Economy Endangers Football's Odds?
"Pacific, like Colorado, is a Division III School"
Jennifer Conner
Issue date: 5/14/09 Section: Sports
Pacific and Colorado are similar in many respects. Colorado, like Pacific, is a nonprofit, private institution that plays most of its sports at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III level. There is also active participation in club and intramural sports.
Colorado does differ in some respects, with 500 more students and two Division I programs, men's hockey and women's soccer.
Colorado's decision to drop football was unanimous, according to Jay Maloney, a Colorado alum and assistant vice president for development. Maloney said an athletic board, comprised of faculty members, students, and alumni, determined the cost of football could hurt other programs and other athletes' experiences.
"We have to make sure the athletic experience is not placed at risk by starving the budget. You have to do what you have to do," Maloney said.
Athletes at Pacific have expressed some anxiety over adding a new sport, worried it will affect the quality of their experience or their ability to train in a crowding weight room.
The locker rooms will also need renovation to accommodate the football team. According to the budget proposal, $83,000 is for modifying the locker rooms, but it is less specific about changing the weight room.
There has been a strong backlash from athletes and alumni in the decision to drop football at Colorado.
A few football players are transferring so they can finish their football careers. Some of the most vocal about the decision are alumni, Maloney said, who are "passionately disappointed because football was an important part of their life and experience."
Supporters of Colorado football have started a website to try to save football. Rich McDermott, a Colorado football alum, said the group has received almost $300,000 in pledges. The cost of the football program was $450,000,
While the budgets may differ in specifics, Pacific's proposed financial plan would be nearly twice the size of Colorado's budget.
Colorado does differ in some respects, with 500 more students and two Division I programs, men's hockey and women's soccer.
Colorado's decision to drop football was unanimous, according to Jay Maloney, a Colorado alum and assistant vice president for development. Maloney said an athletic board, comprised of faculty members, students, and alumni, determined the cost of football could hurt other programs and other athletes' experiences.
"We have to make sure the athletic experience is not placed at risk by starving the budget. You have to do what you have to do," Maloney said.
Athletes at Pacific have expressed some anxiety over adding a new sport, worried it will affect the quality of their experience or their ability to train in a crowding weight room.
The locker rooms will also need renovation to accommodate the football team. According to the budget proposal, $83,000 is for modifying the locker rooms, but it is less specific about changing the weight room.
There has been a strong backlash from athletes and alumni in the decision to drop football at Colorado.
A few football players are transferring so they can finish their football careers. Some of the most vocal about the decision are alumni, Maloney said, who are "passionately disappointed because football was an important part of their life and experience."
Supporters of Colorado football have started a website to try to save football. Rich McDermott, a Colorado football alum, said the group has received almost $300,000 in pledges. The cost of the football program was $450,000,
While the budgets may differ in specifics, Pacific's proposed financial plan would be nearly twice the size of Colorado's budget.
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wildcat11
posted 5/18/09 @ 2:13 PM PST
One fact that the writer forgot to consider is that Collorado College was an isolated member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and whose members are located in Texas, Alabama, Kentucky, and Indiana. (Continued…)
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