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I think it might depend on the future need of live TV content for ACC NetWk


LAX is growing in popularity, but TV Ratings are far behind Baseball & Softball.

Data from last year's Spring Season:
- 2017 NCAA Women Softball Tourney 26 games averaged 458K viewers/game
- 2017 SEC Championship (LSU vs Arkansas) 436K viewers
- 2017 ACC Championship (FSU vs UNC) 154K viewers
- 2017 Men NCAA LAX Semifinals (Towson vs Ohio State; Denver vs Maryland) 260K viewers
- 2017 Women NCAA Championship (BC vs Maryland) 85K Viewers

So the question of will VT ever have Men's Lax? I say it's possible in >10 years:
- The sport is growing in VA, NC and the Northeast (feeder states for VT states)
- The ACC is viewed as one of the two premier conferences (BIG with Maryland, Hopkins, Ohio State, is the other) ACC has a lot of tradition - even though they lost Maryland, they gained Syracuse and ND.
- Revenue dynamics need to change, but if VT can make additional money from TV, to offset fielding a team - they might make a jump. Which means they have to also invest in a women sport like field hockey or crew to meet Title IX.
- As TSL has written many times, the investment in adding LAX and a corresponding women sport would be viewed as taking budget from other sports - so it would be both a big financial and political hurdle.

Separately, SEC baseball and softball are huge for Spring sport TV ratings, so I suspect that they don't have LAX on their radars at all.

(In response to this post by vtchem75)

Posted: 05/14/2018 at 10:57AM


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  Will Tech ever go to MLAX at the ACC intercollegiate level? ** -- vtchem75 05/13/2018 6:57PM
  Given the world we live in now, I think we are more likely to see... -- Broken Hawk 05/14/2018 12:31PM
  I think it might depend on the future need of live TV content for ACC NetWk -- HokieMoose 05/14/2018 10:57AM
  Doubtful -- HokieDevil 05/14/2018 08:34AM
  I don't see it happening anytime soon but... -- Old Line Hokie 05/13/2018 10:17PM
  Can't fund every sport. Unless we suddenly have a huge amout $, won't -- 7Hokie1 05/13/2018 7:59PM
  Not really too much expenses -- Mercury 05/13/2018 7:14PM
  Does lax get 15 scholies? ** -- 48zip 05/13/2018 10:10PM
  It was just an example, the number 10 or 15 not important -- Mercury 05/14/2018 05:31AM
  They get 12.6, BTW. ** -- 48zip 05/13/2018 10:12PM
  I'd like to know how the NCAA comes up with a number like 12.6? ** -- Old Line Hokie 05/13/2018 10:20PM
  Easy. Originally 14. Then reduced by 10% -- 48zip 05/13/2018 10:58PM
  I wish but you are correct ** -- Hamburger 05/13/2018 7:25PM

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