Football won't solve dating bias
Sami Richards
Issue date: 2/26/09 Section: Opinion
As a graduating senior, the potential for a football program is of little concern to me.
As sports editor, I have more interest in its possibility.
As a result of being in the know, I couldn't help but put myself in the shoes of the women continuing at Pacific.
I can speak for most, if not all, of the heterosexual women: we didn't come here to find a date.
The male/female ratio never bothered me much, in fact, I am extremely proud of my female peers.
They have the ability to focus on academic goals more than finding a mate in college.
It can be frustrating, looking around at the talented, intelligent, goal-oriented and, not to mention good looking, female students, when there are far less male counterparts.
In my opinion, Pacific is a great gig for a guy looking for a hot date.
So, thinking about the prospect of new, athletic male students, I had high hopes for the future women of Pacific.
These things ran quickly through my mind as I picked up the proposal written by Ken Schumann, athletic director, and John Hayes, A&S dean.
A New York Times article placed at the end of the proposal highlighted an alumnus from Shenandoah University, Kevin Bosworth. He attended the DIII school because they started a football program.
Now as the assistant coach, Bosworth is quoted:
"Look how great things have turned out. I get to pursue my passion for football, I'm going to marry a wonderful woman. She's getting her doctorate in physical therapy. I guess she'll bring home the bacon in our family."
Does that sound like the type of men we've been waiting for? Are we really waiting for men that need our financial support?
We appreciate the men at Pacific now - there just aren't enough of them. I take pride in the prospect of my likely future ability to be the bread winner in my family, but this is not something I am hoping my future partner is intently looking for in me.
Increasing the male enrollment to fill classrooms with a more balanced gender ratio sounds great, but something I don't feel will be fixing any of the dating sorrows women on campus are famous for complaining about, sitting alone on their couch every Friday night.
I have nothing against football players and I am not quick to stereotype; I am just a little skeptical about the prospect of the football program answering our romance issues.
Will some of these be great guys? Sure.
Is Pacific capable of creating a successful football program? Definitely.
But unfortunately, it seems unlikely that a football program will be able to fill the shoes of the desired men that Pacific women have secretly been wishing for all these years.
As sports editor, I have more interest in its possibility.
As a result of being in the know, I couldn't help but put myself in the shoes of the women continuing at Pacific.
I can speak for most, if not all, of the heterosexual women: we didn't come here to find a date.
The male/female ratio never bothered me much, in fact, I am extremely proud of my female peers.
They have the ability to focus on academic goals more than finding a mate in college.
It can be frustrating, looking around at the talented, intelligent, goal-oriented and, not to mention good looking, female students, when there are far less male counterparts.
In my opinion, Pacific is a great gig for a guy looking for a hot date.
So, thinking about the prospect of new, athletic male students, I had high hopes for the future women of Pacific.
These things ran quickly through my mind as I picked up the proposal written by Ken Schumann, athletic director, and John Hayes, A&S dean.
A New York Times article placed at the end of the proposal highlighted an alumnus from Shenandoah University, Kevin Bosworth. He attended the DIII school because they started a football program.
Now as the assistant coach, Bosworth is quoted:
"Look how great things have turned out. I get to pursue my passion for football, I'm going to marry a wonderful woman. She's getting her doctorate in physical therapy. I guess she'll bring home the bacon in our family."
Does that sound like the type of men we've been waiting for? Are we really waiting for men that need our financial support?
We appreciate the men at Pacific now - there just aren't enough of them. I take pride in the prospect of my likely future ability to be the bread winner in my family, but this is not something I am hoping my future partner is intently looking for in me.
Increasing the male enrollment to fill classrooms with a more balanced gender ratio sounds great, but something I don't feel will be fixing any of the dating sorrows women on campus are famous for complaining about, sitting alone on their couch every Friday night.
I have nothing against football players and I am not quick to stereotype; I am just a little skeptical about the prospect of the football program answering our romance issues.
Will some of these be great guys? Sure.
Is Pacific capable of creating a successful football program? Definitely.
But unfortunately, it seems unlikely that a football program will be able to fill the shoes of the desired men that Pacific women have secretly been wishing for all these years.
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