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Date Posted: 02:27:03 11/13/01 Tue
Author: TitanCzar
Subject: Re: Grass Roots - or - initiated by school
In reply to: GauchoFreg 's message, "Re: Grass Roots - or - initiated by school" on 23:53:19 11/11/01 Sun

>Some reasons I think they aren't there:
>1. The bigger sports fans (that will provide support
>as alums) tend not to go to UCSB or other Big West
>schools, they go to the UCLAs, Utahs, etc.
>2. UCSB still is weaning itself off the
>anti-establishment, anti-sports mentality it had in
>the 60s & 70s. See the Cal Bears and how great their
>football team has been since the 1950s.
>3. Lack of tradition. Nice little run in the late
>80s/early 90s, that's it.
>4. Lack of a major arena. Although the Thunderdome
>is near & dear to my heart and is still far & away the
>loudest (not to mention funnest) sports arena I've
>ever been in, as for recruiting, it still has a very
>gym-like feel and just doesn't shout Big Time to a
>potential recruit.
>5. The Big West itself. Since UNLV left, no team has
>made a real splash on the national scene. Not
>certain, but I don't think we've even had a sweet 16
>team since Vegas.

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I think you can add one more. The fact that SB sponsors something like 21 sports. That prevents some sports that could be good from getting the proper funding. It also prevents some sports that could be great from getting proper funding. I do realize that SB was going to cut women's gymnastics (something I wish CSF would do) and maybe another sport.

But it is clear that SB is trying to do too much with limited resources. Much like CSUN.

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