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Women’s Rowing- UAlbany’s Official 19th sport
kikuria replied to Dane96's topic in General Danes Stuff
Family obligations have kept me offline and I come back to lots of new stuff. My two cents - Chris Chase is a good fit. The challenges with "starting up" aren't the same as coming into a fully established program where you're maximizing what you already have and look to extend it. He's got deep relationships in the rowing community and should be able to leverage that into a recruiting advantage. I'm sure there will be growing pains. As long as he has enough resources (doesn't need to be the most, but does need to be enough) and is given the time to build, UAlbany has some real advantages that have been overlooked for decades. I always believed if you built it, people would come. I say that from a place of optimism while trying to be brutally objective. -
Women’s Rowing- UAlbany’s Official 19th sport
kikuria replied to Dane96's topic in General Danes Stuff
Didn't even think to check there -
Women’s Rowing- UAlbany’s Official 19th sport
kikuria replied to Dane96's topic in General Danes Stuff
Has anyone heard about coaching staff? I did some digging but haven't been able to find anything. Asked around and am hearing the guy who has been coaching for years has little/no interest because of his regular job and having young kids (apparently a small army of them.) -
Women’s Rowing- UAlbany’s Official 19th sport
kikuria replied to Dane96's topic in General Danes Stuff
Last I checked there were 7 or 8 MAAC schools sponsoring women's rowing. May have the details a bit off though. -
Women’s Rowing- UAlbany’s Official 19th sport
kikuria replied to Dane96's topic in General Danes Stuff
MAAC is most logical. The "club" team was running in that circle already. And doing well. -
Women’s Rowing- UAlbany’s Official 19th sport
kikuria replied to Dane96's topic in General Danes Stuff
Correct! Overdue but happy to see Benson and company finally pulled trigger. -
UAlbany getting lapped?! Binghamton Upgrades
kikuria replied to Dane96's topic in General Danes Stuff
Yes. They've decided to run the University as a social service agency rather than a center of excellence. They use different words but the meaning is clear. -
UAlbany getting lapped?! Binghamton Upgrades
kikuria replied to Dane96's topic in General Danes Stuff
I do try. But only occasionally! -
UAlbany getting lapped?! Binghamton Upgrades
kikuria replied to Dane96's topic in General Danes Stuff
And the Office of Civil Rights/Department of Education still haven't blessed the school declaring it in Title IX compliance. Self-inflicted wounds over and over again (like all the staffing choices you listed.) -
Tennis to be Discontinued
kikuria replied to UAFAN's topic in Spring Sports-Baseball, Lacrosse, Softball, Track + Golf
Thinking it's a business decision by the Times Union. UA athletics has been pouring advertising dollars towards the TU over the last few years. That kind of coverage kills the golden goose. UAlbany has many former TU staffers working for them now. Piss off the school with your coverage, sport reporters won't get access to the locker room or and beat reporters will get less access to on campus people. That's how the game is played and both sides know it. -
Tennis to be Discontinued
kikuria replied to UAFAN's topic in Spring Sports-Baseball, Lacrosse, Softball, Track + Golf
It's interesting that the court made clear that they are NOT saying the University is in compliance with Title IX (seemingly acknowledging they are not.) The optics aren't good when trying to recruit. Female high school athletes think 2x about coming to Albany just making the problem worse. I also looked at the reported enrollment numbers. Looks to be nearly 500 more women now than men. It's been a few years but the last time I looked those numbers the school was nearly even and sometimes even had more males enrolled. That's a big shift in a short period. If enrollment is changing that dramatically, how does the school get into compliance?!! EDIT: 520 more women than men as of June 30, 2020 report. -
Tennis to be Discontinued
kikuria replied to UAFAN's topic in Spring Sports-Baseball, Lacrosse, Softball, Track + Golf
Reading the article and the trying to get through the ruling. Basis of the dismissal appears to be because the school has current agreement with the Office of Civil Rights. And court doesn't want to step in while in effect? Am I reading that correctly?What happens if school doesn't meet the deadline?Note: Notwithstanding my love for rowing and previous advocacy for the addition of Women's Crew, I recognize that ship sailed (or rowed) long ago. Bummer but reality sets in at some point. -
Sadly, I've been heads down for a few months now. If it weren't for twitter, it would have take a few weeks for me to figure out the score of the game. So there's that at least.
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Anyone see this article? Towards the bottom is includes a small part about UAlbany owing the NCAA $30,000 for hosting the first round of football playoffs. https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Low-turnout-for-UAlbany-football-playoff-victory-14873033.php
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Times Union - "UAlbany Danes hit Division I milestone"
kikuria replied to alumni '92''s topic in General Danes Stuff
I'm definitely older than you! Probably dating myself to some degree but there used to be a ton of PE classes including swimming classes (I took one. Great 1 credit class.) There was a swimming (and diving?) team too. I don't know if there is a local market for pool rentals though. -
Times Union - "UAlbany Danes hit Division I milestone"
kikuria replied to alumni '92''s topic in General Danes Stuff
Was hoping I read incorrectly. Need to find it again. Regardless, just terrible. What were they planning on doing with it? That I don't remember. -
Times Union - "UAlbany Danes hit Division I milestone"
kikuria replied to alumni '92''s topic in General Danes Stuff
Did I read correctly that they are getting rid of the pool? Or are renovations in the works for it too? -
I agreed insomuch as it only works when it's a budget priority. It does not appear to be.
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Oh what could have been
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I should have asked this differently - was the offer to join the CAA extended at the same time as football? Or did it come up afterwards?
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Do you know when the offer was extended? How does something like that play out?
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Shame is so many ways ....
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I seem to recall reading a previous thread but ... could someone refresh my recollection on whey we didn't move over to the CAA in all sports?