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RE: Report: UCSD Finally Gets Big West Invite
(11-08-2018 06:01 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  I wonder if they kept their football instead of dropping it, and have a stadium? Would they be a target for the PAC 12 instead of San Diego State?

UCSD's intention was to go D1 non-football...in an alternate universe were UCSD kept football they would've been probably be more like the FCS CA schools like Cal Poly & UC Davis than the FBS CA football schools UC Berkeley & UCLA...UCSD does not have the athletic culture associated with schools that have big time sports...UCSD is more known for their academics with athletics as more of a side note...they're trying to change the culture with the move to D1 and the Big West Conference...

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UC San Diego has not fielded a football team except in Fall 1968 when a newly formed pigskin organization turned in a winless season and then folded for lack of interest.[31] Since then, the subject of bringing NCAA football back to UC San Diego has been a recurring topic. Tom Ham, a local restaurateur and a supporter of UCSD football since the 1960s, has said that UCSD would have no future in San Diego without "big-time" football.[32] Proponents of a major football team have projected benefits that include greater school spirit and a more well-rounded school experience for students as well as enhancing the school's national profile.[33] Opposition to "big-time" football comes from a wide range of school faculty and administrators such Daniel Wulbert, Revelle College provost, who says that any boost to school spirit wouldn't be worth the sacrifice, and that he wants UC San Diego to "have a life for reasons other than watching hired athletes come and play."[34] Both sides acknowledge that adding an 80- to 100-man[35] football team would not only cost some US$1–1.5M annually, but that the initial outlay in equipment and facilities would be in the tens of millions.[36] Furthermore, in order to comply with Title IX's requirement for equal sports opportunities for both sexes, some three women's teams (80–100 athletes) would have to be added, or three existing men's teams disbanded.[36] Without the expense of football, UC San Diego has been characterized as having "the best all-around program, with the most success by the most student-athletes" in San Diego.[34]
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