NCAA beach volleyball on ESPN...

[eckie1]

This is a fledgling NCAA sport, just established in 2016. How the 17 don’t we have a team? Or a bowling team? It seems like neither could have expenditures into the 7 figures for any given year.

Our lack of investment in these smaller sports is mind-numbing. Most schools don’t win **** in basketball or football. Most have stumbled into some NC somewhere along the way in some of these smaller sports. 17ing Mizzou won the CWS in the 50’s, for example.

I want to see us load up on some of these smaller sports and have a shot to fill up our trophy case. Am I crazy? Even Vandy has won baseball and bowling NCs.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

We could have the beach volleyball games at the Kappa Sig house!**

 

[MaroonCrusader]

I could see the MSU bowling team having practice on pitcher night.

 

[o_dawgnabit]

I could see the MSU bowling team having practice on pitcher night.

Unfortunately the bowling alley closed in 2014

 

[bulldogcountry1]

Any sport we don't have already would be a financial drain.

 

[MaroonCrusader]

Unfortunately the bowling alley closed in 2014

That’s a shame. I remember they used to have pitcher night. $10 bucks to bowl and drink as much draft Keystone Light from 8pm-10pm. It got pretty wild in there. Lots of beer on the floors...everywhere.

 

[eckie1]

Baseball is a drain at most schools....

Any sport we don't have already would be a financial drain.

We have it as good as anybody, but we (and most SEC schools) are the exception here.

Bowling and Beach VB would have some upfront costs, but would never require much after that besides routine maintenance. I can’t imagine either being a drain at all. Small rosters, smaller salaries for coaches, no huge arenas.

It’s our luck that disc golf, a pretty substantial nationwide sport, isn’t recognized by the NCAA. We’ve won 4 titles in that sport alone....

 

[mstateglfr]

Any sport we don't have already would be a financial drain.

Lets clear something up- most all sports are a financial drain.
Baseball is a financial drain for all but a few teams, at least as of 2016.
Softball- drain.
Women's basketball- drain.
Golf- drain.
Swimming- drain.

Etc etc etc.

In general, except for football and mens basketball, just consider every other sport a drain.

Your statement isnt reason to not add a sport.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

He did not want to hear that.

 

[patdog]

It's a damn good reason not to add a sport. We need to field the minimum number of sports to be in compliance with NCAA and SEC rules, and fund them to be competitive. We have more money than we ever have, but we're still at a huge disadvantage compared to the rest of the SEC. Last thing we need to do is make it worse by adding a lot of financial drains we don't have to.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

We need to add men’s soccer for sure.

And maybe women’s gymnastics!

No need to add Curling. We already have 12 ounce curling as a spectator sport.***

 

[revereno]

The athletic department had every intention of adding women's beach volleyball a few years ago before this recent round of campus improvements. The court was to built on the old intramural field right beside the Student West parking lot.

Not sure what happened to cause it to fall through. Still a great space and not too late to add. Minimal investment costs in building a sand court with seating. Low costs in only transporting a couple players. I'm sure it would draw a decent crowd as well! Requires a much different skill set than regular volleyball. Stricter rules with a tougher environment to play in. Fun sport to watch.

Could the additional scholarships be used to increase baseball's scholarship count?

 

[AssEndDawg]

Lets clear something up- most all sports are a financial drain.
Baseball is a financial drain for all but a few teams, at least as of 2016.
Softball- drain.
Women's basketball- drain.
Golf- drain.
Swimming- drain.

Etc etc etc.

In general, except for football and mens basketball, just consider every other sport a drain.

Your statement isnt reason to not add a sport.

Hell yeah! Not only that...

English - drain
Math - drain
Student Union - drain
Administration - drain
Graduate programs - drain
Intramural sports - drain
Club sports - drain

What in the living <17> are we doing? We need to cut all this stupid **** out and just be a collegiate professional sports program. All this wasted time educating and running a "school" is a drain, much less other athletic programs that don't make us money. Fools! *****

 

[RocketDawg]

The uniforms should be cheap since they're so tiny. No complaints though.

 

[G-Dawg]

When I was in Baton Rouge at LSU a few weekends ago, they were converting their old tennis facility into a beach volleyball arena.

The athletic department had every intention of adding women's beach volleyball a few years ago before this recent round of campus improvements. The court was to built on the old intramural field right beside the Student West parking lot.

Not sure what happened to cause it to fall through. Still a great space and not too late to add. Minimal investment costs in building a sand court with seating. Low costs in only transporting a couple players. I'm sure it would draw a decent crowd as well! Requires a much different skill set than regular volleyball. Stricter rules with a tougher environment to play in. Fun sport to watch.

Could the additional scholarships be used to increase baseball's scholarship count?

 

[Awwhellnaw]

About these uniforms.. feel like a hump day should be dedicated to this subject

 

[tbaydog]

My daughter play beach a few years back for FSU. Some of her opponents appeared to be "its".

 

[paindonthurt_]

This might be the dumbest statement ever

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

Baton Rouge has two Bars with Beach Volleyball courts. They have League play with multiple levels and beer specials on league nights. There is one located not to far off Sherwood. Tuesday’s and Thursday’s are League nights.