Towson to eliminate baseball....

Delaware is fully funded and rumors were strong that they were going to get turf in a year or two. UD just cut Mens Track & Field and Mens Cross Country. Although they are looking for a new AD I think UD Baseball is safe in the foreseeable future.

"probably for the best"...ridiculous comment!

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Originally posted by baseball12532:

Wonder who'll be next up?

Richmond is cutting men's track and &^#^$, and adding men's lacrosse.

I would have never thought about this being a factor in choosing which sport to eliminate, but I guess it's important, especially for smaller programs.

"...comparative contributions from former s0ccer and baseball players..."

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/...drops-so-ar-2224970/

Lax is a good fit at Richmond because the sport is well entrenched within the 1% class, and this may be little Johnny's only shot to be a "D1 athlete", albeit on a mediocre start-up team.

At 55K per year and the prospect of adding 30-35 "players" to the roster, UR adds $5.5 million in tuition /fees revenue over the four year life of a men's lax team, and that includes those on scholarship, probably 4-5 spread around, and those who need more than four to graduate.

S****r and T & F athletes apparently don't come from the "means" to be able to give the Spiders more cash like the Lax offspring of wealthy.

Pricey D3 private colleges have been playing this game for years, it costs less than many programs to run (see baseball) boosts revenue and increases male enrollment at a time when both figures are down. Unfortunately its all about the bucks.

And it really is a shame that Towson drops baseball, but without the Schuerholz donation and field improvements (such that they were) the program would likely have been nixed long ago. The program was always run on a shoestring budget and while a big disappointment to current players, there are good players there who should be able to find new schools. Hopefully, the better players will find schools invested in winning baseball. Who knows, t might be the best thing that ever happened to those particular players!

This fight is not over...grass roots efforts are taking place to try and save the program...Banner "Save TU Baseball" flown overhead at Raven's game, stategically place signs a O's game and Raven football game making the local new and newspapers....Wish them luck they are not going down without a fight!