The facility was crap 25 years ago when I was there. It's crap now.

Jan 24, 2017
12:53:29pm

Skipshot All-American

BYU is only "upgrading" because they are being forced to by building codes. And it's not really an upgrade. Especially after what was promised. Especially after fundraising and donations were offered.

How many DI programs don't have a 50m pool? It's a bit embarrassing.

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BYU approves absurd swimming pool plans.

immacougar

1/24/17 11:38am

I've heard people are upset with this. Why?

Jezza

1/24/17 11:41am

because the changes are actually a downgrade. They are being done in order to

GeauxCougs

1/24/17 11:43am

They are also displacing the team for 80% of their season...

1984coug

1/24/17 11:43am

Hmm. I'll take the swimmers at their word but after reading the FB posts (which were the same) it seems like

Jezza

1/24/17 11:45am

facility was built 52 years ago for a Student Body of 13,000

1984coug

1/24/17 11:47am

They were the same because one of the swimmers shared the first post with her own comments.

byukirty

1/24/17 12:30pm

What kind of inspection?

jensen46

1/24/17 12:04pm

How would you like it if the football team practiced on an 80 yard field?

PharmD

1/24/17 11:45am

I'd love the bball team to practice their half court offense

billyrust

1/24/17 11:57am

So is that why our team chokes in the Blue Zone?

tisdaplace

1/24/17 12:11pm

Interestingly, UCLA football practiced on an 80 yard field until 2015.

cougfromcali

1/24/17 2:40pm

If the football team practiced on a smaller field? They already do...

Dissenter

1/24/17 5:49pm

a 25 million $$ facility was promised, and 1 million $$ were spent getting

1984coug

1/24/17 11:46am

The numbers you have brought are a lot clearer & worse for BYU than that convoluted and angry FB thread. Thank you all!

Jezza

1/24/17 11:48am

Most on the FB thread don't know the hard numbers... or the logistics behind it

1984coug

1/24/17 11:55am

Track team was promised a new track as part of the indoor practice facility

TrackCoug

1/24/17 12:11pm

Yep. Came home from my mission surprised to see we were still in the Fieldhouse

RUNBYU1

1/24/17 5:15pm

Something tells me the approved plans and promises weren't as final or clear

palangi

1/24/17 12:54pm

they had the money....and have donor's and philanthropists chomping at the bit

1984coug

1/24/17 12:59pm

Not true. They have never "had" the money. There have been a lot of

rockhound

1/24/17 1:20pm

$25M included a demo and rebuild of a significant portion of the RB to fit the

Skipshot

1/24/17 1:12pm

The single biggest issue with the old plans was the retrofit of the whole RB for

rockhound

1/24/17 1:25pm

As they should, football pays the bills

BYUSwoop

1/24/17 4:54pm

My understanding though is that all scholarship athletes are receiving the

BYUFam1

1/25/17 7:10am

That is true. But the money for the extra

rockhound

1/25/17 7:27am

Right, I realize it would cost that much, don't know if it's necessary to sink

palangi

1/24/17 1:53pm

It's a downgrade, and I've heard that for years the swim team has been

jensen46

1/24/17 12:05pm

It's a very marginal upgrade.

Shore10

1/24/17 2:59pm

this is a great facility--

1984coug

1/24/17 3:02pm

Yes that's a great point.

Shore10

1/24/17 3:50pm

Because now my kids won't go to BYU if they swim in college.

ditch

1/24/17 4:12pm

It'd be nice to get Tom Holmoe's side to this story

Indy Coug

1/24/17 11:44am

It would.

jensen46

1/24/17 12:08pm

This ^^ Generally when facebook hits the "i'm upset and am going to post"

OGSuperfan

1/24/17 12:14pm

They are not planning to do anything at Provo...

1984coug

1/24/17 12:26pm

Fake news here. There were never any promises or lies.

rockhound

1/24/17 1:27pm

It certainly sounds like those swimmers were promised something more.

Pimpin4Paradise

1/24/17 7:49pm

The admin promised to do what they could.

rockhound

1/25/17 11:06am

Should've kept wrestling and dropped swimming.

Be Y's

1/24/17 11:46am

I wrestled a BYU my daughter's swam there

Blue Heart

1/24/17 1:05pm

What they SHOULD have done is combine the two sports into one.

ditch

1/24/17 6:24pm

Already have that one... It is called Water Polo

CariocaCoug

1/25/17 6:23am

It'd be really hard to get a pin. Darn guy keeps floating back up!

Be Y's

1/25/17 9:37am

Competitive drowning

buffgato

1/25/17 4:16pm

And now women's wrestling is a fast growing sport in college

BYUFam1

1/25/17 7:17am

Interesting. I didn't know there were that many girls in wrestling.

Be Y's

1/25/17 9:33am

Well maybe some well backed swimming fan donors should step up?

Grit for Brains

1/24/17 11:46am

THey have tried and BYU says no

1984coug

1/24/17 11:47am

Interesting. Doesn't add up if that is the case.

Grit for Brains

1/24/17 11:49am

it doesn't... BYU is showing their hand of what they think of Olympic Sports

1984coug

1/24/17 11:53am

This is the thing I understand the least.

jensen46

1/24/17 12:11pm

This is true.

Skipshot

1/24/17 12:55pm

Sister Carri Jenkins doing spin-control again, I see . . .

ElCapo

1/24/17 11:47am

Well, that is her job, so ....

BYUtka

1/25/17 6:35am

How about simply cut the swim teams?

blucoug18

1/24/17 11:49am

Based on this, that sounds like the path they are taking.

BlueCoug

1/24/17 11:52am

sad that a program that produces Olympians time and time again would do this

1984coug

1/24/17 11:53am

When was the last Olympian? I wasn't aware of that. Good for BYU.

Baron

1/24/17 12:02pm

2012- Andrew Rutherfurd, Rafa Alfara-- Bolivia, El Salvador respectively...

1984coug

1/24/17 12:11pm

I had many friends/roommates on the swim and dive teams

blucoug18

1/24/17 12:24pm

Well, I guess BYU could have taken $24M away from the football program instead.

kccougar

1/24/17 11:50am

yes, the only possible solution.

Deleted

1/24/17 11:52am

This is not P-5 thinking. A 50 meter pool really is necessary.

PJMort

1/24/17 12:12pm

It's swimming. You don't make money for the school and nobody cares about you

boorad

1/24/17 12:18pm

You are sure there are logical reasons without knowing about it?

Deleted

1/24/17 12:18pm

tell me the last time basketball won conference.. swimming has 5/6 years lately

1984coug

1/24/17 12:23pm

And the fact that I knew nothing about that shows how nobody cares

boorad

1/24/17 12:32pm

doesn't impact you- so go away... next time one of your family members wants to

1984coug

1/24/17 12:49pm

The fact that you know nothing has no reflection on or from anyone else.

Skipshot

1/24/17 12:54pm

And nobody even knew the swimming team had that history, cause it's swimming

cougarfuzz

1/24/17 12:32pm

every swimmer knows no one cares about swimming except every 4 years

1984coug

1/24/17 12:53pm

I'd be interested in seeing data showing swimming is one of the fastest growing

BYUFam1

1/25/17 7:40am

Swimming is not always a popular spectator sport, but it's a very popular

Skipshot

1/24/17 1:03pm

proof is in the pudding, BYU does not consider it that big of a deal or they'd

palangi

1/24/17 3:36pm

BYU's perspective is not infallible. Their perspective is not considered proof

Skipshot

1/24/17 10:01pm

You didnt answer is 1st question. How much $$ does it make the school?

Shteve

1/24/17 2:13pm

I'm sorry, are they filling in the pools or building new ones?

SaintGeorgeYFan

1/24/17 9:24pm

Tell me the last time swimming had 15,000 plus people show up to watch.

SaintGeorgeYFan

1/24/17 9:25pm

They constantly fill their 2,500 spectator bleachers

1984coug

1/24/17 9:42pm

That's misleading- we swim in the MPSF- it's a joke in swimming

boxydutch

1/25/17 4:01pm

the truth hurts. Swimming is drowning in the red. (Pun intended)

CObluezone

1/24/17 12:31pm

teams fix this by building facilities to house quality events.

1984coug

1/24/17 12:36pm

Need a new Volleyball Facility BEFORE swimming.

SaintGeorgeYFan

1/24/17 9:28pm

You seem to continue to say the Pres. Samuelson made promises, as did Pres.

rockhound

1/25/17 7:52am

I guarantee potential P5 conferences will care

shakarocks

1/24/17 12:35pm

this is true... BYU swimming almost joined the Big 12 a couple years back

1984coug

1/24/17 12:44pm

I wouldn't want Texas swimming at BYU - the RB pool is mortifying

reddead

1/24/17 2:28pm

No, they don't; P5 cares about football, and some basketball - the only thing

OGSuperfan

1/24/17 12:45pm

except BYU was invited to join the Big 12 in swimming... 3 years ago

1984coug

1/24/17 12:48pm

Likely because they only have 3 schools that have both men's and women's teams

ManicBlue

1/24/17 12:59pm

yes because Missouri and A&M left to SEC...

1984coug

1/24/17 1:00pm

And they have invited AF, UVU, WYO, UNC, ND St, SD St in wrestling because they

BYUFam1

1/25/17 8:36am

They care that what facilities you have are adequate

shakarocks

1/24/17 2:45pm

That's not entirely accurate. P5 helps their brand.

RedlandsCoug

1/25/17 4:18am

Are you sure about that? Checking the B12 schools ...

ManicBlue

1/24/17 12:57pm

except that my 8yo daughter swims in a better facility than BYU's team does.

Squeegee

1/24/17 12:41pm

I might've said the same thing in the 80s

Blue Heart

1/24/17 1:11pm

The facility was crap 25 years ago when I was there. It's crap now.

Skipshot

1/24/17 12:53pm

In 1978 the facility was poor

Archaea

1/24/17 1:12pm

RE: The facility was crap 25 years ago when I was there. It's crap now.

ManicBlue

1/24/17 1:13pm

And Texas is the program everybody knows about. What about Stanford, USC and Cal

Archaea

1/24/17 1:24pm

Pretty sure we're not getting into either the p12 or SEC so what's the point of

ManicBlue

1/24/17 2:03pm

Our goal should be to build our resources and performance to that level.

Archaea

1/24/17 2:46pm

Only 6 Pac12 schools even have swimming and diving teams.

ManicBlue

1/24/17 3:00pm

BYU has chosed to have one. Do it all the way or no way.

Archaea

1/24/17 3:02pm

and BYU's proposed facility matches what most schools have. I'd prefer BYU drop

ManicBlue

1/24/17 3:05pm

Academics and Non-revenue are not profit producing activities

Archaea

1/24/17 3:24pm

hahahaha ... you're comparing academics to having a swim team? That's hilarious.

ManicBlue

1/24/17 4:38pm

Most schools?

1984coug

1/24/17 3:27pm

You should see Ithaca College's natatorium. Amazing

Archaea

1/24/17 3:52pm

Most schools meaning some P5 schools that don't even have swim teams or only

ManicBlue

1/24/17 4:33pm

Ithaca College has an indoor 50 meter pool

Archaea

1/24/17 4:42pm

Actually, so does So. Utah State University.

rockhound

1/24/17 4:45pm

No such place. Unless you are meaning Southern Utah University

GeauxCougs

1/24/17 5:26pm

Suu does have a pretty nice 50 m pool

KCRoyalcoug

1/24/17 8:07pm

I was just saying there is no such place as So. Utah STATE university

GeauxCougs

1/24/17 9:30pm

Didn't realize we were aspiring to be like Ithaca college. Who knew?

ManicBlue

1/24/17 8:03pm

Why should Ithaca College have a superior facility

Archaea

1/24/17 8:32pm

hahaha seriously?

ManicBlue

1/24/17 9:34pm

huh? I doubt you know anything about Ithaca College.

Archaea

1/24/17 10:18pm

I know it's a DIII athletic program and the NCAA does not allow scholarships for

ManicBlue

1/24/17 10:47pm

I don't believe they play football. Their track and soccer fields are top notch.

Archaea

1/25/17 6:33am

Because Ithaca is gorges.

RedlandsCoug

1/25/17 9:47am

Missouri and A&M have them (B12 to SEC) TCU/WVU do not and they have no national

1984coug

1/24/17 5:03pm

George Mason University has a 50 meter pool. U of Maryland does, too.

Squeegee

1/24/17 6:06pm

PAC 12 schools are some of the best aquatics programs in the country

randomplay

1/24/17 3:18pm

Sure but they also have easily twice the athletic department revenue/budget

ManicBlue

1/24/17 4:35pm

most have a water polo team, just not Pac 12 sponsored.

1984coug

1/24/17 4:47pm

This statement misrepresents reality

randomplay

1/24/17 5:19pm

RE: Sure but they also have easily twice the athletic department revenue/budget

randomplay

1/24/17 5:23pm

My point is that BYU doesn't even need swim/diving teams to be 'on par' with

ManicBlue

1/24/17 8:07pm

If your comparison is to the Big 12, then you're right, but the Big 12 is the

randomplay

1/25/17 9:39am

Eh, not so much UCLA anymore. Don't even have a men's team.

rockhound

1/24/17 4:47pm

I said aquatics, which would include water polo, and UCLA and PAC 12 are elite

randomplay

1/24/17 5:16pm

I agree with your point. My point in the whole thread is that BYU

rockhound

1/25/17 7:56am

I agree - I just think BYU is trying to prove that it deserves to be in a big

randomplay

1/25/17 10:36am

This is consistent with Church school treatment of aquatics

randomplay

1/24/17 1:17pm

Everyone knows Satan rules the waters right now and swimming is on the way out.

idcougarfan

1/24/17 1:29pm

Ridiculous. It's a kick in the face to the swimming program and personally

Saxa

1/24/17 1:45pm

do they call fast swimmers sprinters?

riboflavin

1/24/17 2:13pm

There are sprint events.. 50 and 100 M free, relays, etc

Saxa

1/24/17 2:18pm

Reminds me of North Korea. Apparently, there isn't a 50M pool in the country

reddead

1/24/17 2:31pm

exactly like north Korea. I've never seen a more apt anaolgy

rotorhead

1/24/17 2:46pm

The state of Utah and Utah culture does not value swimming very highly

Shore10

1/24/17 3:04pm

Sad for those who care about swimming. Skiing culture sucks in Arizona.

JAGA97

1/24/17 3:43pm

This For Big Time D1 School?

nitroboy

1/24/17 3:46pm

Every School that finished in front of BYU at NCAA's has a 50 meter facility

1984coug

1/24/17 3:51pm

At a minimum most schools in Texas have a nice natatorium shared by the district

gmj81

1/24/17 3:54pm

a lot of big time d1 schools don't even have a swim program so there is that

palangi

1/24/17 4:56pm

I admit not knowing which, but do you care to name a few?

Archaea

1/24/17 6:58pm

Here is a list of P5 programs that don't have both men's/women's swim/dive teams

ManicBlue

1/24/17 8:45pm

you keeping beating this women-only swim thing....

gmj81

1/24/17 8:59pm

Obviously there is a reason so many don't have a men's program especially at a

ManicBlue

1/24/17 9:10pm

so if the difference between fixing the pool while canceling the s&d program

gmj81

1/24/17 9:18pm

RE: so if the difference between fixing the pool while canceling the s&d

ManicBlue

1/24/17 9:48pm

Since BYU underfunds all its programs, we should just cut them all.

Archaea

1/24/17 10:21pm

Please don't say that out loud. There are some on the BOT who

rockhound

1/25/17 8:15am

Our high school district just announced a 50 meter pool too

Blue Cougar

1/24/17 10:26pm

Do you people not remember...

SaintGeorgeYFan

1/24/17 9:22pm

you forget the rb and the pools serve the entire university, faculty & community

gmj81

1/24/17 9:24pm

Yeah, LES and the Marriott Center are never

SaintGeorgeYFan

1/24/17 9:36pm

SAB weight room? football practice fields? Marriott center annex?

gmj81

1/24/17 9:52pm

You don't get it-- you clearly don't understand swimming and that's ok

1984coug

1/24/17 9:57pm

Do you know any GAs? You should call them and see if they will meet with you

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

1/24/17 10:22pm

RE: Do you know any GAs? You should call them and see if they will meet with you

Blue Cougar

1/24/17 10:31pm

Sounds like the Swim Team was thrown under the bus on this one

pappabear246

1/24/17 10:42pm

Which I supposed might be better than them being held under water

BYUFam1

1/25/17 8:48am

Do they still make you check out those awful swimsuits to use the pools

CariocaCoug

1/25/17 6:33am

No. Those are long gone, thank heaven.

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