Started By
Message
1
Posted on 4/24/26 at 2:21 pm to nicholastiger
quote:
if arkansas is spending a couple million on tennis NIL
Nobody said NIL. The spend amount is just on the actual program.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 2:27 pm to hubreb
We could run both programs for a century just from the pocket change that spills from our bloated and under performing football team in one year.
The issue isn't that we can't field competitive teams in both sports. It is that the AD doesn't want to bump the budget up a fraction to do so. We've spent a lot of money on facility upgrades so even though we bring in a ton of money, we don't have a ton left.
I think it's a lousy idea, with just a bit of investment we could be really good at both sports. But we've been overly generous with a lot of coaching contracts and are paying those off.
The issue isn't that we can't field competitive teams in both sports. It is that the AD doesn't want to bump the budget up a fraction to do so. We've spent a lot of money on facility upgrades so even though we bring in a ton of money, we don't have a ton left.
I think it's a lousy idea, with just a bit of investment we could be really good at both sports. But we've been overly generous with a lot of coaching contracts and are paying those off.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 2:30 pm to hubreb
I mean does anyone give a shite? There is no inherent right to get scholarships to play a sport that generates zero revenue.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 2:32 pm to CBandits82
quote:
I hate this shite. All of it.
This.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 2:51 pm to hubreb
That’s fricking terrible. They have one of the nicest facilities in the country
One of my best college wins came there. Down a set 5-0 and came back to clinch winning 6-3 in the third.
Tennis is also one of the cheapest if not the cheapest sports to run
One of my best college wins came there. Down a set 5-0 and came back to clinch winning 6-3 in the third.
Tennis is also one of the cheapest if not the cheapest sports to run
This post was edited on 4/24/26 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 4/24/26 at 2:55 pm to TheWalrus
quote:Then just blow up all of college sports and become Europe. It isn’t meant to make money. Only football and basketball does.
I mean does anyone give a shite? There is no inherent right to get scholarships to play a sport that generates zero revenue.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 2:56 pm to Richleau
quote:
Yep, states like Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana are not rich enough to be able to maintain at this pace.
Yup. NIL is going to eventually relegate the SEC to sun belt level. Our days as the premier sports conference are over and not coming back
Posted on 4/24/26 at 3:01 pm to deltaland
This also throughly proves Arky ain’t the SEC
Only two schools without men’s tennis programs
Arky and mizzou….
Only two schools without men’s tennis programs
Arky and mizzou….
Posted on 4/24/26 at 3:01 pm to Sus-Scrofa
quote:Or they'll convert it to something else, so they can collect more donor money and put a new name on a new facility.
Intramural tennis at Arkansas is going to have the nicest intramural facilities of all time
(Yes, I'm jaded)
Posted on 4/24/26 at 3:04 pm to Murph4HOF
quote:
Or they'll convert it to something else, so they can collect more donor money and put a new name on a new facility. (Yes, I'm jaded)
The Broyles-Matthews Diamond level pickleball and tailgate club.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 3:06 pm to OU Guy
The stupid fricks cut their 3rd and 4th most “successful” sport according to profit/loss 
Posted on 4/24/26 at 3:07 pm to hubreb
i saw 14 of the 20 students were international. so like everything else in this country, this was just welfare for foreigners. good riddance.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 3:07 pm to hubreb
Posted on 4/24/26 at 3:11 pm to hawgfaninc
quote:Hey genius, only two sports, men’s basketball and football, did better than men’s and women’s tennis financially ….
hawgfaninc
When making layoffs or cuts, the entire point is to cut something that actually holds weight. You cut the two least costly programs. Financially it makes no sense . It’s like playing off the janitor and secretary
This post was edited on 4/24/26 at 3:19 pm
Posted on 4/24/26 at 3:16 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 4/24/26 at 3:19 pm to hubreb
Sad. Absolutely hate to hear this. NIL is a joke.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 3:25 pm to lsupride87
quote:Because of Title IX, the scholarships have to be equal.
The stupid fricks cut their 3rd and 4th most “successful” sport according to profit/loss
If they cut women's basketball, then that number of scholarships needs to be cut from men's sports, and we both know Arky ain't cutting MBB (it makes money and they have a good history in the sport).
They have too much success in T&F/XC to cut those sports.
If Arky cut softball, then baseball would have to go (which isn't happening).
Soccer is generally used to make up for the scholarships given for football, so it is protected.
I don't know shite about frick in regards to Arkansas swimming and diving, so I'm not even going to speculate on why it didn't get the ax.
If tennis goes, then you don't have the uneven scholarships with men/women and you can shutter the whole facility and auxiliary stuff associated with it. A shitty choice had to be made over ~$2.3M.
As an LSU fan, you might remember when LSU had a bad arse wrestling program before Title IX. Funny that caused all SEC schools (at the time) to drop wrestling and now the NCAA has a Women's Wrestling Championship.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 3:26 pm to lsupride87
At least Mizzou has rasslin.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 3:26 pm to Murph4HOF
It’s not financial. Saving 3 million total when every other program loses more money shows that
Arky simply didn’t care or invest at all about tennis and was tired of getting their asses kicked in tennis so folded
Arky simply didn’t care or invest at all about tennis and was tired of getting their asses kicked in tennis so folded
Page 2 of 3
Popular
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News