The class action lawsuit claims Iowa failed to provide equitable athletic opportunities for its female students
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Jees..... Like no one saw this coming.......I believe at least their scholorships are being honored is that not correct?The class action lawsuit claims Iowa failed to provide equitable athletic opportunities for its female students
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Do you even give any thought at all to the things you post, or just let your hatred decide your thoughts? "Some rationality to THIS department". REALLY? So what is it exactly that Iowa is doing that the other 65 P5 teams are not in this scenario? The money is obscene, absolutely, BUT. Do you want a competitive athletic program at Iowa? Yes or No? How exactly would they compete in the current climate if they weren't "keeping up with the Joneses"? As for the $$$$, almost all of it comes from the TV contract, and donations, not from tax dollars or from the school, so where exactly is the problem? On top of that this cash windfall totally finance all these other programs that have absolutely ZERO financial following or interest on a larger scale. Do you think that Fox or ESPN will start handing out the $$ for the swimming or tennis programs to be on TV? Not hardly.Great I hope they win and sue the heck out of the University and force them to bring all the programs back.
It was a horrible decision to begin with , if they want to save money they can start by eliminating the bloated salary’s of the football staff and the obscene spending of the football program. It’s about time someone brought some rationality to this department
Great I hope they win and sue the heck out of the University and force them to bring all the programs back.
It was a horrible decision to begin with , if they want to save money they can start by eliminating the bloated salary’s of the football staff and the obscene spending of the football program. It’s about time someone brought some rationality to this department
Troll her hard!!The class action lawsuit claims Iowa failed to provide equitable athletic opportunities for its female students
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Moe RonGreat I hope they win and sue the heck out of the University and force them to bring all the programs back.
It was a horrible decision to begin with , if they want to save money they can start by eliminating the bloated salary’s of the football staff and the obscene spending of the football program. It’s about time someone brought some rationality to this department
Do you even give any thought at all to the things you post, or just let your hatred decide your thoughts? "Some rationality to THIS department". REALLY? So what is it exactly that Iowa is doing that the other 65 P5 teams are not in this scenario? The money is obscene, absolutely, BUT. Do you want a competitive athletic program at Iowa? Yes or No? How exactly would they compete in the current climate if they weren't "keeping up with the Joneses"? As for the $$$$, almost all of it comes from the TV contract, and donations, not from tax dollars or from the school, so where exactly is the problem? On top of that this cash windfall totally finance all these other programs that have absolutely ZERO financial following or interest on a larger scale. Do you think that Fox or ESPN will start handing out the $$ for the swimming or tennis programs to be on TV? Not hardly.
Unfortunately with Iowa in the news the last several months, this will be yet another black eye for the school in the media, but there will many, many other schools in the same situation very soon.....
Do you even give any thought at all to the things you post, or just let your hatred decide your thoughts? "Some rationality to THIS department". REALLY? So what is it exactly that Iowa is doing that the other 65 P5 teams are not in this scenario? The money is obscene, absolutely, BUT. Do you want a competitive athletic program at Iowa? Yes or No? How exactly would they compete in the current climate if they weren't "keeping up with the Joneses"? As for the $$$$, almost all of it comes from the TV contract, and donations, not from tax dollars or from the school, so where exactly is the problem? On top of that this cash windfall totally finance all these other programs that have absolutely ZERO financial following or interest on a larger scale. Do you think that Fox or ESPN will start handing out the $$ for the swimming or tennis programs to be on TV? Not hardly.
Unfortunately with Iowa in the news the last several months, this will be yet another black eye for the school in the media, but there will many, many other schools in the same situation very soon.....
All the schools in their conference are local and can bus to each event. Im guessing being competitive in Division 3 is probably a lot different than division 1.Iowa was competing in swimming and other olympic sports decades before TV existedand football provided any meaningful income. How do schools like Grinnell and others provide men’s and women’s Olympic sports and have no significant income in football or basketball?
All the schools in their conference are local and can bus to each event. Im guessing being competitive in Division 3 is probably a lot different than division 1.
And honestly, i make no comment about that as I have no knowledge of the dynamics about those sports. I'm simply replying to the Peckers comments that we need to make cuts in the football program, and just in my opinion thats ridiculous. Its like building any business, (and thats what this is now). You have to spend money to make money and maximise profits. The cash cow is football. Build it and let the overflow trickle down to the needy, and thats exactly what has been happening.Iowa was competing in swimming and other olympic sports decades before TV existedand football provided any meaningful income. How do schools like Grinnell and others provide men’s and women’s Olympic sports and have no significant income in football or basketball?
In Philosophy Dstewart that sounds fantastic if we could return to this type of scenario. Unfortunately that ship sailed a LONG time ago. Its kind of like I HATE cell phones and their intrusion into daily life, but try getting around without one and see how that works......The original philosophy of intercollegiate athletics was it was an integral part of what was considered a complete education. Mind, spirit and body.
the Iby League personifies that philosophy. They have great, state of the art facilities, tremendous training staffs, good coaches and field teams in 25-30 sports. Big differences are no scholarships for athletics bd coaching salaries.
How does the University of Northern Iowa manage it then?
You are so right dickboy. Lets drop the salaries to say 1 mill or less for the head coach and to say 100,000 for assistants. Then the program can go totally in the tank with no money for any sport or any support for the football team. That will show them. You have no clue what you are talking about but I have seen your reply in how many posts? Maybe if some of these sports nobody watches or cares about would dial; down what they think they are owed it would be a start. And I will add this. It should be a requirement to have a certain % of your team from the state. Why are we funding a team like field hockey that you can't get one kid from the state of Iowa??Great I hope they win and sue the heck out of the University and force them to bring all the programs back.
It was a horrible decision to begin with , if they want to save money they can start by eliminating the bloated salary’s of the football staff and the obscene spending of the football program. It’s about time someone brought some rationality to this department
The original philosophy of intercollegiate athletics was it was an integral part of what was considered a complete education. Mind, spirit and body.
the Iby League personifies that philosophy. They have great, state of the art facilities, tremendous training staffs, good coaches and field teams in 25-30 sports. Big differences are no scholarships for athletics bd coaching salaries.
Great I hope they win and sue the heck out of the University and force them to bring all the programs back.
It was a horrible decision to begin with , if they want to save money they can start by eliminating the bloated salary’s of the football staff and the obscene spending of the football program. It’s about time someone brought some rationality to this department
Double thumbs up on that! Sue the hell out of them! The boys should sue as well. If they cut football and b-ball coaches salaries across the board just 10%, they could have saved all these sports and the kids that have worked so hard to get where they are. Sue the bastards!Great I hope they win and sue the heck out of the University and force them to bring all the programs back.
It was a horrible decision to begin with , if they want to save money they can start by eliminating the bloated salary’s of the football staff and the obscene spending of the football program. It’s about time someone brought some rationality to this department
The Iowa football coaching staff salaries were 18th in the nation last year. They are 6th highest in conference so pretty much right in the middle.Great I hope they win and sue the heck out of the University and force them to bring all the programs back.
It was a horrible decision to begin with , if they want to save money they can start by eliminating the bloated salary’s of the football staff and the obscene spending of the football program. It’s about time someone brought some rationality to this department
Well It just doesn’t cost near as much to run Olympic sports in a college the size of grinnell compared to a D1 school. It’s really quite astounding some of you keep trying to compare Coe and Grinnell to a P5 school.Iowa was competing in swimming and other olympic sports decades before TV existedand football provided any meaningful income. How do schools like Grinnell and others provide men’s and women’s Olympic sports and have no significant income in football or basketball?
Did you do the math?Double thumbs up on that! Sue the hell out of them! The boys should sue as well. If they cut football and b-ball coaches salaries across the board just 10%, they could have saved all these sports and the kids that have worked so hard to get where they are. Sue the bastards!
Well It just doesn’t cost near as much to run Olympic sports in a college the size of grinnell compared to a D1 school. It’s really quite astounding some of you keep trying to compare Coe and Grinnell to a P5 school.
UNI's whole athletic dept is on life supportHow about at uni?
I'm pretty sure about half of UNI's Athletic Department budget comes from scheduling two football games a year against P5 opponents... Thus P5 football is supporting UNI's Swim team.How about at uni?
Uni almost never plays two power 5 teams. I can think of once or twice in 30 years.I'm pretty sure about half of UNI's Athletic Department budget comes from scheduling two football games a year against P5 opponents... Thus P5 football is supporting UNI's Swim team.
Are you sure you want to keep going?
Iowa had 23 sports before the cuts. Uni still has just 15 to start. The costs to run the programs are completely different. I don’t understand what’s so hard to understand about this.How about at uni?
Great I hope they win and sue the heck out of the University and force them to bring all the programs back.
It was a horrible decision to begin with , if they want to save money they can start by eliminating the bloated salary’s of the football staff and the obscene spending of the football program. It’s about time someone brought some rationality to this department
Iowa was competing in swimming and other olympic sports decades before TV existedand football provided any meaningful income. How do schools like Grinnell and others provide men’s and women’s Olympic sports and have no significant income in football or basketball?
Iowa had 23 sports before the cuts. Uni still has just 15 to start. The costs to run the programs are completely different. I don’t understand what’s so hard to understand about this.
Well It just doesn’t cost near as much to run Olympic sports in a college the size of grinnell compared to a D1 school. It’s really quite astounding some of you keep trying to compare Coe and Grinnell to a P5 school.
No they don't, that's preposterous. They MIGHT have more students involved in athletics proportionally, but that's because their overall student body is less than 2000 people.A Division III program at a school like Grinnell or DePauw has more students involved in athletics than many schools with 30-40,000 students.
No they don't, that's preposterous. They MIGHT have more students involved in athletics proportionally, but that's because their overall student body is less than 2000 people.
Also, you picked a horrible school to represent that argument. Grinnell has sports as an afterthought. You're talking about a program that had 30 players on the roster and walked out on their coaches midseason because they got zero support from them or the administration.
You're still VASTLY overestimating the amount of money spent per athlete in DIII compared to D1.