Breaking News / UTEP Tennis
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Ugh. Is this why beach volleyball was added? Planned to replace tennis because it cheaper and easier to build facilities for it? (I think tennis played/practiced at the EP Tennis Center)
Even with NIL money, UTEP athletics is still broke AF. And Joe Golding remains the only person left in the BB program. Nothing about new recruits, transfer signees. Nothing, absolutely nothing! Sad times in Miner land.
Unbelievably sad. It didn't and shouldn't have happened. That's all I'll say.
Another great Jim Senter accomplishment. First program we lose in 25 years.
There are no facilities that need to be added for beach volleyball. They play in the dirt. Most of their games are on the road.
This probably came down to the fact that utep does not have any of its own tennis facilities. They lost both set of tennis courts in the campus expansion over the last 20 years. Theyve had to rent use of the El Paso Tennis and swim club facilities since then and it was probably the easiest thing to chop. Golf was probably eyed as well for the same reason.
Raising ticket prices
Hiring crappy coaches
Losing in football or basketball
Equals stuff like this
Hiring crappy coaches
Losing in football or basketball
Equals stuff like this
Come on now. 99.99% of UTEP fans never cared or could name any player or coach on this tennis team.
Nope. Basketball season tickets are actually lower. I've never paid $91.50 for season tickets.
The UTEP way. Would any of us expect anything different?
Just be thankful they perform for us!
Please buy season tickets and donate to one of the 13 NIL campaigns too! Best bang for your buck!
The men's tennis program was dismissed in the '90s under Natalicio and Hovious.
Also not having an indoor facility especially with the spring winds didn't help either.
I attended a mens' match in the '90s.
They are doing this in response to the House v NCAA settlement. Part of that settlement increases the number of scholarships a program can offer. Beach volleyball went from a max of 6 scholarships to 19. Football went from 85 10 105. The tennis team was not very competitive in recent years, which shouldn't have been the case, IMO. The big impact is that the NCAA at the division one level is reducing/eliminating the ability to have walk ons. In essence, all athletes will now be receiving scholarships. In UTEPS case it will mean fully scholarships at the maximum level in order to compete in the MWC. I still believe they didn't have to cut tennis.
Nope. But what sucks is I can't make fun of NMSU for being a land grant college and ironically dropping women's equestrian sports to save the football program. Senter just pulled a UTEP pendejada! Ugh!
No, I haven't attended tennis matches but it is sad whenever we lose a sport. I wonder if this is the first of other cuts.
I believe the minimum number of sports in FBS is 16 teams, which UTEP is now at.
Yeah it sucks that people are losing jobs and students are losing opportunities, but let’s be honest here, nobody really gave a rip about this program.
Senter is preparing for the financial shortfall resulting from next season’s basketball disaster. He’s no idiot. It’s obvious to him and anyone else who follows that awful athletic department that Golding is a piss poor coach and recruiter who will tank the program and finish at the bottom of next season’s basketball standings. Very few will buy tickets for a loser, and that is what utep basketball has become. Losing = utep=no money =no tennis.
Fire Senter
Fire Golding
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Senter is hoping and praying UTEP doesn’t lose to Utah St and/or Mr 5* doesn’t look like trash or else it will be a sparse crowd for UT-Martin.
Two people lost their job. The assistant coach wasn't even paid. The associate head coach was making just about as much as a full time $15 an hour worker. They will be fine.
No student is losing any opportunities. They still will keep their scholarship and can play at other schools, if they choose to.
What if these players just go play basketball for Golding? They will be an upgrade from his recruits.
ive heard the astronomical cost of tennis balls put the women’s tennis team out of business, so please don’t blame jimmy senter (enable sarcasm detector)
