Kenny Bell and NCAA Reform

[caveman99]

That profit number is expected to double in 2017 when the university gets a full share of the new tv deal. Are we going to sponsor curling or something with that money?

Why do you think there is talk about creating a hockey team, and of course a female sport equivalent? NU athletics is a non-profit entity, it has to do something productive with the cash. Perhaps more facilities upgrades or perhaps the academic side will get a much bigger annual stipend from athletics than they currently get. Imagine what kind of research that could fund.

 

[Count 'Bility]

So what if the university and/or NCAA is making a sh#t ton of their "services". Unless youre Bill Gates or Warrent Buffet, this is ALWAYS going to be the case in the real world. They better just get used to it.

Warrant Buffett sounds like a killer fusion tribute band.

Thanks for pointing out my typographical error.

d!(k.

 

[Abdullah the Butcher]

That profit number is expected to double in 2017 when the university gets a full share of the new tv deal. Are we going to sponsor curling or something with that money?

Why do you think there is talk about creating a hockey team, and of course a female sport equivalent? NU athletics is a non-profit entity, it has to do something productive with the cash. Perhaps more facilities upgrades or perhaps the academic side will get a much bigger annual stipend from athletics than they currently get. Imagine what kind of research that could fund.

His monthly appearance on the Husker Sports Network, Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst threw cold water on the idea of the athletic department starting up a division 1 ice hockey program. The only sport Nebraska has any intention of starting is the new sand volleyball program. That's cold water, not the ice that a hockey program would need. A lot of people had hopes that with Eichorst's background at Wisconsin and the Big Ten's expansion into hockey that the Huskers might join the ranks of the division 1 schools with hockey programs. But that doesn't appear to be in the cards at this time.

http://www.cornnation.com/2013/2/13/3983054/husker-hockey-isnt-coming-to-the-b1g-anytime-soon-but-it-does-exist

 

[Landlord]

At this time is different than 5-7 years from now, when we will definitely be exploring and planning to add hockey.

 

[Abdullah the Butcher]

Edited

 

[knapplc]

Ohio State has 39 varsity sports. Nebraska has 22.

 

[QMany]

Damned Makovickas again.

 

[Abdullah the Butcher]

Ohio State has 39 varsity sports. Nebraska has 22.

Nebraska has 24 Knapp, Ohio State sponsors between 34-39, three different sources have three different numbers. I was mistaken on the other schools and I apologize.

sand volleyball gives Nebraska 24 sports (14 women, 10 men) and is the first new sport since women’s rifle was added in 1998. Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst said he doesn't foresee adding more sports in the future.

http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/volleyball/nebraska-to-add-sand-volleyball-as-spring-sport/article_c81528f9-b237-5944-98db-c76a7969f9b6.html

 

[caveman99]

Ohio State has 39 varsity sports. Nebraska has 22.

Nebraska has 24 Knapp, Ohio State sponsors between 34-39, three different sources have three different numbers. I was mistaken on the other schools and I apologize.

sand volleyball gives Nebraska 24 sports (14 women, 10 men) and is the first new sport since women’s rifle was added in 1998. Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst said he doesn't foresee adding more sports in the future.

http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/volleyball/nebraska-to-add-sand-volleyball-as-spring-sport/article_c81528f9-b237-5944-98db-c76a7969f9b6.html

As Landlord stated, I think this will most likely change once the higher tv revenues kick in.

 

[Landlord]

Ohio State has 39 varsity sports. Nebraska has 22.

Nebraska has 24 Knapp, Ohio State sponsors between 34-39, three different sources have three different numbers. I was mistaken on the other schools and I apologize.

sand volleyball gives Nebraska 24 sports (14 women, 10 men) and is the first new sport since women's rifle was added in 1998. Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst said he doesn't foresee adding more sports in the future.

http://journalstar.c...6a7969f9b6.html

This is from 16 months ago but okay.

 

[Mavric]

Sipple's take:

However, there exist at least two thorny issues:
1. Only the schools in the powerful Big Five conferences (Pac-12, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC and ACC) would be able to afford stipends.

Which is why the Big Five is seeking autonomy, or a clean break from the fray. The NCAA seems destined to be divided into the "haves" (Big Five) and "have-nots" (everyone else). The NCAA board of directors will meet Thursday in Indianapolis to discuss stipends and other proposals that could benefit athletes, and change the landscape as we know it.

2. At some point, of course, stipends won't be enough. Athletes will want more and more and more, as big money flows all around them. And if they don't want more and more and more, savvy attorneys will convince them they should want more and more and more, and the legal battles will continue, along with the massive legal fees.

Yeah, a big money grab.

Let's face it, legal battles in college athletics -- one in particular -- could become more dramatic than the games themselves.

 

[Abdullah the Butcher]

Instead of adding more sports we could take the SEC model and spend millions more on football while having less teams.

 

[StPaulHusker]

Ohio State has 39 varsity sports. Nebraska has 22.

Nebraska has 24 Knapp, Ohio State sponsors between 34-39, three different sources have three different numbers. I was mistaken on the other schools and I apologize.

sand volleyball gives Nebraska 24 sports (14 women, 10 men) and is the first new sport since women's rifle was added in 1998. Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst said he doesn't foresee adding more sports in the future.

http://journalstar.c...6a7969f9b6.html

So here is Huskers.com. The official website of Nebraska athletics. If you scroll over the "teams" tab, it shows 22 teams. 9 for men and 13 for women.

http://www.huskers.com/HomePage.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&DB_LANG=C&KEY=

 

[knapplc]

Ohio State has 39 varsity sports. Nebraska has 22.

Nebraska has 24 Knapp, Ohio State sponsors between 34-39, three different sources have three different numbers. I was mistaken on the other schools and I apologize.

sand volleyball gives Nebraska 24 sports (14 women, 10 men) and is the first new sport since women's rifle was added in 1998. Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst said he doesn't foresee adding more sports in the future.

http://journalstar.c...6a7969f9b6.html

So here is Huskers.com. The official website of Nebraska athletics. If you scroll over the "teams" tab, it shows 22 teams. 9 for men and 13 for women.

http://www.huskers.c...0&DB_LANG=C=

Yeah, I'm not sure where the confusion is coming from here. Counting really isn't that hard.

 

[Abdullah the Butcher]

What two teams did we drop since that journal star article then? The Husker website article says the same thing.

http://m.huskers.com/mobile/ViewArticle.dbml?atclid=205896263&