Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:

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sports due we cut first?

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english department

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....no kidding.

Bcc the coach doesn't just set the lineup and train the fielders or pitchers. The hc In equivalency sports function more like a gm and manager combined.

They must decide how much scholarship to offer various recruits. They must weigh the likelihood of a recruit going pro instead of coming to campus. They must decide when to bring in a juco or other transfer and at how much scholarship. They must decide whether to offer a rising sr more scholarship, when he could potentially get drafted late but early enough for the signing bonus not to be total crap. (This year different bc draft shorter)

A lot of really good baseball managers lack the business sense necessary For the college game.

If Unwilling to pay even an average salary, might as well fold em.

You cut ALL men and women sports that are not soccer, basketball, softball, baseball and of course football.
The rest of the sports are not relevant to A & M and they bring no special recognization to A @ M.

Start with men's and women's protest teams.....

ABATTBQ87 said:

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Texas A&M has 18 NCAA Mens and Women's Sports programs

These would be the first 6 (33%) to be furloughed/cut for 2020/2021

1) M&W Cross Country
2) M&W Golf
3) M&W Tennis

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Cross Country is the most popular sport in the state.

You don't follow A&M sports do you?

Archery and Curling.

All Aggies Matter!

Not that long ago women's basketball lost almost S much as the men's basketball made,
Baseball lost ~$750K

TXAGBQ76 said:

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Not that long ago women's basketball lost almost S much as the men's basketball made,
Baseball lost ~$750K

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Yep...but since then, the TV contracts for WBB have nearly tripled in dollar value. Even the small school WBB programs come very close to breaking even. Schools like UConn make almost as much money on WBB as they do on MBB.

Baseball still loses money, but not at the rate they used to. The SEC Network has helped that tremendously.

In order to be recognized as a Division I school, the athletic department must sponsor at least16 sports and give at least 200 scholarships. There are some waivers to that due to Covid, but supposedly those are only short-term waivers. A&M currently sponsors 18 sports, so at most we could only cut 2 sports.

Men - baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, swimming/diving, tennis, track/field

Women - basketball, cross country, equestrian, golf, soccer, softball, swimming/diving, tennis, track/field, volleyball

I'm not sure if equestrian counts or not, since it's not a sport sanctioned by the NCAA. We can use it for Title IX compliance purposes, however. So really, that only leaves about one sport that could be cut and the obvious choice is Men's Cross Country. But really...how much money will that actually save us?

Azariah said:

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Did you really just misspell the word "do"?

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It cane be thricky

One question is what men's sports are partial scholarship(baseball, golf, tennis, swimming & diving, et al) and if the corresponding women's sport are full or partial scholarships. If so, Title IX would eliminate getting rid of a sport if there is not a like reduction in scholarships.

BAS65 said:

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You cut ALL men and women sports that are not soccer, basketball, softball, baseball and of course football.
The rest of the sports are not relevant to A & M and they bring no special recognization to A @ M.

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You have no clue what it takes to be recognized as Div 1...do ya?!

Hey Nav said:

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Did A&M ever have a wrestling program?

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Thumb wrestling