UB has indeed cut some sports and at what I believe the min. for MAC and also complies with Title IX.

Just a quick look at the men's side of the listing: no men's swimming and diving (one of our all-time best sports. Luckey, it isn't football ) and baseball.

EMU has put a lot of money into the baseball facilities with big contributions from big donors.

http://www.ubbulls.com/landing/index

(01-18-2018 05:23 AM)emu steve Wrote:  UB has indeed cut some sports and at what I believe the min. for MAC and also complies with Title IX.

Just a quick look at the men's side of the listing: no men's swimming and diving (one of our all-time best sports. Luckey, it isn't football ) and baseball.

EMU has put a lot of money into the baseball facilities with big contributions from big donors.

http://www.ubbulls.com/landing/index

A plea to Mr. Wetherbee; Charge money for EMU baseball games! This is not high school baseball, this is DI. A plea to EMU athletic supporters; go support EMU baseball, pay $5 for a ticket.

(01-18-2018 05:23 AM)emu steve Wrote:  UB has indeed cut some sports and at what I believe the min. for MAC and also complies with Title IX.

Just a quick look at the men's side of the listing: no men's swimming and diving (one of our all-time best sports. Luckey, it isn't football ) and baseball.

EMU has put a lot of money into the baseball facilities with big contributions from big donors.

http://www.ubbulls.com/landing/index

So here's a hot take: let's not cut any sports.

(01-18-2018 08:33 AM)Bob Wickersham Wrote:  

(01-18-2018 05:23 AM)emu steve Wrote:  UB has indeed cut some sports and at what I believe the min. for MAC and also complies with Title IX.

Just a quick look at the men's side of the listing: no men's swimming and diving (one of our all-time best sports. Luckey, it isn't football ) and baseball.

EMU has put a lot of money into the baseball facilities with big contributions from big donors.

http://www.ubbulls.com/landing/index

A plea to Mr. Wetherbee; Charge money for EMU baseball games! This is not high school baseball, this is DI. A plea to EMU athletic supporters; go support EMU baseball, pay $5 for a ticket.

HS baseball does charge $5 at many schools. As a parent of a former HS player I've dished out plenty of $5 bills. Agree that a small fee should be charged at EMU.

(01-18-2018 10:08 AM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  

(01-18-2018 08:33 AM)Bob Wickersham Wrote:  

(01-18-2018 05:23 AM)emu steve Wrote:  UB has indeed cut some sports and at what I believe the min. for MAC and also complies with Title IX.

Just a quick look at the men's side of the listing: no men's swimming and diving (one of our all-time best sports. Luckey, it isn't football ) and baseball.

EMU has put a lot of money into the baseball facilities with big contributions from big donors.

http://www.ubbulls.com/landing/index

A plea to Mr. Wetherbee; Charge money for EMU baseball games! This is not high school baseball, this is DI. A plea to EMU athletic supporters; go support EMU baseball, pay $5 for a ticket.

HS baseball does charge $5 at many schools. As a parent of a former HS player I've dished out plenty of $5 bills. Agree that a small fee should be charged at EMU.

Yeah, but it would be chump change. Students would get in free. So it would be what mostly parents and friends of the players?

This is not SEC baseball which is quite good.

What's a typical crowd at an EMU home baseball game? what's the Ov/Un?

emu steve Wrote:
(Yesterday 10:33 PM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:
https://www.ubbullrun.com/2018/1/17/1690...len-greene

A lot of turnover at UB :(

Warde Manuel went to UConn -> Michigan
"Danny White went to UCF
Allen Greene off to Auburn

What 4 sports were cut?

Baseball,...

Men's Baseball, Men's Soccer, Men's Swimming/Diving, and Women's Rowing."

This is a post from the main board.

We already cut men's soccer. Would NEVER cut men's swimming/diving. Cutting women's rowing could be done IF a men's sport was cut.

And never want to cut baseball. We have too much invested in it.

(01-18-2018 10:17 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(01-18-2018 10:08 AM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  

(01-18-2018 08:33 AM)Bob Wickersham Wrote:  

(01-18-2018 05:23 AM)emu steve Wrote:  UB has indeed cut some sports and at what I believe the min. for MAC and also complies with Title IX.

Just a quick look at the men's side of the listing: no men's swimming and diving (one of our all-time best sports. Luckey, it isn't football ) and baseball.

EMU has put a lot of money into the baseball facilities with big contributions from big donors.

http://www.ubbulls.com/landing/index

A plea to Mr. Wetherbee; Charge money for EMU baseball games! This is not high school baseball, this is DI. A plea to EMU athletic supporters; go support EMU baseball, pay $5 for a ticket.

HS baseball does charge $5 at many schools. As a parent of a former HS player I've dished out plenty of $5 bills. Agree that a small fee should be charged at EMU.

Yeah, but it would be chump change. Students would get in free. So it would be what mostly parents and friends of the players?

This is not SEC baseball which is quite good.

What's a typical crowd at an EMU home baseball game? what's the Ov/Un?

That's the point. It needs to be marketed more. Make it more of an event. I used to go to games when I moved back to Ypsi. People would walk right up and watch for a while, others would bring chairs and watch along first and third base lines others would sit in the grandstand. I'd say probably 25-50 would be the average attendance. We should probably shoot for 200 a game at $5 a person. Baby steps. Baseball should be handled much differently than tennis or golf.

What is the obsession around here with charging 5 bucks for a baseball game?
The gross would be 14000 bucks for an entire season. Congrats, you've almost covered half a scholarship.

(01-22-2018 10:12 AM)Block_E Wrote:  What is the obsession around here with charging 5 bucks for a baseball game?
The gross would be 14000 bucks for an entire season. Congrats, you've almost covered half a scholarship.

You're not going to cover a scholarship but it can help pay for maintenance and upkeep, maybe equipment. You don't want to be a TOTAL drain on the athletic budget.

(01-22-2018 10:39 AM)Bob Wickersham Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 10:12 AM)Block_E Wrote:  What is the obsession around here with charging 5 bucks for a baseball game?
The gross would be 14000 bucks for an entire season. Congrats, you've almost covered half a scholarship.

You're not going to cover a scholarship but it can help pay for maintenance and upkeep, maybe equipment. You don't want to be a TOTAL drain on the athletic budget.

You can tell Bob is into marketing and sales. Sometimes they make silly and preposterous statements, if they think someone will believe them.

14K, as they say, is 'rounding error' in the baseball budget.*

Consider the value of all of the scholarships, the salaries of the staff, and ALL of the travel involved in a sport which plays many, many games across the country.

I'm tossing out wild guesses, but the budget, including value of scholarships, could be around 1M bucks simply based on scholarships, salaries and travel costs (which is probably pretty high because unlike some sports baseball travel is more extensive to get out of the Midwestern cold in Feb and March).

Actually 14,000/1,000,000 would equal 1.4%. BUT I guarantee we'd never see 14K in baseball revenues. Might see maybe a few thousand dollars and those might be mostly from family of players.

(01-22-2018 10:51 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 10:39 AM)Bob Wickersham Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 10:12 AM)Block_E Wrote:  What is the obsession around here with charging 5 bucks for a baseball game?
The gross would be 14000 bucks for an entire season. Congrats, you've almost covered half a scholarship.

You're not going to cover a scholarship but it can help pay for maintenance and upkeep, maybe equipment. You don't want to be a TOTAL drain on the athletic budget.

You can tell Bob is into marketing and sales. Sometimes they make silly and preposterous statements, if they think someone will believe them.

14K, as they say, is 'rounding error' in the baseball budget.*

Consider the value of all of the scholarships, the salaries of the staff, and ALL of the travel involved in a sport which plays many, many games across the country.

I'm tossing out wild guesses, but the budget, including value of scholarships, could be around 1M bucks simply based on scholarships, salaries and travel costs (which is probably pretty high because unlike some sports baseball travel is more extensive to get out of the Midwestern cold in Feb and March).

Actually 14,000/1,000,000 would equal 1.4%. BUT I guarantee we'd never see 14K in baseball revenues. Might see maybe a few thousand dollars and those might be mostly from family of players.

You make a compelling argument (unwittingly) for cutting the baseball/softball programs. And I LOVE baseball! My neighbor and little league teammate is the ALL TIME winningest pitcher in EMU history. To legitimize it's existence, there has to be a ticket cost.

(01-22-2018 01:53 PM)Bob Wickersham Wrote:  To legitimize it's existence, there has to be a ticket cost.

I appreciate your enthusiasm for EMU sports, but I still don't follow that logic at all.

(01-22-2018 02:15 PM)Block_E Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 01:53 PM)Bob Wickersham Wrote:  To legitimize it's existence, there has to be a ticket cost.

I appreciate your enthusiasm for EMU sports, but I still don't follow that logic at all.

I can, in a sense.

Bob is from the marketing / sales world.

In marketing, etc. there is a notion that the price of a good or service, in part, helps determine its PERCEIVED value to the consumer.

That is why tickets to big events are so ridiculously priced to lend the feeling that it is some of extraordinary value.

The old marketing joke is if something is cheap and of poor quality the best remedy is to raise the price and consumers will think it is a good product.

Raising the prices of EMU football tickets suggests that the product is improved.

If the Detroit Tigers lowered ticket prices this year by say 25% it would be a tacit admission that they believe the product to be of poor quality.

To get back to Bob's point, a nominal cost may change the perception of the value of EMU baseball, some, but probably not much.