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Berkeley Rugby IS NCAA.
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Another XC signing for BYU
Joe Banks
11/19/19 7:51am
Personally I’d cut cross country as a sponsored program and make it club-
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 7:57am
You'd get rid of a sport where we're consistently in the top 5 in the country?
Jesse Pinkman
11/19/19 8:00am
I know- horrible- how many people go to these events? What’s it cost to run the
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 8:05am
We have won national championships in these sports.
Archaea
11/19/19 8:13am
No- just because we can doesn’t mean we should
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 8:17am
Olympic sports bring BYU international notoriety
Archaea
11/19/19 8:52am
What would happen to recruiting if we started broadcasting signing on BYUTV?
Q-grr
11/19/19 8:33am
I was on the BYU XC team and I can tell you they don't take much $ or resources. Drop in a bucket compared to most of
RUNBYU1
11/19/19 9:40am
Happily, Holmoe and Darger are both much more involved with XC these days.
HomeTownHero
11/19/19 9:43am
The costs have to be ridiculously small compared to other sports
Jesse Pinkman
11/19/19 9:44am
Isn't this what happened with rugby? That sucked.
vagabonder
11/19/19 8:01am
That’s one I wish we brought back. That did stink
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 8:06am
No. Rugby has never been an NCAA sport. There are only a few schools that offer
molodyets
11/19/19 8:09am
Berkeley Rugby IS NCAA.
oldrugger
11/19/19 10:11am
No, because rugby is not a NCAA sport. It's always been a club sport, just
Iron Coug
11/19/19 8:09am
It doesn't, and that is a dumb take
Turd Ferguson
11/19/19 8:04am
You just a speaking with your heart and not your head
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 8:06am
I would be okay with cutting some mens programs for a mens soccer team. Womens
Iron Coug
11/19/19 8:08am
Men’s and women’s soccer are good investments
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 8:11am
For an international university, I'm surprised BYU doesn't have mens soccer
BYU Fan
11/19/19 8:14am
There was a scandal with a varsity team quite a few years back. BYU dropped
Q-grr
11/19/19 8:30am
Huh. I was mistaken. Forgive me. (Edited)
YSMACK
11/19/19 9:12am
I used to hear the same story. Maybe 35 yrs ago?
Joe Banks
11/19/19 9:17am
Maybe I'm wrong. Could be.
YSMACK
11/19/19 9:22am
Here is the Wikipedia article. I don’t really know any more than this.
Joe Banks
11/19/19 9:35am
Such a travesty that BYU has no men's soccer
teancum
11/19/19 10:22am
This is a no brainer to me too. This is the one sport that further's BYU's
Iron Coug
11/19/19 1:13pm
All you have to do is watch how the women pack them in
teancum
11/19/19 1:55pm
What a terrible take! I love football, but collegiate sports is about much more
runnincoug
11/19/19 8:20am
Really? What’s it about for cross country? How much should the school spend to
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 8:24am
Go to the next BYU Autumn Classic.
HomeTownHero
11/19/19 8:31am
There is very little money going to these sports. Most of their schollies
runnincoug
11/19/19 8:39am
12.6 schollies for all of men's Track and XC.
HomeTownHero
11/19/19 8:43am
Absolutely
Archaea
11/19/19 9:13am
We have had former Olympians such Frankie Fredericks and Jared Ward
Archaea
11/19/19 9:15am
See my post above. The school is putting very little effort in to XC comparatively.
RUNBYU1
11/19/19 9:41am
Well then if you were in charge BYU wouldn’t be able to play D1 football.
RdF3
11/19/19 8:21am
Oh brother- yes yes the rules- doesn’t change the facts- no one really cares its
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 8:25am
How much money are we talking about?
m0resn0w
11/19/19 11:18am
I doubt the program expends more than $250,000
Archaea
11/19/19 11:28am
No, you don't really care, but there are many who do. From your reasoning, BYU
BYU I Bleed Blue
11/19/19 11:32am
Men’s XC has to be about the cheapest sport out there for a school to run.
Joe Banks
11/19/19 8:22am
How much?
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 8:25am
How does it take away resources from FB?
HomeTownHero
11/19/19 8:25am
Where does the money come for these sports? Do the parents pay? Travel, coaching
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 8:26am
The Autumn Classic brings in money, but that's beside the point.
HomeTownHero
11/19/19 8:41am
The coach is paid as a TRACK coach, the kids are all on TRACK scholarships. Very little travel. Etc.
RUNBYU1
11/19/19 9:43am
One of the few sports where the coach has three competitive seasons
Archaea
11/19/19 11:34am
If someone could be cut from CB and sent to a blog site....
Q-grr
11/19/19 8:27am
Ouch- )
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 8:35am
RE: Personally I’d cut cross country as a sponsored program and make it
Littlerich
11/19/19 9:05am
If we are making a list of sports to cut, X-country isn't close to the top.
DrBYU
11/19/19 9:05am
This!
RUNBYU1
11/19/19 9:44am
Women’s lacrosse, field hockey and crew
Archaea
11/19/19 11:33am
Plenty of other schools seem to manage having a good cross country team along
YoungOne
11/19/19 9:56am
Well that’s why we should cut a lot more than just that
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 9:57am
oh brother. I hope you realize that BYU has a very strong athletic department
Littlerich
11/19/19 10:17am
Oh Brother- I just don’t like waist if money with little return when it could go
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 10:55am
define return. Most XC athletes are paying for their education
Littlerich
11/19/19 11:00am
Most or all?
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 11:09am
Most pay for all of their education, a few pay for some
Littlerich
11/19/19 11:19am
In many ways, it returns more than any other sports program.
HomeTownHero
11/19/19 11:13am
What benefit would BYU garner by cutting successful programs that cost little
Archaea
11/19/19 10:41am
so short-sighted!
runnincoug
11/19/19 10:55am
This is the most excited this board has every been for XC or anything else when
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 10:56am
You probably ignore our commentary
Archaea
11/19/19 11:02am
Family is strong- I’m glad you care about it. Wish you could get others to
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 11:38am
Who’s says I don’t and haven’t?
Archaea
11/19/19 11:42am
And you are a good fan. I just want football fans
Archaea
11/19/19 11:45am
I’m not a good fan- I see those programs as drains on the university. I know it
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 11:49am
I don’t see the minor expenditures to do anything but benefit the
Archaea
11/19/19 12:02pm
You’ve got tens of people who agree with you:) the only thing that supports my
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 12:05pm
I thought BYU was in the black... or are you talking about other schools??
byukarl
11/19/19 12:28pm
They are- we are discussing program individually and not the complete athletic d
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 12:55pm
Then by that logic cut women's basketball
byukarl
11/19/19 5:40pm
Oh so would dramatically cut that program as well
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 6:23pm
Then by that logic, football should be the only sport in college sports with the
YoungOne
11/19/19 1:32pm
We should also cut schollies to 3rd and 4th string FB players.
HomeTownHero
11/19/19 1:57pm
Oh... sorry - depth is needed- you just cut the last two QB’s who played for BYU
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 2:03pm
The 3rd and 4th stringers don't get it. It's for the good of the FB program...
YoungOne
11/19/19 2:18pm
Romney is a walk on, Wilson is 1st string.
ochobeeguy
11/19/19 2:48pm
Okay then no problem then- let’s cut them
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 2:57pm
Who said we would cut them. Just the scholarships.
ochobeeguy
11/19/19 3:30pm
Right! Are you going to tell them or me?
SouthernBlueBlood
11/19/19 3:41pm
Cross Country is part of track, so you just argued against yourself.
ochobeeguy
11/19/19 2:49pm
As to how strong this recruiting class is, Moss and Allred have both been ranked
Joe Banks
11/19/19 10:09am
And the women’s signings are even more highly regarded.
Archaea
11/19/19 11:03am
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