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re: Football and Baseball money is good, but not compared to the BIG-10.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 2:37 am to MrAUTigers
Posted on 7/19/19 at 2:37 am to MrAUTigers
Women sports have a place.
Money is money, however.
Why demean your whole University's Athletic Program for something that isn't worth watching to begin with?
You have to cater to whatever works, financially, to your Athletic Department.
Women's sports are a financial drainage historically. This is why Stanford pumps money into Men's Volleyball, Men's Gymnastics and Water Polo.
Soccer, Wrestling and Lacrosse really needs to be added to the SEC in the future.
Money is money, however.
Why demean your whole University's Athletic Program for something that isn't worth watching to begin with?
You have to cater to whatever works, financially, to your Athletic Department.
Women's sports are a financial drainage historically. This is why Stanford pumps money into Men's Volleyball, Men's Gymnastics and Water Polo.
Soccer, Wrestling and Lacrosse really needs to be added to the SEC in the future.
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Posted on 7/19/19 at 2:39 am to Hailstate15
Soccer would do better than Baseball in the SEC. It just may not get that oppurtunity
Posted on 7/19/19 at 2:39 am to MrAUTigers
I’m saying you take a massive money hit. Build men’s soccer it’s own proper stadium and field, get proper coaches and training staffs, and properly market it, and within 30 years it would be either the second or third biggest revenue sport. Honestly I think it would pass basketball.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 2:46 am to The Winner
you honestly think soccer games could average over 8,500 people in the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana? That is a bad take and not because I hate the sport.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 2:48 am to Terrific Tales
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it would pass basketball
there is no way this happens. March Madness alone generates more money than the entire bowl season. 90% of the NCAA's revenue is made from march madness
Posted on 7/19/19 at 2:50 am to Terrific Tales
Exactly.
We would kill it in an already popular sport internationally.
The Olympics in Japan have already cornered it specifically due to its popularity.
I think that the SEC needs to broaden its horizon.
We definitely have the resources.
We would kill it in an already popular sport internationally.
The Olympics in Japan have already cornered it specifically due to its popularity.
I think that the SEC needs to broaden its horizon.
We definitely have the resources.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 2:50 am to Terrific Tales
Just look at MLS. No one in America really cares about those games. Hell I couldnt name 3 teams (I know the dynamo because I have seen them play) but millions of americans can name the last super bowl, finals, and world series winners. soccer isnt what it is in other countries here in america
Posted on 7/19/19 at 2:54 am to Hailstate15
Soccer is literally the most popular and played sport...on Earth.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 2:54 am to Hailstate15
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Just look at MLS. No one in America really cares about those games.
Your right. No one cares about Soccer. Ecspecially not in the Southeast
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On October 22, 2017, Atlanta United played an MLS regular season match versus Toronto FC at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in front of 71,874 spectators, beating the record they set for the largest crowd in a stand-alone MLS match in September against Orlando City (which also marked the first time the roof was opened for a soccer game). Atlanta United also set the single-season record for attendance
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On March 11, 2018, Atlanta United played an MLS regular season match versus D.C. United at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in front of 72,035 spectators, setting the record for the largest crowd in MLS history.
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On October 23, 2017, it was announced that the 2018 MLS All-Star Game would take place at Mercedes-Benz Stadium against Italian club Juventus. It was held on August 1, 2018, and set a new record for attendance at an MLS All-Star game, with 72,317 spectators
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On December 8, 2018, Atlanta United hosted the Portland Timbers in the 2018 MLS Cup final (earning home field advantage by virtue of their regular season record over Portland). Atlanta defeated Portland 2–0, winning their first-ever MLS championship. The game initially reported a single-game attendance record for Major League Soccer, with 73,019 spectators
Posted on 7/19/19 at 2:58 am to The Winner
Posted on 7/19/19 at 2:59 am to Hailstate15
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you honestly think soccer games could average over 8,500 people in the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana? That is a bad take and not because I hate the sport.
Easily. If you can get over 10k for baseball, you can get around 30k for soccer.
The soccer calendar is much more like football(or more comparatively basketball) too to where you only have 1 maybe 2 games per week.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:00 am to The Winner
The NHL averaged a little over 17000 people per game yet makes more. There isn’t a desire to watch soccer on tv in america unless it’s world cup/olympics.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:01 am to The Winner
You honest to god fricking think Mississippi State can get 30 fricking thousand people to watch soccer but can hardly get 3 thousand to watch a basketball game? I realize you like soccer but that would never happen and will never happen.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:01 am to Hailstate15
That is true. A lot of us who follow the league absolutely loathe the current US Soccer structure and how they treat the league. Just think it took them over 20 years after it's founding to even find the #1 fanbase in all of soccer. They completely ignored the Southeast market and what they didn't realize was that the Southeast market is one of the biggest in the country.
And I've been to plenty of MLS games to tell you that is the case.
And I've been to plenty of MLS games to tell you that is the case.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:03 am to Hailstate15
MSU fans are too focused on Women's Basketball and are stupid and somehow believe that the Men's Basketball program sucks to support them so not a good comparison there.
But yes if the US Soccer does their job in making and competing in World Cups, it would trickle down to Mississippi and any other State like it has for the past 30 years.
But yes if the US Soccer does their job in making and competing in World Cups, it would trickle down to Mississippi and any other State like it has for the past 30 years.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:05 am to Hailstate15
The current MLS tv deal is abysmal compared to the NHL and other leagues. Also bad scheduling is a result of the decrease of popularity.
Also unlike other major US leagues. MLS teams don't just compete in the MLS. They compete in national and Continental cups like the CONCACAF champions league.
Also unlike other major US leagues. MLS teams don't just compete in the MLS. They compete in national and Continental cups like the CONCACAF champions league.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:18 am to EmoryEagle4AU
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Women sports have a place.
yes they do.
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Women's sports are a financial drainage historically. This is why Stanford pumps money into Men's Volleyball, Men's Gymnastics and Water Polo.
but for every male sport a University must have a female sport of some sort. Adding male soccer would also add another female sport............which means two additional sports an athletic dept. must fund.
This thread was about making more money.........not finding a way to piss away more money.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:20 am to The Winner
Soccer in American University athletics is inevitable. The SEC would kill it going forward.
The money would be insane.
We have the resources, the future athletes, and the fan-bases to make it one of "our" sports.
The money would be insane.
We have the resources, the future athletes, and the fan-bases to make it one of "our" sports.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:29 am to MrAUTigers
Get rid of that rule.
Easy.
Women sports add nothing.
Why have them in the first place?
Why destroy a whole Athletic Department because women need to feel equal?
That is not fair to men in relation to sports overall.
That is not how the World works.
Easy.
Women sports add nothing.
Why have them in the first place?
Why destroy a whole Athletic Department because women need to feel equal?
That is not fair to men in relation to sports overall.
That is not how the World works.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:34 am to EmoryEagle4AU
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Soccer in American University athletics is inevitable.
We already have it.
Our women's national team is much more popular than our men's national team.............yet women's soccer at the collegiate level is a non-revenue generating sport.
I don't understand why you think men's soccer, at the collegiate level, would be so wildly popular?
soccer is the most played sport in the world. Yet in America it is a second class sport. F1 is the most popular form of auto racing in the world. Yet in America it is all about Indy cars or NASCAR. The point being, what is popular worldwide doesn't mean it is popular in our country.
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