I know we go through this every year - but here goes another program.
While I am sad to see a swim program go, I just can't see how you can keep these programs running with the budget crunch in the state. They said the annual budget for the teams (men and women) is $400,000. That does not sound like all that much, but they have only about 40 athletes. Why would the state spend $10,000 per year per person on these athletes to be able to swim in college ???? They should be paying extra for the coaching and facilities. Most colleges have the best swimming facilities in town - I just came back from Santa Barbara - that pool is amazing, while the city pool downtown is a dump.
I loved swimming in college, but I see the European club based system on the horizon ....
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That's interesting - it was a great pool + good opening hours (sat til 8 PM). So they have two 50m pools on campus but the college team can't use the better one ???
Even more bizarre - or maybe not - don;t know
The Rec Cen was originally paid for by student fees so its priority is to serve the general student population ... i.e. no special access for athletic teams, and I as a faculty have to pay to use it, as do staff. Then again, we pay to go to work in expensive parking permits and are getting a pay cut across the board euphemistically called a "furlough" this year so it's part and parcel. The glory days of a world class, accessible public education in CA are endangered, if not over.
That's interesting - it was a great pool + good opening hours (sat til 8 PM). So they have two 50m pools on campus but the college team can't use the better one ???
Even more bizarre - or maybe not - don;t know
The Rec Cen was originally paid for by student fees so its priority is to serve the general student population ... i.e. no special access for athletic teams, and I as a faculty have to pay to use it, as do staff. Then again, we pay to go to work in expensive parking permits and are getting a pay cut across the board euphemistically called a "furlough" this year so it's part and parcel. The glory days of a world class, accessible public education in CA are endangered, if not over.
