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(05-21-2020 01:10 PM)monarx Wrote:  

(05-21-2020 11:58 AM)ODUwildman Wrote:  Bare minimum. That's the bar.

I think we can all agree on that. I cant see tennis going anywhere as we have a pretty nice facility for that. If another mens sport has to go, I guess it would be either swimming & diving or golf. One would think as long as we have the pool for womens swimming, the mens team wouldnt cost much apart from travel. And we don't have a full 18 hole course on campus, so I would also think golf would be minimal cost as well. Those are just the type of programs that need to be in a bus league. I would think schools like WM, HU, VCU, GMU, Georgetown, American, JMU, Radford, ECU etc would agree.

Swimming and golf usually have meet-based schedules that tend to be regional anyway. It's not like ODU golf has to go to Texas two, three times a season. Even if ODU went to a smaller-footprint league, those sports probably wouldn't experience much difference except a shorter trip to the conference meet.