Womens Gymnastics?

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Grand Vol said:
You would be surprised at the amount of support a program like women's gymnastics has. Plenty of alumni and sponsors donate into those programs and the meets tend to draw decent sized crowds. Not as many as basketball or football, but enough to make the program worthwhile.

There are 8 out of 14 schools in the SEC that field a team. So it's not like there's a lack of conference interest.
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I think it would out draw soccer and vollyball.
 
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cwbytruckers said:
I think it would out draw soccer and vollyball.
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I follow Oklahoma's program pretty closely (I work all their home matches) so my expectations might be a bit higher than most. But when they hosted the Super 6 Regionals in Norman last year, I was surprised at the amount of visiting fans that the other schools brought in. As well as the amount of fans other Big 12 schools bring to the regular conference matches.

With UT's passionate fan base for all things sports and the lack of a program in any other Tennessee school, I'd say there would certainly be interest if one was to start.
 
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I'm trying to imagine what it would be like watching those little girls bounce around in those skin tight bright orange sparkly tights? They better have their damn Lady Vols patches on their arms though. Where are they Dave?
 
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Grand Vol said:
I follow Oklahoma's program pretty closely (I work all their home matches) so my expectations might be a bit higher than most. But when they hosted the Super 6 Regionals in Norman last year, I was surprised at the amount of visiting fans that the other schools brought in. As well as the amount of fans other Big 12 schools bring to the regular conference matches.

With UT's passionate fan base for all things sports and the lack of a program in any other Tennessee school, I'd say there would certainly be interest if one was to start.
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If you tune into some of the SEC matches the crowds are huge
 
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Sandvol said:
I'm trying to imagine what it would be like watching those little girls bounce around in those skin tight bright orange sparkly tights? They better have their damn Lady Vols patches on their arms though. Where are they Dave?
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As I have answered several times, patches will not be on uniforms until the 20 16–17 school year. They were never going to be worn this season.
 
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if there was a gymnastics team, couldn't there be men on that team, as well?
 
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Pappy said:
if there was a gymnastics team, couldn't there be men on that team, as well?
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No, that would be a separate team.

UT will not be adding gymnastics or any other sport. The days of increasing the number of sports offered by schools are over.
 
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armchair said:
We don't need gymnastics, sorry. How about we try to get better at all the programs we DO have before adding another? There is nothing after college for gymnasts--nothing professionally, and you can't even do it to stay fit. Basketball has the WNBA; women's pro soccer is growing, albeit slowly; softball is getting very big; tennis has pro potential or you can just play tennis for the rest of your life; rowing, you can at least do it after college and stay fit. Gymnastics? No professional league, nobody is doing it at age 30 or age 28.
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You have no idea what you're talking about
 
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DeerPark12 said:
As I have answered several times, patches will not be on uniforms until the 20 16–17 school year. They were never going to be worn this season.
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Forgot we need a Nike marketing study to determine the best location and design of the patches.
 
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#45
I'd love to see us have a gymnastics team. Our neighbors, Georgia and Alabama, have well-ranked teams with big fan turnouts! Good marketing really works with this.
 
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