Heather dug a hole she could not fill

[HailtoPitt]

Why didn't Heather get a contract extension? Was that her choice or Pitt's? If Pitt didn't offer an extension, why wouldn't she be looking?

 

[pittdan77]

What do you mean by "funded?" Every scholarship at Stanford is endowed. Endowed at Pitt, no, not even close.

Does the athletic department make 85 scholies available for football, yes. All varsity sports at Pitt currently have a full complement of NCAA max limit scholarships available, which was the case in the Big East days. However, the only way to ensure that going forward is to endow them.

Yes, thank you. Endowed would have been the right word. And yes, that was my point when it comes to booster support.

 

[pittdan77]

And I am saying massive cuts are coming everywhere and the P2 arent going to get kicked out of the NCAA if they drop below. What will probably happen is that there will be no minimum requirement. So start cutting, Jane.

That won't happen for a lot of reasons, mostly because the people who run universities aren't interested in operating pro sports franchises, so just give it up.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

That won't happen for a lot of reasons, mostly because the people who run universities aren't interested in operating pro sports franchises, so just give it up.

Huh? These universities already operate 2 pro teams. What are you talking about?

I'm saying that as the arms race continues to pay players more money, some of these universities will drop some of their teams. Or perhaps they get the NCAA to allow some of their teams to play D3. Like lets say the rule gets changed to you have to field at least 10 sports, down from 16, and then they also change the rule that you dont have to be D1 in all the sports. So a school like Pitt can offer:

Football
Mbb
Msoc
Wrestling
Wsoc
Wvol
Wbb
Softball
Gymnastics
Women's wrestling?

Baseball, swimming, track, lacrosse, etc can be dropped to D3 or dropped altogether

 

[pittdan77]

Huh? These universities already operate 2 pro teams. What are you talking about?

That's a very recent change. Let it play out.

 

[12162022]

Serious question, Chancellor's have bosses I presume, they don't hire themselves, isn't it there some Board that hires a Chancellor after the Chancellors lay out a vision for the University? At the D1 level the plan must certainly entail how to handle / grow the huge money spender-maker that is College football. The plan for athletics should be known by this group, one would think.

The Board of Trustees decide the Chancellor, and removes him if deemed necessary. They'd be really careful when that situation was planned.

 

[CrazyPaco]

Huh? These universities already operate 2 pro teams. What are you talking about?

I'm saying that as the arms race continues to pay players more money, some of these universities will drop some of their teams. Or perhaps they get the NCAA to allow some of their teams to play D3. Like lets say the rule gets changed to you have to field at least 10 sports, down from 16, and then they also change the rule that you dont have to be D1 in all the sports. So a school like Pitt can offer:

Football
Mbb
Msoc
Wrestling
Wsoc
Wvol
Wbb
Softball
Gymnastics
Women's wrestling?

Baseball, swimming, track, lacrosse, etc can be dropped to D3 or dropped altogether

Per the NCAA, a school cannot be D1 in football and basketball and sponsor other sports at a different division level.

To compete in FBS football, a school must sponsor 16 total varsity sports: 6 must be men's or co-ed; 8 must be all-female sports. Beginning in 2027, 90% of max scholarships must be provided, with a minimum of 210 scholarship provided and $6million in scholarship spending. In addition, the ACC requires every school to sponsor football, men's and women's basketball, and one of either women's volleyball or women's soccer.

Pitt sponsors 19 total varsity sports: 9 men's and 10 women's.

6 of those 19 sports share the same coaching and operational staff, facilities, and travel, along with, for each individual gender, a shared scholarship pool: cross-country, indoor track, and outdoor track. 2 additional sports share the same coaching staff, facilities, and travel: men's and women's swimming & diving.

So which 3 sports do you cut out of the 19 Pitt already sponsors? You can cut no more than 3 men's sports and no more than 2 women's sports, but probably in reality, you can likely cut no women's sports due to Title IX.

Pitt has previously dropped boxing, men's fencing, men's golf, men's ice hockey, men's gymnastics, men's rifle, men's tennis, men's volleyball, and men's water polo as well as women's field hockey and women's tennis (replaced with women's lax).