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By: Annoddah Dave

Annoddah Dave — Fri, 23 May 2014 03:08:28 +0000

DR: How does Boise State do it? They are miles from anywhere like us, figuratively, so is the key to put all the eggs in one sport basket? For Boise it is football, and all the other teams are children of a lesser god and then some. Maybe that is the answer.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 22 May 2014 20:55:50 +0000

I’ve said it before in some prior articles and blogs…

UH should request an exemption on the number of sports it has to field in men’s and women’s DI athletics to remain in DI in the key team sports. That number could be based on the cost savings realized by certain sports becoming either DII (PacWest) or more likely downgrading to club sports, versus the amount that UH has to pay travel subsidies for MWC and Big West schools, which I understand is unique to UH. How much cost savings if UH went club in golf, tennis, soccer, water polo, swimming and diving, track & field, cross country, sailing, etc.? Again, that major sticking point for UH being those unique travel subsidies in addition to all those cash draining non-revenue sports that other school bear the brunt of.

By: innocent observer

innocent observer — Thu, 22 May 2014 18:06:57 +0000

how about this: we are currently a DII program with DII players, coaches and facilities trying to play a DI schedule. to win at the DI level, we need to upgrade the above 3 factors – an it takes money. if the state, fans, alumni are unwilling to provide the money, there won’t be any improvement and the best for uh athletics is play a DII schedule. after all we are 3/4’s there.