Replying to Racing in college

I go to the University at Buffalo and another girl approached me and asked if I'd be interested in racing. I guess it's not super competitive and most of the time the teams just hangout in the hotel and get wasted. Practice is once a week but it's not even mandatory. So it wouldn't really interfere with my season at all. I might join but I'm not sure. I think it would be a good opportunity to get better at skiing which would help with everything else. I can't really find any negatives in it other than the fact that I prefer freeskiing over it, but at the same time it would be cool to broaden my skiing abilities. Plus I wouldn't have to be serious about it.

Thoughts NS?