Should Bradley expand into lacrosse?

[Bradleyguy10]

Owens does not have a ton of seats, but there is nothing wrong with the views, the Peoria Mustangs (junior hockey team) pack people in and I have not heard complaints from their fans. The season is over for this year but we would love to get more people out next year.

Advertise it more..to be honest I knew we had a hockey team but I forgot about it. If you get enough fans maybe you could make a case for turning it into a real Varsity sport. It'd be a start.

[Dallas Brave]

yeah...Bradley needs to expand the sporting field. President J.G. says one of her main things as president is to expand recruiting for undergrads, and this might sound stupid but the types of sports that schools have play a big part on what type of students choose to go there or not. This would be a good way for her to do it.

It makes a lot of sense. A school's academic image is enhanced by who they play in sports. In the case of lacrosse, and maybe hockey, I think there are real image gains to be accomplished. Prep school kids love lacrosse. Bradley vs. Notre Dame etc ... it looks good.

[Fetz86]

Its an interesting note that many of the guys who play lacrosse in the spring are guys who play hockey in the fall/winter. The only people I know personally that play/have played lacrosse are people I know from hockey.

[BradleyBrave]

With the eventual split in DI coming, I wonder what BU will need to do/add to remain a DI school.

[Scouter]

I think if we played downtown in the Civic center we could draw more fans

A varsity team would almost surely play at the PCC

That's hilarious.

[Fetz86]

Its easy to beat a dozen people, notice I didnt quantify what a lot would mean. Really the dream would be for an on campus venue like UIUC has, nothing huge, but just something functional on campus, and that could be used for all sorts of other student recreational activities.

[SFP]

Lacrosse would be nice and having grown up in Maryland and a Hopkins fan it does attract the type of student that BU is after. Hockey on the other hand is a New Enland/Mid-west sport and geographically speaking we should have graduated from a club sport to a Varsity sport years ago. They played out doors in Buffalo in a NHL game, imagine putting a ring in the quad and having our team play. That may not be a bad idea next year! Maybe have a corporate sponsor pay to have a ring installed on the quad and can you imagine all the fans at that game. I'm sure it would make new all over the place.

[lake Camelot]

Colorado Lacrosse

I heard some sports talk radio guy talking about the fact that the Colorado Manmouth Lacrosse team averages 17,500 fans per game. Which is more than the Nuggets or Avalanche. I have no idea if it is a fact or not but that's what he said. He wanted to know if they hand out free beer to every fan.

[Lakeview Brave]

I played Lacrosse in highschool and it is a great sport. Very popular in New York where I grew up. I think it would make a great addition to campus and would help recruiting the east coast. I also think womens soccer should be added eventually.

Personally I would like to see Bradley get better at the sports we have first. Our womans baskeball team is a mockery and needs to get better. Our baseball team has a great facility and a fairly strong history and should be much more competitive. Our womans volleyball team hasnt been good in years and despite having the best volleyball player in the MVC and ever at BU we still didnt win. A new coach may help that. President Glasser said she wanted to excell at the sports we play before expanding and I agree.