I used to be upset at the athletes for getting to register for classes before other students, or getting free merchandise, or (probably what got me the most) getting more dining dollars. But looking back, I was just jealous. Ah… I wish I were 6’8 and could dunk.
… After starring into the Mirror of Erised, I’m back. My frustration, and definitely not jealously this time, is on the athletic department and especially Kevin Anderson. OK, fine. You are probably not responsible for most of the current debt, but you are a part of the solution.
Today I read an article about the athletic department possibly giving the swimming and diving team the axe. First of all, I am sad to say that I’ve never been to a University of Maryland swim meet, but I frequently use the pool to swim laps (and by frequently I mean once every two months). It’s really an incredible pool, and it’s great to see the board of pool records. I think I also saw that if the Olympics ever came to Washington, DC the swimming and diving events would take place there.
It would be a little bit strange to share our pool with Olympians and not even a varsity team. I also would feel bad for the swimmers. There happens to be a swimmer in one of my classes and she said they had 10 or 11 swimmers qualify for the Olympic time trials this year. That’s pretty cool. She also said that it’s rare for them to go to other universities because our pool is so nice!
Please Mr. Anderson this is not the Matrix, please do not cut the swimming and diving team. I would recommend punishing the sport that kind of got us into this mess. I just got a couple questions Kevin. Knowing the financial struggles, why would you spend a lot of money to buy out Friedgen’s contract and then spend millions of guaranteed money on a coach who is 1-6 against a rival nonconference team that you’ve played 46 times since 1919!!
How about we cut football for a couple years? Sounds crazy, but if you haven’t checked lately, we’re not very good. I know people will argue that football and basketball generate the money that allow for other sports like swimming and diving, but football is not going to make anything until it is actually relevant.
I also have a lot of other problems with the athletic department, the ACC, and the NCAA, but maybe I’ll write about that for the final project.
And on a completely different subject. Someone tweeted "@notthefakeSVP chews his ice #boss" at the Povich Symposium... What a loser. I was a little bit upset by that.
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