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With the recent success of the ladies soccer
Posted on 10/23/22 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 10/23/22 at 9:44 pm
team, do you think Alabama will field a mens team soon?
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Posted on 10/23/22 at 9:48 pm to PBD4BAMA
Title IX
Posted on 10/23/22 at 9:57 pm to PBD4BAMA
quote:I’d be surprised to see any new NCAA men’s sports added. Bama added women’s rowing for title IX and they have to compete in the Big 10 since there’s only one or two other SEC teams with rowing teams. I’m not aware of any other SEC schools with a men’s soccer team.
do you think Alabama will field a mens team soon?
(There is a soccer club team for the men - along the same lines as hockey, rugby, volleyball, etc)
Posted on 10/23/22 at 10:37 pm to Alabama_Fan
I’d be surprised if soccer isn’t added to every SEC school. It’s probably the fastest growing sport in the US.
Posted on 10/23/22 at 11:47 pm to PBD4BAMA
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team, do you think Alabama will field a mens team soon?
About Zero percent chance due to title IX compliance costs. The only way somethinglike that happens is if they dropped mens swimming and diving to pick up soccer, which is not very likely.
Posted on 10/24/22 at 8:56 am to PBD4BAMA
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I’d be surprised if soccer isn’t added to every SEC school. It’s probably the fastest growing sport in the US.
I've been hearing this lie for the past 20 years. There may be more talk of soccer every so often (usually World Cup years like this year) but it's the slowest "fastest growing sport" I have ever heard of. I hear more about pickleball than I do soccer.
Posted on 10/24/22 at 11:51 am to Alabama_Fan
We'd need to add another scholarship women's team.
Candidates:
Rifle, Equestrian, Beach Volleyball, Bowling and Lacrosse all already have other SEC schools participating.
NCAA sports where we'd be on our own: Field Hockey, Water Polo, Fencing.
Candidates:
Rifle, Equestrian, Beach Volleyball, Bowling and Lacrosse all already have other SEC schools participating.
NCAA sports where we'd be on our own: Field Hockey, Water Polo, Fencing.
Posted on 10/24/22 at 11:52 am to cdur86
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20 years. There may be more talk of soccer every so often (usually World Cup years like this year) but it's the slowest "fastest growing sport" I have ever heard of. I hear more about pickleball than I do soccer.
Um.... the state of American soccer from 2000 to now has been astronomical in terms of growth, talent and relevancy.
This post was edited on 10/24/22 at 11:53 am
Posted on 10/24/22 at 11:54 am to Alabama_Fan
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I’m not aware of any other SEC schools with a men’s soccer team
Kentucky is the #2 team in the Men's Soccer polls right now.
Posted on 10/24/22 at 12:01 pm to Lordofwrath88
I clearly need to brush up on my soccer history 
Posted on 10/24/22 at 12:43 pm to Alabama_Fan
Kentucky seems to have all the men’s sports that Bama has, plus soccer. So now curiosity is getting the better of me. They have “STUNT” and “Dance Team” listed under the women’s teams in addition to the sports Bama offers (although they aren’t NCAA sports from what my fingers are googling). Maybe as long as they provide scholarships to be on those ‘teams’ it satisfies Title IX?
Looks like South Carolina also fields a men’s soccer team which also competes in the Sun Belt
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The Sun Belt Conference announced on Wednesday that it will bring back men's soccer beginning in fall 2022 with Kentucky set to join the league as an affiliate member. The Wildcats' men soccer program had been part of Conference USA since 2005
Looks like South Carolina also fields a men’s soccer team which also competes in the Sun Belt
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The South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer team represents the University of South Carolina and, as of the upcoming 2022 college soccer season, competes in the Sun Belt Conference.
Posted on 10/24/22 at 12:44 pm to PBD4BAMA
Honestly, I'd much rather have hockey.
But yeah, we'd have to add a women's sport.
But yeah, we'd have to add a women's sport.
Posted on 10/24/22 at 12:54 pm to BamaGradinTn
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Honestly, I'd much rather have hockey.
Posted on 10/24/22 at 10:04 pm to BamaGradinTn
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Honestly, I'd much rather have hockey.
That's be soo much fun.
But on paper, the choice is clear for the University. Soccer already has a stadium, facilities and would just need to build a men's locker room and lounge. Done.
Hockey needs a huge arse arena able to freeze ice. Ideally it would do double duty as Tuscaloosa's community ice rink, until you remember UA loathes to have non university events in most their facilities.
Posted on 10/24/22 at 10:24 pm to PBD4BAMA
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It’s probably the fastest growing sport in the US.
Pickleball was listed as the fastest growing American sport earlier this year. Just have to figure our exactly what the hell it is and then field a championship team. Seems easy enough.
This post was edited on 10/24/22 at 10:25 pm
Posted on 10/24/22 at 10:26 pm to BamaGradinTn
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Honestly, I'd much rather have hockey
3rd highest revenue producing college sport.
Posted on 10/24/22 at 10:59 pm to PBD4BAMA
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do you think Alabama will field a mens team soon?
this will only be our 5th time making the post season in 36 seasons. Only once have we advanced out of the first round of ncaas, and it was last year's 11-10-1 squad. I'd like to point out that is also the only team who has advanced beyond round 2 of the sec tournament. Posted on 10/25/22 at 9:57 am to MoarKilometers
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this will only be our 5th time making the post season in 36 seasons
Big key here.
It's too early. Will Wes Hart join Sarah Patterson and Pat Murphy as non-revenue Bama legends with a program that joins the elite of their sport year in and year out?
Or will he be Rick Moody and W Basketball. Building something that is fun while it lasts, but lacks staying power and crumbles back to our average existence.
Posted on 10/25/22 at 4:21 pm to Lordofwrath88
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It's too early. Will Wes Hart join Sarah Patterson and Pat Murphy as non-revenue Bama legends with a program that joins the elite of their sport year in and year out?
I'd like to point out women's swimming finished 4th last year and 5th the year prior
It's not that flash in the pan seasons aren't great, but absolutely would enjoy longterm consistent success in any/every sport we do. All we can do now is enjoy this season for what it is, and hope we enjoy the recruiting bump a season like this brings when we start up next August. My younger brother played college soccer, so I love tossing out this season's success.
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