Over 100 college sports programs cut

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That’s an incredible figure that we have reached now, unfortunately just the tip of the iceberg. Let’s all pray college football season does not get affected otherwise experts are expecting the figure of college sports cuts to go up by at least 4 times....

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"Research by The Associated Press found a total of 97 teams eliminated at four-year schools through Friday. The count includes only teams cut with the coronavirus outbreak and its impacts cited as all or part of the reason.

Of the 78 teams lost in Divisions II and III and the NAIA, 44 were from three schools that closed at least in part because of financial fallout from the pandemic.

No Power Five conference school is known to have dropped any sports. Most of the 19 Division I teams cut — 15 men’s, four women’s — are from schools in the so-called Group of Five conferences."

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story...uring-pandemic

Some teams cuts trace back to half the team coming from outside US. 19 teams out of over 350 D1 schools only 4 of which are women's.

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This is just the beginning for college cost cutting. No other business has had 90% margins for this long of a period. It’s the next industry to get hammered. You will see big tech help (for profits) the so called “higher” and top 100 schools consolidate control and increase enrollment numbers. Reducing cost but adding numbers. People are done sending kids to school to be taught nonsense and then get 100K - 200K in debt. Tier three colleges and their sports programs will be decimated. This will eventually trickle down to the youth soccer world. With less school to send our children to be educated and play sports will effect club programs and leagues. There will be no need for 3 elite national leagues. You will see clubs fold and more consolidation once this process trickles down to youth soccer. Stronger clubs will survive but will need to add numbers and reduce cost as well.

This isn’t a question of happening or not. It’s just timing. Follow the tier 3 college failures over the next couple of years. Also follow big tech companies working with the top 25 schools across the country to add enrollment.

Once underway that will then hit youth soccer and these clubs.

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This is just the beginning for college cost cutting. No other business has had 90% margins for this long of a period. It’s the next industry to get hammered. You will see big tech help (for profits) the so called “higher” and top 100 schools consolidate control and increase enrollment numbers. Reducing cost but adding numbers. People are done sending kids to school to be taught nonsense and then get 100K - 200K in debt. Tier three colleges and their sports programs will be decimated. This will eventually trickle down to the youth soccer world. With less school to send our children to be educated and play sports will effect club programs and leagues. There will be no need for 3 elite national leagues. You will see clubs fold and more consolidation once this process trickles down to youth soccer. Stronger clubs will survive but will need to add numbers and reduce cost as well.

This isn’t a question of happening or not. It’s just timing. Follow the tier 3 college failures over the next couple of years. Also follow big tech companies working with the top 25 schools across the country to add enrollment.

Once underway that will then hit youth soccer and these clubs.

Why would it trickle down into youth sports? Only a small % that even play in HS will even play in college so how is it any different?

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Why would it trickle down into youth sports? Only a small % that even play in HS will even play in college so how is it any different?

Because the business model will be compromised....especially since most youth soccer players will not play high level D1 in college. So if lower tier programmes suffer or shutter then less options for everyone.

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Why would it trickle down into youth sports? Only a small % that even play in HS will even play in college so how is it any different?

It’s easy. Math.

Parents pay big money to put their children in these clubs with the hope to play in college. If that potential chance gets reduced more with less college opportunities and less colleges showing up at lower level leagues it will have effect on branding these so called elite level clubs that pitch getting kids into college.

Demand goes down and then the price.

Also as the country shift to a less pay to play model to get access to all.

All of this will effect future profits for clubs in many different ways.

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Why would it trickle down into youth sports? Only a small % that even play in HS will even play in college so how is it any different?

It wouldn't.

HS sports are funded through town's property taxes. HS sports will always be there. Maybe less incentivized because it's a narrower path now to get into the college purely through soccer. IMO, that's a good thing anything. Students are going what students are supposed to do, study.

Less college sports simply cut opportunities for those wealthy elites like Lori Loughlin. They don't want to study and they don't have to. They got $$$ to send kids to colleges though various venues, legit or not. The good news? These people got to pay more to get in. Good for college endowments. These parents can afford it anyway. No need to worry about them.

So if you want your kids to play college soccer, you just have to pay more. if you can afford it, good for you. It's good for the economy anyway.

It doesn't affect small fries like us. We just want to play soccer competitively, grow our skills, and be confident with our physical self.

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Again, how does this effect MOST of the kids who play youth sports? I doubt the town traveling parents think little johnny or suzy is going to a d1 school based on that. Even those up to d2 edp don't think they are playing d1 soccer.