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Post by donut on Dec 9, 2021 15:56:09 GMT -5
They could likely afford a volleyball facility and could spring for the land for a pretty nice softball stadium if they wanted. Not really. Vanderbilt is an urban campus in the middle of probably the best real estate in Nashville. There really isn't available land around campus. And the surrounding the current athletic facilities are parking garages and lots that are controlled by the Med Center. Literally the only practical solution I've ever heard is building a softball field on top of a parking garage.
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Post by donut on Dec 9, 2021 15:56:34 GMT -5
Their priorities seem to lean toward medicine, more than sports. Maybe they've got it right. Oh, and they certainly do.
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Post by ze202 on Dec 10, 2021 12:21:38 GMT -5
[first post on VT] It is worth noting that Vanderbilt recently launched a massive $300M facilities upgrade initiative that includes (among other things) a new basketball practice facility. The basketball teams currently use a practice gym opened in 2002 that sits next to Memorial, and appears to be pretty good size (three cross-courts). I feel like they could make that into a really nice volleyball gym once basketball moves over to the new facility.
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Post by rainbowbadger on Dec 10, 2021 13:10:25 GMT -5
Either the NCAA apparel people just doesn't give a $#!+ or someone fudged up. Anyone else want to buy one? Maybe we as a VB fandom can speak (er...buy it) into existence? Buy your own here!View AttachmentOkay, I confess, I bought one. I work with Vanderbilt in my day job - they're a client - and it's hilarious to me that they don't have a VB team but these shirts are still available. I'll wear this shirt to try to will a Commodore Volleyball team into existence. And I'm the only person in my real life who will get the joke.
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Post by bbg95 on Dec 10, 2021 13:20:03 GMT -5
Looking at their list of sports, it appears likely they sponsor just enough sports to meet any conference or D1 minimum requirement. They show to sponsor 6 men's sports and 9 women's. In men's, they have cross country but not track and field. In women's, they have lacrosse and bowling, but no volleyball or softball. Appears their administration must be satisfied with the current number of sports and I would guess it won't change until the SEC puts pressure on them to add sports. Like the Big 12 with Okie State not playing volleyball, a school not playing a major sport tends to screw up scheduling for the other schools. Vanderbilt organizes their athletics department differently than any other D1 school, I believe. It's under Student Life. Not saying that's a good or bad thing, but it's probably accurate to say they treat athletics differently than most D1 schools (and even differently than some of their peer schools like Stanford, Duke, Northwestern). Bowling is random, but hey, they're really good! Lacrosse is predictable given where the student body traditionally comes from. My impression is that the SEC doesn't put much pressure on Vanderbilt. Despite the football program, it seems SEC likes their academic jewel (and founding member). But I think there's hope -- the outgoing AD in 2019 said he regretted not adding new athletic teams, specifically mentioning volleyball. Having a female AD amplifies that hope a bit too. Vanderbilt also being essentially a free win in football (at least for the top programs in the SEC) might be viewed as a feature rather than a bug.
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Post by jayj79 on Dec 10, 2021 13:30:59 GMT -5
the commode doors
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Post by vbking2020 on Dec 10, 2021 13:32:43 GMT -5
This would be awesome
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Post by deepsouthfan on Dec 10, 2021 13:39:31 GMT -5
Vandy doesn't have a softball team either, which I get. It would be expensive to build a softball field in Nashville. But how hard is it to throw up a net on the basketball court? There's a lot of talent in the Nashville area. Great school. I could easily see them in the top half of the SEC very quickly. Do you have about 3 million laying around? And that’s just scholarship money. And even though they have SEC MONEY, they don’t make enough in ticket sales for football to even break even as a department.
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Post by donut on Dec 10, 2021 14:16:41 GMT -5
Vandy doesn't have a softball team either, which I get. It would be expensive to build a softball field in Nashville. But how hard is it to throw up a net on the basketball court? There's a lot of talent in the Nashville area. Great school. I could easily see them in the top half of the SEC very quickly. And even though they have SEC MONEY, they don’t make enough in ticket sales for football to even break even as a department. This is false.
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Post by stevehorn on Dec 10, 2021 14:20:07 GMT -5
Vandy doesn't have a softball team either, which I get. It would be expensive to build a softball field in Nashville. But how hard is it to throw up a net on the basketball court? There's a lot of talent in the Nashville area. Great school. I could easily see them in the top half of the SEC very quickly. Do you have about 3 million laying around? And that’s just scholarship money. And even though they have SEC MONEY, they don’t make enough in ticket sales for football to even break even as a department. So their tuition plus room & board costs $250,000 a year?
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Post by donut on Dec 10, 2021 14:28:00 GMT -5
Looking at available financials, both football and athletics as a whole, Vandy actually seems healthier than Mizzou, Ole Miss and Mississippi State.
Regardless, money certainly isn't what is preventing Vanderbilt from having a volleyball team lol
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Post by deepsouthfan on Dec 10, 2021 16:41:26 GMT -5
Do you have about 3 million laying around? And that’s just scholarship money. And even though they have SEC MONEY, they don’t make enough in ticket sales for football to even break even as a department. So their tuition plus room & board costs $250,000 a year? No. 55/yrx12x4 Just about 3 large.
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Post by stevehorn on Dec 10, 2021 17:10:04 GMT -5
So their tuition plus room & board costs $250,000 a year? No. 55/yrx12x4 Just about 3 large. Except you only need a fourth of it the first year and each year thereafter.
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