Taylor Craft (a late bloomer, but recent Erskine Committ) maybe one of the best All-Around seniors in AAAA this year, Robinson is one of the top 5 forwards in all divisions and grade levels, and the same goes for Maxwell in the goal.
There. Back on topic
But perhaps a new topic should be started picking up where teh apologies left off. My last comment on this thread...thank goodness soccer, particularly girls, are not funded by their own revenue. I love girls soccer more than football with no room for debate, but it's impossible to dismiss with a wave of the hand that:
Because a minority of gridiron teams do not make a profit, the argument of women's soccer = financial leech is invalid.
I think the money suction tenticles feed off the basketball teams in those isolated instances.
Seriously, can someone find (and link) the percentage of women's collegiate soccer teams that are self sustaining vs those that are dependent on football/basketball in another thread?
A quick phone call to the AD's of Furman, USC, Wofford, Clemson, and The Citadel would be clutch for this argument. C of C, Francis Marion, USCA/Upstate, Lander, and other non football schools would be welcome as well. In fact, forget the stats and get it straight from the horse's mouth.
I go the football games in the fall and the soccer in the spring. I've gotten my Master's Degree in Sports Administration and did my final paper on the subject. I don't need anyone else's statistics to tell me that without football, girls soccer (at least in this state) would be devastated. You see I have my own. I've got Upstate AD's that I interviewed to preach the truth. On average from 11 Upstate schools, football brings in 84% of the athletic budget with a standard deviation of 4.233% yet only spends 21% with a deviation of 8.618%. Using a slightly more limited experience in playing both collegiate football and soccer, I remember the attendance comparisons. Girls soccer is a crutch - it needs the other sports to survive. I do no think they deserve equal representation in scholarships based on being financial dead weight in MOST situations. However I support title IX for without it I think most female representation on the collegiate level would be erased due to financial restraints. They deserve the opportunity to play.
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