Goodbye, Maryland tennis

[Timbo's hopeless slice]

I do find it amusing that apparently the only college sports that generate any revenue are local sports like American Football and Basketball that have no real relevance outside the US, especially football...

Still, I guess there are professional pathways within the local environment, so it makes a kind of sense. Shame for real international professional sports such as tennis or (real) football..

[andfor]

Originally Posted by darrinbaker00

Tell that to Pat Summitt, Geno Auriemma and Tara VanDerveer.

3 out of 346 is not exactly a trend. Recognizing their accomplishments is warranted.

[watergirl]

As a feminist, there was a time and place for Title IX and affirmative action, but that time has passed. Let it go. When there are 1/3 more male juniors playing tennis then females, they should have 1/3 more opportunities in college to play tennis than females not 70% less (or whatever percentage it equates to).

[dennis10is]

Originally Posted by gavna

No how about someone who payed for and busted his *** for a D1 team for 4 yrs and coach at another only to see them both cut due to the way the schools admins deal with it. (both in Texas btw).

That's right, don't these school admin and professor know that the reason why we have university is so that we can have college sports. The nerve of them to suggest that the goal of higher education is education. It is a shame that these university fat cats are living in the past. America is a superpower, we don't need to do things ourselves, we can hire foreigners to do it for us, with the exception of athletics of course.

Why do we have professors anyways they distract us from sports.

[dennis10is]

Originally Posted by Tennishacker

Someone explain to me why football needs 85 scholarships?

We need more than 85 for football. We really need about 500 for football but the liberals prevented us from fully funding football. On top of that they expect athletes to attend non sports related classes. This is just another example of liberal fascism, forcing their agenda down our throats.

We need our freedom, freedom to play tennis without taking unnecessary classes, freedom from having to pay for it, freedom from having enough aptitude for it. Bring back the American way. America needs to be strong again.

[jaggy]

Originally Posted by dennis10is

We need more than 85 for football. We really need about 500 for football but the liberals prevented us from fully funding football. On top of that they expect athletes to attend non sports related classes. This is just another example of liberal fascism, forcing their agenda down our throats.

We need our freedom, freedom to play tennis without taking unnecessary classes, freedom from having to pay for it, freedom from having enough aptitude for it. Bring back the American way. America needs to be strong again.

Dont forget we really need tax cuts for the super wealthy. And another war.

[dennis10is]

Originally Posted by watergirl

As a feminist, there was a time and place for Title IX and affirmative action, but that time has passed. Let it go. When there are 1/3 more male juniors playing tennis then females, they should have 1/3 more opportunities in college to play tennis than females not 70% less (or whatever percentage it equates to).

What? why are girls and women playing tennis or going to school? These liberal, feminist agenda are ruining America. We were great when women stayed at home, bring back the 1930's when America was a power on the rise. Feminism, civil rights, desegregation, inter-racial marriages, gays in the military, helmets in hockey, unleaded gasoline, fat free bran muffin, automatic transmission, diet Coke, these things made us weak.

[dennis10is]

Originally Posted by jaggy

Dont forget we really need tax cuts for the super wealthy. And another war.

No, as a 0.1 percenter, we have ordered Congress and Obama to let us make the ultimate sacrifice. We the 0.1 percenter will agree to pay one dollar for every ten million dollars we make. In return for making this ultimate of ultimate sacrifice, we want to be given an honorary ranking of lieutant general with two Congressional medals of honor.

As for the war, let us set up the companies first to benefit from the war and then we'll give the go ahead to Obama and Congress.

[snoopy]

This guy argues that, love it or hate it, American Universities are the envy of the world bc of the bucks brought in by college football and basketball.

http://blogs.the-american-interest.c...with-football/

[treeman10]

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[zapvor]

Originally Posted by watergirl

As a feminist, there was a time and place for Title IX and affirmative action, but that time has passed. Let it go. When there are 1/3 more male juniors playing tennis then females, they should have 1/3 more opportunities in college to play tennis than females not 70% less (or whatever percentage it equates to).

thank you!!!!!!!!

[slice bh compliment]

I just wanted to say thanks for this thread. Very interesting stuff. Thank you all. This is one of the reasons to cruise by these boards regularly.
For me, it lead to an instapundit article, then an article on National Assoc of Scholars.
EDIT:
BTW, dennis10is is hilarious.

[zapvor]

Hi fellow TalkTennis members.

so i came across this page to help save the men's program at Maryland. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maryla...39146259496089
please take a look and pass it on!

[Clemson_tennis]

I wonder what will become of all the players. They will all transfer I guess. And what about Spencer? He has turned the program around quickly, surely there will be a school looking at him, maybe Arizona who has gone down very fast.

[Clemson_tennis]

It's all over for the Terps.

[GameSetMatchWin]

RIP UMD men's team... i enjoyed watching while the team lasted

[usta2050]

Originally Posted by wanatabe mixer

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/...-to-cut-sport/

i wonder how many people's pension can support 1 Div 1 tennis team?

10+ years ago in California, they were getting life time medical after 5 year employment. can u believe that? LOL.

[cmb]

why would you want to take someones pension and medical benefits to support a D 1 tennis team?? thats just stupid...the way its structured now, college tennis is a waste of money for every school

[TennisNinja]

There are many valid flaws with Title IX. I support the idea behind it, but in reality Title IX is a broken system.

The spirit of the decree was to add women's sports, not cut men's sports. Hundreds of men's wrestling, gymnastics, and tennis teams have been cut from D-I athletics programs around the country in order to allow universities to meet Title IX proportionality requirements, according to 60 Minutes.

The fact of the matter is, athletic participation is far higher for males than females. There are just more men who want to play college sports than women.

[Satsuma Illini]

Originally Posted by TennisNinja

There are many valid flaws with Title IX. I support the idea behind it, but in reality Title IX is a broken system.

The spirit of the decree was to add women's sports, not cut men's sports. Hundreds of men's wrestling, gymnastics, and tennis teams have been cut from D-I athletics programs around the country in order to allow universities to meet Title IX proportionality requirements, according to 60 Minutes.

The fact of the matter is, athletic participation is far higher for males than females. There are just more men who want to play college sports than women.

In America, it's not about what makes sense. It's about equality. Everything must be politically correct, balanced and equal or it is not right. Logic is not in the equation.