More on Duquesne Men's Swimming

Our pal over at the Independent Women's Forum, Allison Kasic, weighs in here. Her post has a link to the Saving Sports post which includes this interesting chart.

Yesterday's local reaction to the slashing of four men's sports at Duquesne is here.

"They were frank about it, they were firm about all of this when they told us," said Pandit, a Hampton High School graduate. "You can join all the Facebook groups you want and write all the e-mails that you'd like, but the truth is that a decision has been made and these sports aren't coming back."

Translation: We're just kidding! Don't go public or you'll regret it. Constitutional rights have been suspended. You no longer have the right to speak freely. We will be monitoring athletes and coaches. By the way, remove the latest post from your team blog - that one informing readers that we've dumped your men's program and eliminated one of your assistant coaching position (unless, or course, you can raise millions)...

The father of a swimmer -- who spoke to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette under the condition that he remained anonymous for fear of reprisal against his son -- said he called the Duquesne athletic department Tuesday morning to speak with athletic director Greg Amodio. The father wanted more information about the cuts and how the money saved would be reallocated.

"When I called down there, I just wanted a few answers, I just wanted to talk to the athletic director to ask why, but, I was told by the person who answered the phone that he was traveling with the men's basketball team," the father said. "I was sort of taken aback by all of that. I was wondering why it was so important for him to be with the basketball team when all this was happening. I was also told he won't be available until Friday."

The men's basketball team is not scheduled to leave until today for its Thursday game at Xavier.

Dave Saba, associate athletic director for media relations, told the Post-Gazette Monday and Tuesday that Amodio would have no further comment beyond the news release issued early Monday evening.

Catch that? Called Tuesday. Told A.D. was traveling with basketball team. Basketball team was leaving Wednesday for Thursday night game. Any bets on how available he'll be Friday? Monday?

How's that for leadership? Amodio's just layin' low 'til this all blows over...

Finally, there's the "screw you guys - you got what you deserved" post at Title IX Blog here.