Too many student-athletes nowadays believe they are in some unique position whereby their university owes them something more than reasonable. It's this simple, a student-athlete does well enough in their given sport to earn an opportunity to play at W&M. In some cases, their HS grades fall below that of a standard W&M student, but we grant them admission anyway (I've heard a 3.5gpa and top 50% of their HS class is the low bar). Anyhow, upon admission, W&M owes them an opportunity to fairly & safely compete so long as the student-athlete maintains certain standards. That's it.

Refusing to play because of the name on a building, lack of playing time, colleagues are in danger of having their sport dropped, mean coaches, etc, are all valid reasons a student-athlete may decide to quit. All of us can decide to stop going to work, too. But, choices have consequences and W&M is well within its right to say, "Fine, refuse to meet with Martin and refuse to play. W&M has an accredited women's T&F team, coaches, trainers, and ample facilities. We have satisfied our commitment. There will be no track season this year or the next because we have no student-athlete willing to compete. We will now offer opportunities to *** number of T&F competitors until we have enough to field a squad." Lots of HS juniors, seniors and JuCo students would love an opportunity at W&M.



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