME contributors to athletics, including Walmart and Tyson Foods. But are those companies big SPENDERS?
Maybe Arky is just funneling most of its athletic spending to high rev sports. Duh.
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Yeah I don’t personally believe the Arky move was to solve a budget deficit situation and is more a story of the department taking a shot at killing a couple of programs they wanted to kill for other reasons.

and I’m certain folks will incorrectly link this to revshare and how that’s killing collegiate sports….
 

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