As of 8:10am this morning one of the finer programs in the country is lost due to "budgetary" problems.
No one saw it coming and they just recently signed some top level recruits that gave them one of the top 3 recruiting classes in the country.
I sure hope that the athletes didn't find out THROUGH EMAIL that thier program was cut. What a steaming pile of horsecrap. Oh yeah, this wasn't a hasty decision, nope, they looked hard and long at other alternatives, uh-huh.
What is it about swimming that makes people think it is an easy target? Cancel programs, close pools, disband teams. It seems to be the target of choice as of late. It's disheartening.
Paul
Apparently this is the only program being dropped/cut back...they somehow found $$$ to build new practice facilities for football, track, etc.
No consultation with the coaching staff at all prior to the hammer falling...nice job AD.
Paul, not true. It appears that tennis and wrestling is also being cut.
Paul
Does anyone see the glaring irony in that letter - WELLS FARGO ARENA. You have to wonder what would happen if they put half the effort into saving the swimming program as they did in securing the naming rights contract to their basketball arena. ASU is a huge university, this is most unfortunate.
Jayhawk - oh, that avatar of yours, so shameful.
Oh yeah, this wasn't a hasty decision, nope, they looked hard and long at other alternatives, uh-huh.
Especially since they apparently never even told the coaching staff the program was potentially on the chopping block.
Title IX
I wondered when you'd get around to blaming this on women. Let's be honest, this has nothing to do with Title IX, absolutely nothing. This is a school that has massive football and basketball and has decided to fund revenue generating sports. Let's not bring up Title IX again, that is a smokescreen, and has been for 20 years now.
Let's be honest, this has nothing to do with Title IX, absolutely nothing.
I'm not in the "blame Title IX for everything" camp, but you can't say this has nothing to do with Title IX. No women's sports were cut, after all.
What will happen to the swimmers???? Are they allowed to transfer? Does anyone know exactly how the decision is finalized to cut a men's swimming program? What happens if the swim teams, men and/or women, have their own "swimming funds" or some sort of "endowment funds"???
