Until distance runners unite and speak out and get donors to hold back money to universities, write letter to universities presidents and trustees, get the public involved and make race an issue (as track and field is one of the most diverse programs) this will happen again and again
Shame wrote:
ughhhhhhhhh wrote:During the 2009-10 year, the University will also be able to determine actual, as opposed to projected, participation numbers for its newly added women’s sport of competitive cheer.
Competitive cheer (aka cheerleading) is NOT a sport!
Don't knock it. If women's cheerleading can be counted toward Title IX equity, that could save a men's program.
ya on top of it being able to save a mens program... it is a sport... at least way more of a sport than figure skating and synchronized swimming...
Yep, True wrote:
UMass had their men's indoor track team cut in 2002 due to budget concerns (one of seven sports cut that year). However, the sport got reinstated two years later due to alumni and student support. If QU's alumni and students care enough about the track to protest, the men's teams can be reinstated within a few years.
UMass men's team is an abortion. The "track & field" team is basically a very large cross country team. Unless you are a distance runner, you're wasting your time because you'll get no support at UMass.
They would have been better off giving up indoors so that they could have a larger, more complete outdoor program with a better schedule. In New England, they could still do a ton if indoor meets unattached for competition.
Perhaps this is why they seem to turn over assistant coaches damn near every year?
WVU had team members such as Zach Sabatino, Josh Simpson, Justin Simpson, Tyler Devault, and more on their team when it was cut. Josh Simpson placed 12th in the Olympic Trials 10000 last year while still at an age at which he would have competed in NCAA. Sabatino placed 6th (?) in the US Cross Country Championships a couple years ago to make the world team. Justin was faster than his brother Josh in high school, but he stopped running after the team was cut. Tyler Devault ran 3:59 mile at Tennessee once he transferred.