Comments on: Western Washington Drops Football After 98 Years

By: Dix

Dix — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:38:18 +0000

Dixie State is currently seeking to become a football member of the NAIA’s Frontier Conference. Similar to the situation with Nebraska Wesleyan and Quincy. Look for similar action from Central Washington.

By: St. George Homes

St. George Homes — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:38:02 +0000

It’s rough to see a football program shut down. However, in light of the economic downturn it’s wise for any institution to cease or pause spending in areas that don’t pay for themselves. I am from St. George, Utah and had it not been for a multi-million dollar donation from a generous donor, our Divison II team would have certainly faced a similar fate.

By: Sharon O'Hara

Sharon O'Hara — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:23:48 +0000

Whatever rings your bell, kolege…drop all non-essential programs too?

Personally, I admire people who can make the hard, unpopular decision for the overall benefit…and has nothing to do with what I like or dislike in sport or art.

Most folks call it balance and survival.
What do you call it?
Sharon O’Hara

By: kolege

kolege — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:05:59 +0000

Sharon,

I’m with you. Make the tough decisions! I think we should drop all non-essential university programs immediately! Any funding for intramural sports should be wiped out. Any spending on community outreach should be cut. Experimental project funding- gone. Art funding is totally out of the question….(hey, art is purely subjective anyway, right?) Let’s strip our colleges and universities into learning “annexes” where we can get our noses to the grindstone and get an education as to the true meaning of homogony and unified thought! Yes, the tough financial decisions are the correct ones! But hey, sacrifice the long term to balance the short term budget, right?
The “plate of reality” is that public college is about academics AND the collective exposure to many different experiences- not just the ones you are personally comfortable with or are willing to accept as being beneficial to you.

By: Sharon O'Hara

Sharon O'Hara — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:17:17 +0000

““It is the focus on maintaining overall intercollegiate program quality and doing so at a time when we and all universities are being challenged financially that drives the recommendation of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and my decision to accept that recommendation,” Shepard said.”

Finally. Decisions made to benefit the entire school and programs. Here is a school that will survive and thrive in my opinion. Decisions based on past history without looking at the current life events and times of change will lose their focus, intent on keeping something that must go.

Look at newspapers folding…eg: Seattle PI. Times have changed and the successful will adjust with those times, hard and painful though it is.

Congratulations to a brave school officials stepping up to the plate of reality. They made hard decisions in order to be here decades to come.
Sharon O’Hara

By: good ol' george

good ol' george — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:28:26 +0000

Sad day for football in the Northwest. I don’t think this will happen at Central Washington, because I’m pretty sure the school president and the athletic director want to keep their jobs. But I hope that the people involved at CWU will do everything in their power to make sure it never does.