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Post by hgc159 on Aug 13, 2024 17:15:45 GMT -5
Boooo! This type of thing is exactly why I didn't want to join the $EC. We had to join either the SEC or the Big 10 or we risked losing relevancy and having a voice in the future of collegiate athletics. Giving up LHN was a sacrifice, but a needed one given where college athletics is heading. Unfortunately, that is correct. I still don't have to like it, though. |
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Post by biodogtexas on Aug 13, 2024 17:30:29 GMT -5
I disagree, I believe we should lower the number of subs in each match. Additionally, I think the NCAA should adopt the international Mikasa ball as well. I would also like to see the college game allow for pursuit, but that's just my opinion. I don't, especially if you are trying to grow the game. I'm old enough to have played under the old sideout-scoring / 6 subs / no libero rules back in the 90s. There was no future in the sport for shorter players unless you were Liane Sato super-sub good (which I assuredly was not)I'm not a volleyball fan, I'm a Texas fan. So maybe I'm out of touch. but I think this is a very important point. It's important that a sport is playable by more than one body type, most especially the average person. Look at soccer. It's the most popular sport in the world, in part, because literally anyone can play it at a high level. You don't need to be 6'6" with a 7'6" wing span. You don't need to be a 350 lb dancing bear. You don't need to be 4'8'' with 20" hips. You don't need to be particularly big, tall, strong, short, coordinated, or any type of athletic freak to play the sport at a high level. You just need to be able to run. Look at football. While you don't need any particular body type to play soccer, football has crafted a role for people of everybody type. It doesn't matter how big, tall, fat, smart, fast or slow you are, there's a position you can play as long as you're physical. For the health and growth of the game the sport needs a pathway for more people to play it at at high level like Soccer. For the quality of the product to improve over time, the sport needs more specialization and people who can be great at each individual skill like Football. It would seem to me, based on the arguments here, that more subs rather than fewer subs is better for those goals. The more subs you have, the more back court players can play in the back court, the more front court players can play in the front court. Do you want the middle blockers blocking or receiving serves? Hitters hitting or passing? Passers passing or sitting on the bench? It's possible that more subs leads to less well-rounded players. But why is that a bad thing? Why is more specialization not good? Is it bad for baseball that pitchers don't hit, that catchers don't play the outfield? Is it bad for football that lineman don't catch passes, that offense doesn't play defense? Is it bad for track that shotputters don't throw the javelin, that sprinters don't run distance events? |
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Post by katn on Aug 13, 2024 17:34:05 GMT -5
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Post by biodogtexas on Aug 13, 2024 17:34:55 GMT -5
The SEC now owns all the rights to everything. If it's not on the network cable channel it'll be streaming through SECN+ on the ESPN app. The only thing we'll ever get on LHN is something the University still owns the rights too. That's unlikely to include any live events of official competition. That probably only leaves scrimmages and fall ball / spring games. I won't say "never' to anything else becasue there are sports like Rowing and Beach Volleyball that aren't SEC Sponsored and rarely televised to begin with. Those might slip through the cracks. But every SEC sponsored sport will always be aired through one of the various SEC Network avenues going forward. Not sure it matters whether the sport is SEC sponsored. I believe technically what the SEC Network owns is the Tier 3 rights of every school in the conference. If that is accurate, then it would also own the rights to the non-SEC sponsored sport events where the rights belong to a conference school. This is something I'm not sure about. The SEC does own the exclusive Tier 3 rights for every school. However, can the SEC own the rights to a sport they don't sponsor? I don't know so I can't say for sure. And we're not gonna know until it actually comes time to actually watch them somewhere either. |
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Post by slxpress on Aug 13, 2024 17:40:39 GMT -5
We had to join either the SEC or the Big 10 or we risked losing relevancy and having a voice in the future of collegiate athletics. Giving up LHN was a sacrifice, but a needed one given where college athletics is heading. Unfortunately, that is correct. I still don't have to like it, though. For sure. I’m sympathetic to your position. There’s a lot of “Get off my lawn you crazy kids!” going on in college athletics for this old fart. |
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Post by slxpress on Aug 13, 2024 17:46:31 GMT -5
It partially illustrates how few matches we play in the regular season compared to everyone else. I mean, 3 of those 5 seasons Texas played in 6 tournament matches. I don’t know what’s the comparative stat for the total number of tournament matches played in. I guess I could go add it all up. But I do know who would be number 1.. |
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Post by hgc159 on Aug 13, 2024 17:49:09 GMT -5
Not sure it matters whether the sport is SEC sponsored. I believe technically what the SEC Network owns is the Tier 3 rights of every school in the conference. If that is accurate, then it would also own the rights to the non-SEC sponsored sport events where the rights belong to a conference school. This is something I'm not sure about. The SEC does own the exclusive Tier 3 rights for every school. However, can the SEC own the rights to a sport they don't sponsor? I don't know so I can't say for sure. And we're not gonna know until it actually comes time to actually watch them somewhere either. Good question. Case in point. Tennessee and Alabama are in the Big 12 for Women’s Rowing. If the B12 were to televise their conference meet, would they have to get permission from the SEC to show the TN and AL boats or just blur them out? |
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Post by slxpress on Aug 13, 2024 17:53:46 GMT -5
This is something I'm not sure about. The SEC does own the exclusive Tier 3 rights for every school. However, can the SEC own the rights to a sport they don't sponsor? I don't know so I can't say for sure. And we're not gonna know until it actually comes time to actually watch them somewhere either. Good question. Case in point. Tennessee and Alabama are in the Big 12 for Women’s Rowing. If the B12 were to televise their conference meet, would they have to get permission from the SEC to show the TN and AL boats or just blur them out? Scuttle the sculls? |
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Aug 13, 2024 18:12:04 GMT -5
Total wins is impressive to me, because we typically play between 4-7 less matches per year (in the regular season) than those other teams |
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Post by hookem24 on Aug 13, 2024 18:14:46 GMT -5
I’m glad to see Whitney taking swings in that practice pictures, that should mean nothing is wrong and they are just getting her back into playing after her baby not waiting on an injury! she was injured & had shoulder surgery a while back...she's just starting to practice with the team...we don't know anything yet been in the gym all summer! |
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Post by mln59 on Aug 13, 2024 18:18:43 GMT -5
let the great avatar switcheroos begin |
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Aug 13, 2024 18:20:55 GMT -5
let the great avatar switcheroos begin I'm good. Gonna stick with Swindles "F around and find out" face |
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Post by mln59 on Aug 13, 2024 18:44:08 GMT -5
roll call
who plans on being at the exhibition match on saturday?
i'll be there
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Post by katn on Aug 13, 2024 19:01:48 GMT -5
she was injured & had shoulder surgery a while back...she's just starting to practice with the team...we don't know anything yet been in the gym all summer! she did not play in europe |
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Post by hookem1 on Aug 13, 2024 19:01:59 GMT -5
Stars
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