Can we call this the “Olympic Sports” forum? That’s how the university characterizes them, and frankly does more justice to the great athletes (and champions!) that are delivering great things for our community.
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I still prefer The Coral Forum. @CoralSpringsCat posted 80% of these
Hey - how about we rename this “Other Sports Board” the “Rant Board”?
And we let people talk as if they’re adults about topics besides how far behind we are in NIL?
I like non-rev, then I can go back to posting about women’s basketball here so it doesn’t get lost on the Men’s basketball board.
I started every game at NU , playing with many football players each Spring. They did not look at me as a freeloader but as a teammate. We played about 60 games in 10 weeks, traveling to away games in station wagons that seniors drove, with a paltry per diem for meals.
I had offers to play professional baseball after high school but chose NU . It was miserable playing in the cold weather but every day from January to June ,25 of us showed up for practice and games
I have no idea if CMT was an All American or a walkon but I am confident that I was as good at my sport as he was at his. I also believe I was even better at my adopted sport of rugby , proving myself against some of the best players in the world
I would guess that during my years at NU, football lost money and was subsidized just as baseball was but to use the term freeloader for the sacrifices these athletes made is unfair
Is this a joke?
I love baseball and most sports more than I do football.
But football pays the Big Ten’s bills. Basketball pays a smaller proportion. These are the two Revenue sports.
Every other sport rides their coattails. Period.
Even SEC baseball powers like Texas rely on football & men’s basketball to pay the bills.
There is barely any money in college baseball because, unlike football & basketball, there is a healthy minor league for their talents.
FWIW I cheer for NU wrestling & other non revenue sports more than most. I don’t care that they don’t make money. They leave it all on the mat.
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