Rumblings on new programs

[ZipsWrestling24]

Got a buddy who still wrestles club at Akron and allegedly UA and Kent State are in a race to fund and field D1 women’s programs. Any news/anecdotes on other schools looking to do the same?

 

Note: UA just got a new president who sold a sports agency to IMG for several million almost a decade ago and has publicly stated putting together a respectable NIL is on his to do list. School/donors bought new UA branded mats this week, as opposed to the old HS mats in a ratty old gym the club was on. 

[1032004]

Women’s and men’s, or just women’s?

[FanOfPurdueWrestling]

From this article,  university of New Orleans by 2028: https://t.co/vOSoddHKwa

 

“Continuing on his process, Grant Leeth mentions that a program close to home, the University of New Orleans, has reached out and adopted this same approach. UNO started their wrestling club and is aiming to have a D1 program in the 2028-2029 season.

“That’s kind of the structure or blueprint of what we’re doing, and you said you’re in Louisiana. The University of New Orleans saw what we were doing. They reached out to our foundation president, and now they’re planning on adding a Division I team in 2028.”

[ZipsWrestling24]

12 hours ago, 1032004 said:

Women’s and men’s, or just women’s?

I believe both

[InterMat Staff]

On 7/8/2024 at 4:21 PM, FanOfPurdueWrestling said:

From this article,  university of New Orleans by 2028: https://t.co/vOSoddHKwa

 

“Continuing on his process, Grant Leeth mentions that a program close to home, the University of New Orleans, has reached out and adopted this same approach. UNO started their wrestling club and is aiming to have a D1 program in the 2028-2029 season.

“That’s kind of the structure or blueprint of what we’re doing, and you said you’re in Louisiana. The University of New Orleans saw what we were doing. They reached out to our foundation president, and now they’re planning on adding a Division I team in 2028.”

U of New Orleans' AD was at the Collegiate Duals in December of 2022 which took place in New Orleans. He seemed to be very engaged and talking to a lot of different wrestling-related people. Didn't appear to be a guy that was just invited there and hanging out for a few minutes, so I was hoping maybe that would be the case. 

[TexRef]

2 hours ago, InterMat Staff said:

U of New Orleans' AD was at the Collegiate Duals in December of 2022 which took place in New Orleans. He seemed to be very engaged and talking to a lot of different wrestling-related people. Didn't appear to be a guy that was just invited there and hanging out for a few minutes, so I was hoping maybe that would be the case. 

They all seem excited while attending an event. Unfortunately that excitement starts to wane once they get back to their office and we start peppering them to get started on the new program. 

With the lawsuit against the NCAA about NIL money, will we even see new programs added? 

[FanOfPurdueWrestling]

3 hours ago, TexRef said:

They all seem excited while attending an event. Unfortunately that excitement starts to wane once they get back to their office and we start peppering them to get started on the new program. 

With the lawsuit against the NCAA about NIL money, will we even see new programs added? 

We will see no NCAA sooner than a league influx of programs. 
 

burn it down, separate by amateur (non-revenue) and professional (revenue with revenue sharing), and get back to it.

[Camel Wrestling Fan]

16 hours ago, FanOfPurdueWrestling said:

We will see no NCAA sooner than a league influx of programs. 
 

burn it down, separate by amateur (non-revenue) and professional (revenue with revenue sharing), and get back to it.

I think a few college wrestling programs are revenue producing. Not much, but some. What do we do with those programs? Several examples across multiple sports. A few of the elite programs are revenue positive, thus pro in your example, while a vast majority are revenue negative. What would be different than the current situation?

[MadMardigain]

Not DI but, I just saw University of Jamestown got approval to be fast tracked to a DII program.  

[ZipsWrestling24]

On 7/12/2024 at 8:01 AM, Camel Wrestling Fan said:

I think a few college wrestling programs are revenue producing. Not much, but some. What do we do with those programs? Several examples across multiple sports. A few of the elite programs are revenue positive, thus pro in your example, while a vast majority are revenue negative. What would be different than the current situation?

In a sport like wrestling you could argue a distinction between revenue +/- teams doesn’t need to be made since it’s an individual sport. Smaller schools regularly produce AAs and even champs and in a sport like football you might have a handful of small school first team AAs.