It's gonna take $$$$

[Shocker-maniac]

Sully has done a great job on these articles for the 2014/15 season preview. The link to the article below seems like a companion article to the link to the article at the beginning of the thread that is about what is ahead with the the changes related to P5 autonomy, player stipends, etc

As discussed in the article linked below, WSU has tremendous community support and that support has grown considerably in the past few years. It's one of the things that keeps Marshall here.

My question is do we have the current support and resources necessary for the new major college basketball environment that is ahead of us? I think everyone knows that additional resources are going to be needed. Where does the needed funding come from? How much can WSU tap from the current sources before it begins to go dry? How can we expand these resources to draw upon?

http://www.kansas.com/sports/college...le3592201.html

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

Hey! How exactly is a rainbow made? How exactly does a sun set? How exactly does a posi-trac rear-end on a Plymouth work? It just does

[1979Shocker]

Concussions Can’t Be Ignored by Soccer Any More

Soccer's time is coming. Affordable, less issues with regards to concussions. It is years away, but it will get there.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/sports/soccer/concussions-cant-be-ignored-by-soccer-any-more.html?_r=0

[WSUwatcher]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/sp...more.html?_r=0

Why would anyone be surprised by this? At least football players wear helmets and (theoretically) aren't supposed to use their heads as implements.

[ripemupshocks]

But if soccer isn't the answer and someone wants another sport that has some regional appeal, how about wresting? Oklahoma isn't that much different from Kansas, and wresting is a BIG deal there -- maybe the Shocks should start up a wrestling program and try to keep some of the good Kansas talent at home that way.

I'm still holding out for rugby and lacrosse. WSU wrestles in the National Collegiate Wreastling Association in the Great Plains Conference. Just need to put some money behind it and move up.

www.ncwa.net/teams?school=155

School	State	Conference
Colorado State University - Ft. Collins	Colorado	Great Plains
United States Air Force Academy Prep	Colorado	Great Plains
University of Colorado - Boulder	Colorado	Great Plains
University of Colorado - Colorado Springs	Colorado	Great Plains
Iowa State University	Iowa	Great Plains
Kansas State University	Kansas	Great Plains
Wichita State University	Kansas	Great Plains
University of Minnesota - Duluth	Minnesota	Great Plains
Winona State University	Minnesota	Great Plains
Northwest Missouri State University	Missouri	Great Plains
University of Missouri	Missouri	Great Plains
Wayne State College	Nebraska	Great Plains
University of North Dakota	North Dakota	Great Plains

www.wichita.edu/thisis/stories/story.asp?si=1925

Paul Myers:
Paul Myers will be entering his third year as the head Coach at Wichita State University with the 2013-2014 season. During his two seasons at Wichita State he has coached twelve national qualifiers, two conference champions and two All Americans. In 2012 his team won the NCWA Division II National Title and he was the NCWA Coach of the Year.

Before Wichita State Myers wrestled for Wichita West High School where he won a state championship in 1994 He compiled a career record of 100-18. He later went on to Coach at Wichita West where the Pioneers won their second KSHSAA State Championship.

Not sure if Myers is still the head coach. He may have been replaced by Dakota Denny, who wrestled at WSU in the Heavyweight Division. It also appears WSU has moved from NCWA D-2 to D-1. The wrestling team used to have a dedicated web page with a bunch of photos a videos, but I can't find it now so information is hard to come by.