01-31-2003, 07:30 AM
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01-31-2003, 07:30 AM
01-31-2003, 08:35 PM
Here was John Harris's take on the subject in Today's Toledo Blade.John Harris | Article published January 31, 2003
Football waste is the biggest Title IX villain
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Football waste is the biggest Title IX villain
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01-31-2003, 09:45 PM
RocketAlum Wrote:Here was John Harris's take on the subject in Today's Toledo Blade.Maybe the problem w/ NW Ohio's ailing economy comes from poor thinking like this.
First, you don't eat your seed corn. Football has a chance of making money. As much as I support wrestling, frankly it's not as entertaining. It's likely that wrestling will never make money, except maybe in Iowa and Oklahoma. BG's financial woes bother me, but cutting football, and guaranteeing a mediocre/poor football team is an investment for failure. The football team will get worse, and more cuts will be justified. Eventually, you'll have no team, and while that will reduce the losses, you'll pretty much guarantee that the athletic budget will never make money. Then the entire athletic budget will spiral down, and that will affect all sports.
BTW, hockey has made money for BG as well.
Second, as I mentioned before, 85 scholarships is 1 player/position/class. Hardly a luxury for coaching a successful team.
Is there waste on the football budget? Perhaps, but I'll bet BG stretches their dollars more than many other programs.
This author also didn't mention that interpretations of Title IX include reducing walk-ons. Simply cutting scholarships won't cut it. The teams will have to get smaller. Except if you're a mammoth school like Ohio St or Texas, you'll have plenty of women's sports to balance a fully loaded football team. The playing field won't be level.
I do agree w/ the final sentence. I guess we would finally reach equality.
02-01-2003, 11:04 AM
That habit of putting the football players up in hotels the night before games really grates on other coaches.
The point Harris misses, I think, is that Bowling Green can't unilaterally disarm (with scholarships) if it hopes to get the football program to a point where it becomes financially stable.
As for hockey ... it is expensive. If the program doesn't get turned around, the university may eventually face some tough decisions there. That's my opinion.
The point Harris misses, I think, is that Bowling Green can't unilaterally disarm (with scholarships) if it hopes to get the football program to a point where it becomes financially stable.
As for hockey ... it is expensive. If the program doesn't get turned around, the university may eventually face some tough decisions there. That's my opinion.