Will UTEP need to step up to the "plate" and add a baseball team?
The New CUSA 7.... 6 have Baseball.
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What men's program will you eliminate to comply with Title IX regulations?
NMSU and UTSA both have smaller athletic budgets yet they both field baseball and other sports. Where is UTEPs $ going? I suspect it goes to something far more important, bloated administrative salaries.
Perhaps less is more when it comes to funding a winning C-USA program
Spending money on your program will only get you so far in Conference USA
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According to this article "No program in Conference USA receives a worse return on their athletics investment than UTEP."
How else are we going to afford all those vice president positions?
And that helps UTEP how? Even if UTEP were to resurrect the baseball program, will the SWUP be provided to UTEP free of charge?
No of course not. It’s laughable when people suggest UTEP start baseball.
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I don’t expect anything from UTEP athletics except more misery and mediocrity. I guess I’ll have to add financial mismanagement to UTEPs list of inherent attributes. No one does less with more than UTEP.
Perhaps less is more when it comes to funding a winning C-USA program
Spending money on your program will only get you so far in Conference USA
According to this article "No program in Conference USA receives a worse return on their athletics investment than UTEP."
UTEP has a slightly lower budget than UTSA, but UTSA has less expenses (travel is my guess) so UTSA gets a bigger profit than UTEP.
Good God.... no, UTEP is not adding baseball. This would be a financial money pit. There is no baseball stadium on campus to play in and playing at Southwest University Park would only result in more money loss due to paying to use the field and balancing the schedule around the teams already there.
Then there's Title IX and the fact that adding a women's sport to equal the scholarships would result in a bigger hole.
The baseball team formerly here never had a winning record in conference in its history. You could also go to a game and see more players than fans at every game.
Then there's Title IX and the fact that adding a women's sport to equal the scholarships would result in a bigger hole.
The baseball team formerly here never had a winning record in conference in its history. You could also go to a game and see more players than fans at every game.
They have baseball. We have track
They have swimming and diving. We have tennis and rifle.
That's about it.
Rifle is in a conference with Alaska Fairbanks and Ohio State which certainly hurts the ROI from spending mentioned earlier in this thread. Baseball would be great, especially with the talent and history here in El Paso, but UTEP should establish itself in its current sports before adding new ones. I’d hate to see the athletic department worn too thin.
You’re correct, but man we had fun hauling our keg into Dudley Field to watch them play and talk smack to BYU!
UTEP only fields a rifle team because they need enough women's scholarships to balance the men's scholarships to comply with Title IX. If UTEP adds a baseball team (or a soccer team, as some pine for), they would have to add even more women's sports to cover the scholarships.
With all this "history" the UTEP baseball team never had a winning season in conference
And….the season is over next week
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If Utep had a baseball team, Melendez would be breaking records at Utep.And….the season is over next week
2022 C-USA Baseball Championship Presented by The First - Conference USA
I'm not a baseball fan but Mrs 2step (who follows UT baseball) told me some of the best hitters in D1 baseball are from El Paso. There is Contreras at SHSU who is #5 and best in RBI for SHSU as well. All part of a 2018 local baseball class of players who played together young.
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/baseball/d1
https://www.ktsm.com/sports/college...dez-square-off-as-texas-tops-sam-houston-9-2/
https://www.ktsm.com/sports/local-s...s-finding-success-at-grand-canyon-university/
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/baseball/d1
https://www.ktsm.com/sports/college...dez-square-off-as-texas-tops-sam-houston-9-2/
https://www.ktsm.com/sports/local-s...s-finding-success-at-grand-canyon-university/
Don’t you have the resources to ask someone who could get you that information?
Do all the teams in the Mountain west have a baseball team?? How about all the teams in the AAC?
Without looking I will bet that they all have baseball teams. Its actually embarrassing that UTEP doesn't have a baseball team. When I look at the CUSA message boards, all the other fans act shocked that UTEP doesn't have a baseball team.
That’s because you’re an idiot. Mega rich SMU does not have a baseball team. Current CUSA school North Texas doesn’t have one either. Syracuse doesn’t have baseball.
I would bet actually nobody cares if UTEP has baseball or not. Including most UTEP fans.
I dont follow college baseball so I didn't know. If UTEP had a team I would follow it.
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