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Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Youth Archery growing in popularity
FARMERSBURG, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — One of the oldest sports in existence has been gaining traction across the nation, including right here in the Wabash Valley. In recent years, youth archery has been on the rise here in the Hoosier state. The Indiana NASP, or National Archery in the Schools Program, plays a large part in that. It began back in 2005 with ten pilot schools, but Indiana NASP coordinator Tim Beck says that number has grown to just under 500 across the state. 'The program has been attractive to both almost 50/50 male and female,' Beck said. 'It's just a program, let's face it, not everybody makes it onto the basketball court or the football field, but we have a lot of students that really excel and find their niche with the archery program, and they get to interact. The social activity of archery is very unique.' Not only can youth here in Indiana get opportunities through their high school seasons, but they can also hone their skills by trying to get an arrow like this onto one of these targets at the Farmersburg Range and Archery. The Lambert family created the range when they saw the passion that their son Oliver had developed for the sport when he was in elementary school. Owner Amy Lambert says the next step was sharing that passion with the community. 'Locally to us, there weren't a lot of places where you could go and shoot archery competitively,' Lambert said. 'The youth programs in the state for us to practice were more than a couple hours away, so we decided to start our own S3DA team, which stands for Scholastic 3-D Archery, and it kind of takes NASP to that next level to prepare kids to shoot in college or to shoot competitively or just for fun for the rest of their lives.' As the sport continues to thrive, even current archers, like Sullivan junior Jayme Adkinson, say they have noticed a change since they began. 'With archery, you travel around a lot. You meet a lot of new people, you get out of your comfort zone,' Adkinson said. 'You socialize a lot, so it helps with your social skills and you just become friends with a lot of people, like I have people from four years ago that I've met and I'm still close friends with because of archery and S3DA.' Linton sophomore Rainey McCammon says the sport has become a staple in the Wabash Valley. 'I've seen it grow a lot,' McCammon said. 'When I was in fourth grade, we had about 20 kids around my age, and then the NASP program at Sullivan now has over 200 I'd say. Then I joined S3DA and it's even bigger.' The NASP season ended in early March, but the Midwest Mavericks still have plenty of shots to take in 2025. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
04-04-2025
- Business
- USA Today
Surviving college football revenue imbalance at Coastal Carolina means embracing free food
Surviving college football revenue imbalance at Coastal Carolina means embracing free food Show Caption Hide Caption US LBM Coaches Poll: Ohio State claims top spot after national title run See where your team landed in the final US LBM Coaches Poll ranking of the year. Sports Pulse Like Tim Beck doesn't have enough to sort through this offseason. Let's throw something else on his plate. So I called the Coastal Carolina football coach, and we talked briefly about hot dogs and burgers and nachos — and how through an innovative marketing plan, they're all free at Chanticleers home games in 2025. 'It's a great idea to reward our fans,' Beck says. It was also, I soon found out, a peek into something of greater importance. An opportunity to show the reality of college football at the Group of Five level of the Bowl Subdivision. Or as they're more commonly known: the have-nots. Hold on for the ride, everyone. Here we go. Beck's leading rusher, Braydon Bennett, accounted for 13 touchdowns last year and transferred to Virginia Tech. His best edge rusher, Clev Lubin, had 9½ sacks in 2024 and transferred to Louisville. Deamontae Diggs, another talented edge rusher who had five sacks, transferred to Florida State. He best interior defensive lineman, Will Whitson, transferred to Mississippi State. Nearly 30 other players from the 2024 roster hit the transfer portal in the now era of free player movement. Beck has new offensive and defensive coordinators, and a four-way battle for the starting quarterback job. Because, of course, his starting quarterback last season (Ethan Vasko) transferred to Liberty. He still doesn't know the framework of a salary pool for the defacto pay for play system that could be formally approved after a Monday hearing in the courtroom of U.S. District judge Claudia Wilken. The agreement allows FBS schools to spend as much as $20 million-23 million on all athletes. Most power conference schools are expected to spend as much as 75-80 percent the final revenue-sharing figure on football. At Coastal Carolina, as with just about every other Group of Five school, they'll be fortunate to be able to spend half of the allowable figure — on all athletes. It's roster management and accounting and budgeting, and new NCAA rules and new NCAA football committee rules. Every single move has multiple sticky tentacles that can't be seen until you're stung. 'It's a flood of things,' Beck said. 'Every corner you turn, you're running into something else.' Exhibit A: sideline communications. The rules committee decided last season that FBS schools could use helmet communications (like the NFL) and computer tablets during games. One problem: someone has to pay for it. The NCAA, despite its multi-billion dollar media rights deal for March Madness (among other revenue generation), isn't gifting helmet communications and iPads for everyone. You want it? Find the funds in your budget. And speaking of budgets, the NCAA also recently allowed unlimited recruiting visits for athletes. What was once five defined official visits has turned into those with the most money get the most official visitors. I know this is going to shock you – like just about everything else that has unfolded in the new player-friendly environment – there's a hole in the process with which players can take advantage. Earlier this year, Beck had a couple of recruits on campus and found out both had multiple offers from power conference schools. Why would anyone with offers from Michigan and Georgia and Tennessee be interested in Coastal Carolina? 'They just admitted it,' Beck said. 'They were here for the trip to Myrtle Beach.' This is the trickle down of those fateful decisions made by the NCAA in the summer of 2021, moves coaches and administrators all warned of, but are all legally impotent to stop. When the NCAA finally gave in on name, image and likeness deals, and simultaneously threw open the doors to free player movement, the creation of free agency with no salary cap was born. So was every possible unintended consequence. And nearly every one eventually trickles down from the Power Four conferences to the Group of Five. Beck was part of the process as the top assistant coach at three of the heaviest hitters in football: Ohio State, Texas and Nebraska. But once you're knee-deep in that high-value, daily fight of win or walk, you can't even recognize the Group of Five horizon line. There's no time to see what's eroding underneath you, much less time to care. If you think the $20 million-23 million 'salary pool' is really a salary cap to promote competitive balance throughout FBS, I've got a $2 million-a-year private NIL job promoting Bob's Bait and Tackle to sell you. You know, the private NIL deals above and beyond the 'salary pool' that will never, ever, be regulated. It's not 'fair' market value, it's 'free' market value. Someone(s) in the NCAA should take a freshman Econ 101 classes offered by all of their universities before trying to force 'fair' market value into any conversation. And lose again in court. 'Fair' flew out the window in 2021, despite the NCAA knowing for months multiple states had NIL bills that would become law in the summer of 2021. And didn't nothing about it. Then complained that Congress – holy dysfunction, Congress – wouldn't help them. Meanwhile, the Pac-12 as we knew it is dead. The ACC now has an official end time of the early 2030s (that's not far away), and the Big 12 is a juiced up Group of Five conference. So yeah, Tim Beck doesn't mind talking about free hot dogs and nachos. 'Our fans are very loyal, they support all of our programs,' Beck said. 'That's something that will never change.' Amen to that. Matt Hayes is the senior national college football writer for USA TODAY Sports Network. Follow him on X at @MattHayesCFB.
New York Times
01-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Coastal Carolina offering free concessions at home football games to ‘elevate fan experience'
Coastal Carolina is looking to make its fans the best-fed in college football this fall. Fans at the Chanticleers' six home games in 2025 can acquire four items per concession stand visit from a selection of hot dogs, popcorn, nachos and fountain drinks. They can make unlimited visits and are only required to scan each trip through an athletic department app. Advertisement 'We're always looking for ways to elevate (fans') game day experience,' Coastal Carolina athletic director Chance Miller said in a release on Monday. 'We're excited to offer free concessions this fall as a way to say thank you for the energy, passion and support they bring to Brooks Stadium every game.' Picture this. It's September 6. You've got your free nachos. Free hot dog. Free drink. The Chants have taken the field for the first time. Life is good. Season tickets ➡️ | #FAM1LY | #TEALNATION — Coastal Football (@CoastalFootball) March 31, 2025 Fans can also purchase other items at concession stands. Third-year coach Tim Beck's team begins its home slate on Sept. 6 against Charleston Southern. The Chanticleers have gone 14-12 under Beck, with two bowl appearances. They went 6-7 in 2024, capped by a loss to UTSA in the Myrtle Beach Bowl, which Coastal Carolina hosts annually at Brooks Stadium. The move to offer free concessions runs counter to what some larger programs are doing to grow their revenue ahead of the House settlement, which is expected to be finalized next week and will allow larger athletic departments to share up to $20.5 million with athletes. The University of Tennessee announced in September a 10 percent 'talent fee' on the price of season tickets. Arkansas basketball also announced a shakeup in seating for season ticket holders in January, arranging seats by donors' donation levels. The move also is the latest and most dramatic in an effort by some teams to lessen the financial burden on fans attending games. When the Atlanta Falcons opened their new stadium in 2017, they debuted 'fan-first' pricing at concessions, featuring hot dogs, drinks and popcorn for $2, beers for $5 and pizza for $3. Advertisement The Atlanta Hawks made a similar move shortly after. The Utah Jazz and Utah Hockey Club have adopted similar policies in recent years. The Phoenix Suns also cut concession prices this season. The Falcons said the move resulted in a 30 percent rise in concession sales.
