Tennis & Swimming and the Mid-Con

[BisonSig]

I was looking at the Mid-Con http://www.mid-con.com/ web page and noticed that they have Tennis and Swimming as sponsored sports. Any word on whether the Bison intend to have either added in the future? I know we used to have swimming back in the 80's.

[imabison]

I was looking at the Mid-Con http://www.mid-con.com/ web page and noticed that they have Tennis and Swimming as sponsored sports. Any word on whether the Bison intend to have either added in the future? I know we used to have swimming back in the 80's.

I am certain it was said early on the NDSU would not have to add any sports.

[STC_TFA]

I do not think we will have to add anything........

[BisonSig]

Sorry, I guess I meant are we going to be adding?... not do we have to add.

[Jeffdaryl3rd]

If we were going to add either one of these sports we would have to spend some money on facilities. We only have a couple crappy tennis courts and I'm guessing we'd have to upgrade our swimming facilities if we were going to support a D-I program. As such, I think we would be unlikely to spend any significant amount of money on new facilities for non-revenue sports at this point.

[imabison]

If we were going to add either one of these sports we would have to spend some money on facilities. We only have a couple crappy tennis courts and I'm guessing we'd have to upgrade our swimming facilities if we were going to support a D-I program. As such, I think we would be unlikely to spend any significant amount of money on new facilities for non-revenue sports at this point.

Will the swimming facitily be upgraded as part of the BSA remodeling?

[kchats]

I thought I heard they might be fixing the pool up at the BSA because women's swimming and diving is a sport that can be added for gender equity (title IX).

[Jeffdaryl3rd]

I hadn't thought of the Title IX angle, so maybe they would think about adding swimming and diving. They would have to significantly upgrade the facilities though.

[mikelsch]

No plans to make the pool bigger or add sports at NDSU

[BisonSig]

Darn, puts us at a disadvantage to win the Commissioner's Cup http://www.mid-con.com/commissioner/ , which I feel should be a goal for NDSU. After all in for a penny in for a pound.