I wouldn't want it as an NJ field as that would be controlled by the state, and they do such a great job running things. No reason, though, a Rutgers field couldn't be used for other events besides RU games.
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Nebraska has exactly one pro sports team, the Omaha Golden Spikes a Triple A affiliate. You want to see sports above the high school level, your options outside of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are nearly nonexistent.
Imagine If Rutgers was the only option in the State of NJ. The Giants, Jets, Knicks, Nets, Mets and Yankees all played in Albany or the Adirondacks. The Sixers, Eagles and Phillies all played in Pittsburgh. Every minor league team moved out of state by at least 100 miles except the Trenton Thunder. What do you think Rutgers attendance would look like across the board?
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This also helps Nebraska.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Nebraska
Constant coverage on the TV stations.
Unless folks start giving, Rutgers may have to look to cut 3-4 sport within the next 5-6 years. Seeing how painful it was to go from 30 to 22, will be even more interesting to see how we go from 22 to 19 or so.
IMHO, outside of football, basketball and possibly baseball I doubt there would be much of a difference.
I’d say “highly doubtful.” We would have done it by now. Which, obviously, is opinion as well but I just don’t understand what would make you come out and make a statement as such In the first place.
With B1G checks coming soon, that with some winning in football and basketball will help move to highly doubtful. But do need alll three to converge quickly.
RU isn't cutting any sports. Anyone who thinks otherwise has rocks in their head.
Again until you hear something factual this conversation is a non-starter my friend. Actually, as has been discussed elsewhere, look for RU to POSSIBLY AADD women’s wrestling in a few years.
With Big Ten revenue increasing every year and many sports improving and positioning themselves to increase revenue thru tickets sales and with athletic donations increasing and all of that to improve when football gets resolved, I think we will add sports.
Need a stadium that is comparable with the others in the Big Ten. They face similar or worse weather issues
Disagree. Women’s wrestling would be a very cheap addition and could potentially be a championship caliber sport, almost immediately, in Piscataway. IF the SKWC gets behind a push for this don’t be surprised IF it happens
Until other Big10 schools add Women's Wrestling , I doubt RU is going to add it. Right now NO other Big 10 schools have a women's wrestling team, as far as I can tell. U Michigan at Dearborn has one, not sure of their affiliation with U Michigan Ann Arbor.
But personally , I'd like to see it. NJ has some good female wrestlers. Princeton Coach Ayers daughter won a NJ State Championship this year. His wife seems to be a big proponent behind women's wrestling. There is girl at Phillipsburg, Jewels Gonzalez, who was a phenom at this years tourney, with a big upside. I hope it keeps growing.
List of Women's College Wrestling programs:
https://socalwrestlergirl.com/wcwa/
But personally , I'd like to see it. NJ has some good female wrestlers. Princeton Coach Ayers daughter won a NJ State Championship this year. His wife seems to be a big proponent behind women's wrestling. There is girl at Phillipsburg, Jewels Gonzalez, who was a phenom at this years tourney, with a big upside. I hope it keeps growing.
List of Women's College Wrestling programs:
https://socalwrestlergirl.com/wcwa/
I would bring back men’s swimming first We are already paying for a coaching staff and a facility.
Wouldn't woman's wrestling facilitate that with respect to Title IX?
Exactly. Adding women's wrestling allows RU to add men's swimming and/or men's crew and maintain Title IX compliance.
Agree. Not until you figure out how to pay for it and do the things you want relative to investments in other sports without going into the debt hole. It’s pretty simple at this point.
OR we could add men’s hockey and have the best funded women’s wrestling program in the country to meet the Title 9 rules !!!
No we should NOT cut sports. Hire good coaches and win at the existing sports. Examples: women’s rowing, softball and field hockey are sports that we were poor in until we made good hires and now we are successful. Hobbs is continuing on this path thankfully.
Never will happen. Hockey is insanely expensive. Women’s Wrestling a very low percentage possibility in the very distant future.
Off campus club sports possibly, funded Big 10 sports, forget about it.
Abro, there will be Rutgers Hockey at some point in the future. We will likely start out playing at either Trenton or Newark. Currently, we are putting 50 New Jerseyans into the Division 1 level. I don’t know when we will start a program, but it will happen.
Because we have no money and we should be cutting sports not adding them. It wouldn't generate any money either
Hockey won't happen until someone drops an 8 figure donation to fund it. Don't hold your breath.
Mdk, agree we will need major donations. As I have said before, I hope Pat Hobbs has preliminary plans in place once the money is available, whether it is three years from now or fifteen.
Why can't we cut volleyball? That seems to be a top candidate (perennial loser) along with Mens Cross Country and maybe Mens Golf. All non-impactful sports in attracting money to university.
Who's to say volleyball can't be successful after we chop the head off the HC? Women's Crew did nothing for decades until Hobbs fired the lifer coach collecting a paycheck. 2 years later, the team has its best season ever.
