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LeadersWifeLife said:
Sincere question here, What do you think it would cost to get one started??
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wrestling went up to 30 or 33 scholarships, but lets just go back to the old 9.9 (or 10 for easy math). Say you get half from instate and half out, so 30k average. That is 300k in scholarship money. Now coaching staff on the cheap, 300k (way cheap side). Transportation, entry fees, gear, other misc you have another 300k. So there you are knocking on the door of just a million to put a basic rag tag team together. And that is assuming the men's team is nice and lets them use their current equipment and space at no charge.

Revenue, what do you think? How good at fundraising are they?

I'm not infavor of anything pulling money from football, that is what will keep us in a Tier 2 Power level conference behind the P2 and basically fund every other sport besides MBB.
 
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BCClone said:
wrestling went up to 30 or 33 scholarships, but lets just go back to the old 9.9 (or 10 for easy math). Say you get half from instate and half out, so 30k average. That is 300k in scholarship money. Now coaching staff on the cheap, 300k (way cheap side). Transportation, entry fees, gear, other misc you have another 300k. So there you are knocking on the door of just a million to put a basic rag tag team together. And that is assuming the men's team is nice and lets them use their current equipment and space at no charge.

Revenue, what do you think? How good at fundraising are they?

I'm not infavor of anything pulling money from football, that is what will keep us in a Tier 2 Power level conference behind the P2 and basically fund every other sport besides MBB.
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I agree with everything you've said but it generated a question. Does a scholarship "cost" the University anything? Is the Athletic Department paying over to the University a student's tuition each month-- or are they just not being charged? You have expenses in room/board/food/etc., but I'm honestly just curious if tuition is an actual "cost".
 
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I assumed that we would/could start as a club using CRTC resources, then grow into something more as popularity dictates. Right now, if an Iowa girl wants to wrestle in an Iowa college, they have to choose Iowa or a D3 school... why can't Iowa State offer something? An ISU club may be at least as competitive as a D3 program and there would be lots of them to compete against within driving distance.
 
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LeadersWifeLife said:
Come on man…. No wrestling fan should be against adding a new wrestling team. Men or women
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Time to put on my dad/grandpa pants. Money doesn't grow on tree's. MANY colleges will be cutting sports including everyone on this part of the sites beloved wrestling. Hell Beth Goetz hinted at the possibility of it a year or so ago.

Unless it is a Big10 or SEC school where the money is literally spouting up like tulips NO ONE will be adding any sports.
 
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Can always cut a sport to add a sport, but doubt anyone wants to play those political games
 
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BCClone said:
wrestling went up to 30 or 33 scholarships, but lets just go back to the old 9.9 (or 10 for easy math). Say you get half from instate and half out, so 30k average. That is 300k in scholarship money. Now coaching staff on the cheap, 300k (way cheap side). Transportation, entry fees, gear, other misc you have another 300k. So there you are knocking on the door of just a million to put a basic rag tag team together. And that is assuming the men's team is nice and lets them use their current equipment and space at no charge.

Revenue, what do you think? How good at fundraising are they?

I'm not infavor of anything pulling money from football, that is what will keep us in a Tier 2 Power level conference behind the P2 and basically fund every other sport besides MBB.
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The limit went up to 30 scholarships, but not mandatory. I was told Iowa State is staying at the 9.9 or maybe 10 scholarships for wrestling. We are not going up to 30.
 
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Clonefan32 said:
I agree with everything you've said but it generated a question. Does a scholarship "cost" the University anything? Is the Athletic Department paying over to the University a student's tuition each month-- or are they just not being charged? You have expenses in room/board/food/etc., but I'm honestly just curious if tuition is an actual "cost".
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From everything I've heard and believe I saw it in an expense report, the AD pays for the students (tuition, RandB, fees, etc) to the school.
 
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Clonefan32 said:
I agree with everything you've said but it generated a question. Does a scholarship "cost" the University anything? Is the Athletic Department paying over to the University a student's tuition each month-- or are they just not being charged? You have expenses in room/board/food/etc., but I'm honestly just curious if tuition is an actual "cost".
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Yes it does and JP has addressed this numerous times. The athletic department has to write the university a check for all of that stuff.
 
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Cyclone Pfan said:
I assumed that we would/could start as a club using CRTC resources, then grow into something more as popularity dictates. Right now, if an Iowa girl wants to wrestle in an Iowa college, they have to choose Iowa or a D3 school... why can't Iowa State offer something? An ISU club may be at least as competitive as a D3 program and there would be lots of them to compete against within driving distance.
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Cyclone Pfan said:
Great point. The men's club team has resources at State Gym. I assume the women would/could share?

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Just saying they would/could share isn't great. I'm not sure on fees, but I know they fundraise. Maybe start a fundraising campaign to see if it's viable. Just assuming you can get a chunk of whatever the current group has built up seems a little entitled.

I hope they are successful and can establish a club, I just don't want to have a current club that has established itself to have to take on another load if they don't feel it can work. I think the first step is to establish there is interest, and then if that club can support itself; no matter what/who that club is.
 
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jcordova8 said:
A club team is definitely a different story! I was told that what was shared was news of an official program.

I won’t pretend to know all the details on how adding a club team works but I believe it’s tied to student fees and fundraising. I’m curious what the approval process looks like.
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Daughter is on ISU club soccer team. It is an ISU club just like any other. They have officers to run the club and get a paid or volunteer coach. They raise money through dues as well as fund raising.
 
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VeloClone said:
Daughter is on ISU club soccer team. It is an ISU club just like any other. They have officers to run the club and get a paid or volunteer coach. They raise money through dues as well as fund raising.
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So ISU has both club and varsity soccer? Didn't know that. Knew ISU had club baseball.
 
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