Lacrosse at FAU
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At the school I teach at, one of the teachers who is filling in till the end of the year coach's lacrosse at the school. The subject of lacrosse at FAU came up. I knew the university and the coach mentioned to field a team it would have to start at the lower level of division 2, but right now if i remember correctly its NAIA or basically a club league. We then deteremined that it made sense for the time being but the point was brought up, if they did field a team, they could draw interest from people here in the reigon. I even asked one of my students who plays lacrosse, and he said if FAU had a team and offered a full ride, he would go. Just food for thought.Posted On: Mar 7th 2015, 11:39 AM #343265
It is currently a club sport.
Here is the problem with adding sports: Title IX. You have to have a balance of women's and men's sports. When you have football, it takes a lot of women's sports to catch up. Not sure where they stand on the balance. They recently added Sand Volleyball and I would bet Title IX had something to do with it.
The thing Lacrosse has going for it is that it is becoming popular and is a spectator sport that could generate revenue at some point. It could replace cross country and/or track in years to come simply because of that fact. Just my opinion. I have no information.
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At the school I teach at, one of the teachers who is filling in till the end of the year coach's lacrosse at the school. The subject of lacrosse at FAU came up. I knew the university and the coach mentioned to field a team it would have to start at the lower level of division 2, but right now if i remember correctly its NAIA or basically a club league. We then deteremined that it made sense for the time being but the point was brought up, if they did field a team, they could draw interest from people here in the reigon. I even asked one of my students who plays lacrosse, and he said if FAU had a team and offered a full ride, he would go. Just food for thought.
Posted On: Mar 7th 2015, 11:39 AM #343265
Do you teach English?
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Too bad everyone needs to write "just my opinion" to avoid conflict. If you are writing it , it obviously is your opinion. People have a hard time respecting that.Posted On: Mar 7th 2015, 12:42 PM #343267
I do it because I am not anonymous. I speak to lots of people connected with the program all the time. I do not want some to assume that I heard something and they take it and run with it. Sometimes I write things because it is my opinion and sometimes I write things because it is fact.
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