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[QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4955053, member: 5685"]
I don't want to drop Soccer. Also, not an SU thing. Soccer as a Men's sport doesn't seem worth it long term for colleges to sponsor IMO. MLS going forward is likely to eat up the majority of the talent pool before the kids even graduate High School. IMO as it currently is, college soccer is hard to watch. There is a lack of quality. I think that will actually get worse as time goes on.

So if college sports were to move to a model of Sporting Clubs (for profit to the school with a professional sport pathway for the athletes, no academics) and Amateur Athletics (non profit, non professional more so your Olympic sports, academics involved), where does Men's Soccer fit in?

I would say it fits in the Amateur category. Schools aren't going to profit on Men's Soccer and the talent will be like FCS FB. IMO few college kids in the future will end up playing professionally. In which case, is it really worth sponsoring? Especially with Title IX considerations?

I think you can say similar about Olympic Soccer. Does the sport really belong there?
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