Eastern Michigan University Tennis Dropped

Interesting observation and conclusion. But let's take a look at everything.

The wrestling team is 100% American (24 male athletes)
Men's swimming team is 82% American (28 of the 34 male athletes)
Softball team is 100% American (17 female athletes)
women's swimming team is 83% America (31 of the 37 female athletes)
women's tennis is 100% International (8 of the 8 female athletes)

So in total of the cut sports 100 of 120 athletes are American. (83%)

So yeah other than that, great work tennis junky.


edit: Misread it. they aren't dropping women's swimming. So that puts the ratio at 69 of 83 athletes are American. Which is... still 83%
 
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and why did EMU have to go 100% international, it is because 3* Americans won't give them the time of day and 2* Americans can not compete at even the low D1 level, so that leaves International students, who in general become better students and less spoiled then their American counterparts.
 
so why doesn't EMU drop football? They don't have the players or the attendance to justify the 85 scholarships?
 
and why did EMU have to go 100% international, it is because 3* Americans won't give them the time of day and 2* Americans can not compete at even the low D1 level, so that leaves International students, who in general become better students and less spoiled then their American counterparts.
I know plenty of 3 star girls who would have went there. My daughter has friends#S who are 3 stars who are really decent players who really struggled to find scholarship .the schools took foreigners instead. It's getting tougher for. American girls and the quality of game has actually gone up through the years. It's the choice the coaches make to get the best team they can field but doesn't make it easy for kids here. Just think teams should be limited to at least 50/50. Alumnae who support these programs are frustrated by it and show less support when there are hardly any Americans.
 
I know plenty of 3 star girls who would have went there. My daughter has friends#S who are 3 stars who are really decent players who really struggled to find scholarship .the schools took foreigners instead. It's getting tougher for. American girls and the quality of game has actually gone up through the years. It's the choice the coaches make to get the best team they can field but doesn't make it easy for kids here. Just think teams should be limited to at least 50/50. Alumnae who support these programs are frustrated by it and show less support when there are hardly any Americans.

It truly is a shame.
And I can't even imagine a parent thinking this is a good system and importing ringers is good.
Only someone with no kids can think this is good.
I stopped supporting my university long ago once the team went 100% international. Now they have 1 girl from the USA so that is good. GO USA!
I use to go to the school and watch games with my team, but when they realized no one was from USA (forget the state), they were not interested. Haven't been back in years.

The reality is once these coaches set up a pipeline of recruiters which call the coach on a regular basis (and give them nice trips to Europe, the gig is up, your opportunities are greatly diminished.
 
It truly is a shame.
And I can't even imagine a parent thinking this is a good system and importing ringers is good.
Only someone with no kids can think this is good.
I stopped supporting my university long ago once the team went 100% international. Now they have 1 girl from the USA so that is good. GO USA!
I use to go to the school and watch games with my team, but when they realized no one was from USA (forget the state), they were not interested. Haven't been back in years.

The reality is once these coaches set up a pipeline of recruiters which call the coach on a regular basis (and give them nice trips to Europe, the gig is up, your opportunities are greatly diminished.
Better to grab a few international players with ITF rankings rather than random 2 and 3 stars..... js.
 
The reality is once these coaches set up a pipeline of recruiters which call the coach on a regular basis (and give them nice trips to Europe, the gig is up, your opportunities are greatly diminished.
You need to realize that some MM D1 coaches cannot even get US players to visit their schools-let alone D2 schools attracting US players above 2 or 3 stars. There are some coaches that look for US players first-willing to develop them but they are not interested. Some 4 star players would rather sit on the bench of a 12 player roster for Power D1 or up to 18 player roster for D3 than actually play in line up for MM. The situation you mention is true too, but there is shared blame for the lack of US players on college teams, and some of that blame resides with good ole USTA and their expensive, complicated, jump-through-too-many-hoops junior tournament system.
 
Because football actually generates money for the athletic department.

Actually, the football team probably costs too much and doesn't generate enough beyond what the states budgets, so they have to cut other programs to keep Football afloat....Otherwise they would have to drop out of D-I and their current conference obligations.
 
Interesting observation and conclusion. But let's take a look at everything.

The wrestling team is 100% American (24 male athletes)
Men's swimming team is 82% American (28 of the 34 male athletes)
Softball team is 100% American (17 female athletes)
women's swimming team is 83% America (31 of the 37 female athletes)
women's tennis is 100% International (8 of the 8 female athletes)

So in total of the cut sports 100 of 120 athletes are American. (83%)

So yeah other than that, great work tennis junky.


edit: Misread it. they aren't dropping women's swimming. So that puts the ratio at 69 of 83 athletes are American. Which is... still 83%

Agreed. International factor just means tennis doesn't hurt as bad to cut because it probably doesn't have a lot of interest from the students or the surrounding area....But it is only 4-8 scholarships, coaching salary, and team general budget, so just a small part of the budget being cut. I am sure even if they had a full American lineup it would probably be the same result as women's tennis at that level has a small following. I would guess there isn't a whole lot of interest in sports at EMU because of its proximity to UM. Most students just don't care in general, so why have the sports.
 
EMU is a MAC school, and MAC schools are the best case study in cutting not only tennis programs, but athletic programs in general. If you start digging around on the internet you will see everywhere that the MAC schools are having budgeting issues left and right. They threw all their eggs into football in the eighties, and have gotten no results. And in order to keep a D-I football status, they have to at least keep up with football at a premier level. The Athletic directors at these schools during the 70's and 80's, when the MAC was a I-AA conference, felt they could have a conference to rival the BIG, and pushed to not only get that sort of recognition but signed their lives away hoping their football and basketball programs would carry the financial burden. They are all sitting on unmanageable, empty stadiums on Saturday, have sub-par interest from their student bodies in sports; have gotten into an arms race with their BIG neighbors for student athletes, state budgets, and facilities; all while trying to also support the equivalent women's sports program opportunities. Bowling Green, Ohio, Miami, Kent State, and Akron got rid of tennis long ago. In some cases both programs! Had nothing to do with Internationals, and everything to do with a commitment to a couple of sports they felt were their cash cows. They are stuck with these albatross programs, and have little choice but to cut programs. Tennis being one as this is to many athletic directors (Mostly football guys) a recreation sport run outside of the NCAA, with little interest and more interest in the club aspect. So to them, students are just as happy supporting that without any cost to the school.

Not a fan of the International domination of tennis, but I think these programs get cut even if Americans were playing, because many of them got cut way back when Americans were playing.
 
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