What happens to the "Olympic" sports?

blion72

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this seems to be the latest item for the media talking heads. Since the Olympics are going on, it now has hit their radar screen and the question is would the USA take a step back if those sports are cut due to funding only for revenue sports? Title IX will force the CFB solution to ultimately be some organization outside of the schools or to have them be full scale professional employees of the schools and not need them to be students.

many of the media experts seem to feel the pot of money is unlimited and there is ;plenty for everyone. a few others are more realistic and suggest that if the university funds come to bear, then there will be cuts (i.e. what has been going on for decades).
anyone familiar with Penn State financial situation and how we would whether the storm? Would the State fund more for Penn State to cover the costs?
 

GrimReaper

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There are enough sponsorship and early professional opportunities for top performers in collegiate non-revenue sports to earn a nice living. Feeding the Olympics shouldn't be a problem. Simone Biles never went to college. Katie Ledecky went for two years until she realized how much money she was leaving on the table.

Field jockey, wrestling, and volleyball may be exceptions. For those and maybe others, the USOC can return to the old Soviet model and run year around training camps. Shouldn't have a problem raising the money

That doesn't help programs that aren't good enough to attract top talent. Katie Ledcky and Simone Biles aren't going to PSU with their sponsorship deals.

State funding for PSU sports?

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s1uggo72

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There are enough sponsorship and early professional opportunities for top performers in collegiate non-revenue sports to earn a nice living. Feeding the Olympics shouldn't be a problem. Simone Biles never went to college. Katie Ledecky went for two years until she realized how much money she was leaving on the table.

Field jockey, wrestling, and volleyball may be exceptions. For those and maybe others, the USOC can return to the old Soviet model and run year around training camps. Shouldn't have a problem raising the money

That doesn't help programs that aren't good enough to attract top talent. Katie Ledcky and Simone Biles aren't going to PSU with their sponsorship deals.

State funding for PSU sports?

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Let alone the 24 hr per week training rule
 

blion72

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There are enough sponsorship and early professional opportunities for top performers in collegiate non-revenue sports to earn a nice living. Feeding the Olympics shouldn't be a problem. Simone Biles never went to college. Katie Ledecky went for two years until she realized how much money she was leaving on the table.

Field jockey, wrestling, and volleyball may be exceptions. For those and maybe others, the USOC can return to the old Soviet model and run year around training camps. Shouldn't have a problem raising the money

That doesn't help programs that aren't good enough to attract top talent. Katie Ledcky and Simone Biles aren't going to PSU with their sponsorship deals.

State funding for PSU sports?

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I think the media group talking about this were focused on the NCAA college sports being the developmental programs and not something outside of that model. You are correct, we don't need to expect financially strapped universities to take the role of funding these sports. Amazing that this suddenly hits the radar screen of the media.
 

GrimReaper

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I think the media group talking about this were focused on the NCAA college sports being the developmental programs and not something outside of that model. You are correct, we don't need to expect financially strapped universities to take the role of funding these sports. Amazing that this suddenly hits the radar screen of the media.
That media analysis is superficial. What else is new?