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I keep wondering why Northern Colorado still has a baseball team at this point even though their main conference doesn't sponsor the sport.
Right now, we can't afford it.Originally Posted by Denver_sc
With other things building so that MBB starts bringing in several million in profit and football revenue grows as we get back to being a top program... plus I think a lot of other other sports succeeding will get them closer to break-even while spurring donations from their few but passionate fans... then I can see our AD budget growing to the point where baseball/softball is affordable.
But I don't want to do it just to do it. I'd want to see us go first class and put us in position to compete for championships if we're going to add any sports. For baseball/softball, that means indoor training facilities, a stadium complex and large recruiting & travel budgets. Maybe we could be the first program to make a commitment to recruiting Japan? To make it happen at CU, we need resources and we need to think outside the box a bit.
In the end, the best way to make everything happen is to do everything we can to get our football and MBB houses in order since those drive revenues, donations, community interest and our ability to fund other sports.
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I keep wondering why Northern Colorado still has a baseball team at this point even though their main conference doesn't sponsor the sport.
You mean like 10 consecutive posts accusing the other person of using a strawman, when it never happened?
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One way that baseball could work would be if we could find a way to partner with the Rockies. If they had an interest in putting a minor league affiliate in Boulder, we could share facilities.
Lots of college football teams share facilities with pro teams. Why not baseball?
That's an excellent thought. Oregon does it, and their facility is beautiful.
I doubt the city would let it fly, but I'd love to try. Two baseball teams? I may not like math, but even I can understand that two is better than one. We could call them the "Boulder Bison," or something equally as quaint.
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In hockey and lacrosse? Not in the near term, certainly. We have the resources to compete over time, though. But we also have the resources to compete over time in baseball.
Putting together a baseball program wouldn't be the most difficult thing to do. If I were Bohn, I'd go back to John Stearns and see if he's still willing to head up a fundraising effort to raise the capital needed for the facilities and to fund an endowment to pay for coaches salaries and scholarships. If he is, great. If not, then table it. I'm firm in the belief that we're going to want a baseball program at some point. The sooner we do it, the faster we'll get to a point of being competitive.
If you think I haven't dreamed of that exact set-up, you're kidding yourself. Bat-**** insane, but I'd pay to see it.
Not likely to happen. The only pro leagues anywhere remotely in the area are AAA or Rookie ball. They would either have to pull out of the Springs or GJ, both of which have existing facilities. And they just installed a humidor in the Springs. Plus, the travel in the Pioneer League is horrendous already - it was from Casper and will be from GJ. From Boulder it is much worse.
There are just no A or AA teams anywhere in the area to make them look at moving Modesto, Ashville or Tulsa to Boulder.
This is a complete pipe dream, but wouldn't it be cool to have a front range independent league? Kind of like the Cape Cod league and the Northern league? Those games are awesome. How cool would it be to have an independent league with teams in Pueblo, Castle Rock, Golden, Boulder, Aurora, Loveland, Greeley & Ft. Collins?
If you've ever been to a Cape Cod League or Northern League game, you know how much fun they are. Pure baseball. That's good stuff. I'd love to see it here.
would it cost the Monforts any money? then it probably won't happen.
AA ball is the kind we would want to get, that is where they typically send the hot prospects. Would be good for the Rockies to have both AA and AAA ball farm teams near by.
Love that idea. If they do that in Boulder, we could get CU baseball. I think the only way CU gets baseball in the future is if a minor league team sets up shop in Boulder.
A minor league team is not coming to boulder.
2002: last time CU finished the season ranked
2005: last winning season
2007: last bowl game
Comparing DU (or any other top lacrosse program) to the top baseball programs in the PAC is like comparing apples to oranges. I wouldn't be shocked if UCLA, USC, and the Arizona schools don't spend more money on shoes and unis than DU or Johns Hopkins spends on lacrosse.
Having a competitve baseball team would be a very expensive proposition.
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