Impact on CU sports?

[MtnBuff]

https://www.abqjournal.com/1334832/fishbein-closes-the-door-on-unm-career.html

After a one year respite the University of New Mexico on Monday will officially shut down four sports

Beach volleyball and Men's Soccer aren't programs CU has so shouldn't be much if any impact although both have been suggested as potential additions and losing relatively close out of conference opponents doesn't help.

The big one is them shutting down both their men's and women's ski programs. UNM has been a long time contender for national championships and IIRC have hosted on of the larger regional meets each year along with a few national meets.

There aren't a lot of schools competing in skiing so losing one of the better ones hurts the long term viability of the sport.

If my count is correct this means that there are now only 12 teams competing as division one ski programs and a few of these either don't compete in all disciplines or are only one gender.

At what point does the NCAA say for them just to go the club sport route?

 

[Heywood]

https://www.abqjournal.com/1334832/fishbein-closes-the-door-on-unm-career.html

After a one year respite the University of New Mexico on Monday will officially shut down four sports

Beach volleyball and Men's Soccer aren't programs CU has so shouldn't be much if any impact although both have been suggested as potential additions and losing relatively close out of conference opponents doesn't help.

The big one is them shutting down both their men's and women's ski programs. UNM has been a long time contender for national championships and IIRC have hosted on of the larger regional meets each year along with a few national meets.

There aren't a lot of schools competing in skiing so losing one of the better ones hurts the long term viability of the sport.

If my count is correct this means that there are now only 12 teams competing as division one ski programs and a few of these either don't compete in all disciplines or are only one gender.

At what point does the NCAA say for them just to go the club sport route?

This sucks for collegiate skiing and New Mexico. That was the only sport they had any chance at winning a national

 

[Not Sure]

I think if collegiate skiing could get some actual coverage, it would do better. It’s hard to televise, though. It requires a lot of cameras across a lot of terrain and that’s expensive.

 

[J.R. Ewing]

I think if collegiate skiing could get some actual coverage, it would do better. It’s hard to televise, though. It requires a lot of cameras across a lot of terrain and that’s expensive.

GoPro

 

[Creebuzz]

Skiing in the east is imperiled by climate change. Northern New Mexico (Red River and Taos) is somewhat protected by elevation. Same with most of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Montana. New England is going to have 70 day ski seasons in the future. Most resorts will just go bankrupt.

 

[Not Sure]

If climate change is responsible for the record breaking snowfall in Colorado this year, bring it on.

 

[Creebuzz]

If climate change is responsible for the record breaking snowfall in Colorado this year, bring it on.

Colorado will fare the best by a wide margin. It’s the starter slopes that will get killed. Small hills outside of D.C. like Wisp (where I first skied as an 8 year old). Or Mohawk in CT. Blue Hills near Boston. This is where east coasters often learn to ski.

 

[Heywood]

Colorado will fare the best by a wide margin. It’s the starter slopes that will get killed. Small hills outside of D.C. like Twisp (where I first skied as an 8 year old). Or Mohawk in CT. Blue Hills near Boston. This is where east coasters often learn to ski.

The west coast is in trouble too. Most ski areas in Oregon have a base elevation of 5000 ft. I always wondered why Oregon didn’t have a ski team. Bachelor is only a 2 hr drive from Eugene. Maybe because there was no one else in the pac 10 to compete with.

 

[J.R. Ewing]

The west coast is in trouble too. Most ski areas in Oregon have a base elevation of 5000 ft. I always wondered why Oregon didn’t have a ski team. Bachelor is only a 2 hr drive from Eugene. Maybe because there was no one else in the pac 10 to compete with.

Cause Nike doesn't make skiis?

 

[Bmixer]

Skiing is expensive. New Mexico cut those sports due to being in the MW conference and not getting good TV money from football. NCAA probably will not kill Skiing as a competitive sport because it is a women's sport and it would impact Tittle IX IMO. As far as climate change,