Are you willing to support it? Are you willing to endow the program? The athletic department already has far to many sports ti support. Unless someone is willing to drop a hockey like donation to fund the sport then they shouldn't add the sport. Let be honest once the novelty wears off I imagine most of the posters on here calling for it will completely ignore it and it will become another money pit for the athletic department.
What is arrogant about saying Penn State should be fiscally responsible before adding sports? People love to say they should add this sport or that sport then turn around and complain when Penn State raises prices. Are they willing to donate their money for it no matter how small or large to fund it? People complain non stop about STEP but how do you think they pay for sports that lose money? I am just tired of escalating costs. They should be removing sports and not adding them. If they had a plan to fully fund women's wrestling then I would support it. The sport has minuscule participation with only 14,587 girls wrestling nationwide.
Will it remain in the black if you continue to add sports? Most of the sports Penn State currently has are not properly supported. Many have outdated facilities. Why add another mouth to feed? 16,562 is still minuscule. That is less than half a percent of the over 3.5 million girls participating in girls high school athletics.
Yours is just an unpopular position. Some of the points have merit, delivery is the problem, imo. Anything done by the Athletic Dept, in time, will be studied from all angles.
augsburg is adding women's wrestling correct? they are going to have a really good team. psu could add women's wrestling. i don't think they would have a problem gettting the financial support.
Don’t care the source, said I’d rather see it. To that end, if people want Sandy to set the Development officers on a funding hunt to set a trend with women’s wrestling, I’m saying set the development officers on a funding hunt to put locker rooms in the stadium of a Perennial Big Ten Champion team and National Champion. Forget setting a trend, take that facility out of the ice age (other than the carpet it’s played on). Be good at what you have, move on to the next.
It's bigger than just Jeffrey Field, and "having the money" changes in the big picture context of 23 facilities that are part of the 20-year facility plan. That said, the soccer facility (Jeffrey Field) is one that's prioritized (as dunk says, the facilities stink) and placed on the 5-year plan, to be done by 2022.
FYI. It was on the plan in 2009-2010..... wake me when they do it. Ridiculous to wait any longer.
