I wish they can add a men's soccer program.... we could probably play Akron, a perennial soccer team, if we did....
You don't think that we are building a facility for women's sports do you? I have heard two reasons for the facility:
1. It is part of a women's sports complex ...will have 3 facilities ...soccer, softball, and a women's athletics center (building). Because of it's association with women's athletic, there is $$$ available.
2. It is the last facility we need to join the MAC and adding men's soccer is the key focus.
We do need one more men's program ...many say hockey, but we need a nationally-sanctioned sport. So it has to be swimming or soccer. Also, the plan that I have (which is old) does not have a track. However, it is pre-WATTS.
I favor the soccer field, softball, with massive expansion of the track facilities. The women's athletics building is not really needed for any conference we are looking at. If we were trying to appeal to a larger conference, it would help us. Besides, we do not have the funds to staff it. It would become an office for part-time coaches, and a female weight-room ...and we should have the room for that in Stambaugh and Beeghly.