Texas&Soccer

Glenn Davis writes for FOXSporshouston.com on September 10^th, 2011 an article entitled Texas ready for more Division I Soccer Programs which is about the amount of men soccer players that come from Texas and the Houston area but how the state of Texas is home to only two division one teams. He starts out by talking about how education is so important and at such high costs these days that who can blame parents for pushing their kids into sports. He then talks about how Houston area soccer players have won national championships and the “coveted Hermann Award” which is equivalent to football’s Heisman Trophy.

 

Mr. Davis understands that most schools are focused on revenue sports such as basketball and football but he is not sure why that means there is not enough room for schools, especially Texas schools, to have more Division I Men’s Soccer Programs. He even goes in to say that equality between men and Women should not be an issue when it comes to this.

 

Another point Mr. Davis makes in the article is that since Texas is such a prime place to recruit soccer players, why would people not be interested in watching a soccer match between the University of Texas and Texas A&M? He believes this game would draw in big crowds.

 

The article does not adequately explain why women’s soccer teams should not have an impact of the amount of men’s programs. He also does not adequately explain why a match between the University of Texas and Texas A&M would draw in big crowds. Why will it draw in big crowds? Soccer in the United States is not exactly known for drawing big crowds. Also, it is understood that the state of Texas is a high recruitment area for this sport by why exactly should it be the state with many division 1 programs. If these issues had been adequately discussed, this article would have allowed the reader to have a better inside not only on Texas, especially the Houston area’s big recruitment for soccer but also about division I soccer in general.