Voice_of_the_Quakers 69 Report post Posted April 14, 2020 Blames COVID-19. Still sponsoring women's soccer: https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/29034684/cincinnati-drops-men-soccer-program-amid-widespread-uncertainty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoachJSS 18 Report post Posted April 14, 2020 It's a good time to slash budgets and blame the pandemic. As I have mentioned before, Soccer, Wrestling, Track.....are all good candidates to get cut. Baseball will probably even take some hits as it's a huge drain on the department. If the NCAA D I required sports for men is lowered to 5, then the number of male sports being dropped will be significant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DocBZ 89 Report post Posted April 14, 2020 LOL comical excuse.... 1 TexRef reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broomstick 67 Report post Posted April 14, 2020 25 minutes ago, Voice_of_the_Quakers said: Blames COVID-19. Still sponsoring women's soccer: https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/29034684/cincinnati-drops-men-soccer-program-amid-widespread-uncertainty Seems like a very bad sign. UC has a large athletic budget and soccer is very popular in Southwest Ohio, including at the club and high school levels. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheOhioState 417 Report post Posted April 14, 2020 47 minutes ago, Broomstick said: Seems like a very bad sign. UC has a large athletic budget and soccer is very popular in Southwest Ohio, including at the club and high school levels. If college football doesn't fill up stands in the fall, look for a lot of programs to be dumped. 2 TexRef and DocBZ reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boompa 171 Report post Posted April 14, 2020 But keep hiring more and more administrators, deans and provosts instead of academic faculty! 1 1 TexRef and madcat11 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shieldofpistis 112 Report post Posted April 14, 2020 I don't particularly like men's soccer due to all the acting. But it is bad sign for wrestling. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PSUSMC 177 Report post Posted April 14, 2020 We're all focused on wrestling, but it sucks whenever a sports program is cut from a university/college. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pinnum 796 Report post Posted April 15, 2020 On 4/14/2020 at 12:12 PM, Voice_of_the_Quakers said: Blames COVID-19. Still sponsoring women's soccer: https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/29034684/cincinnati-drops-men-soccer-program-amid-widespread-uncertainty They were already considering dropping it because the Big 12 doesn’t sponsor men’s soccer. It is freeing up $800k a year which will help smooth over the impact of the crisis and then can be used to put more money into football and basketball to continue their success all in the hopes of getting a Big 12 invitation. ODU hopes Cincinnati goes to the Big12 because they want to take a slot in the American conference. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
