Nope, not Temple, Texas - them folks knows what's goin' on!
The problem's at
Temple University. Read more
here and
here.
They're dropping seven (7) teams...so they can better support their Olympic sports.
Problem is, three of the programs they're dumping - men's track, men's gymnastics, and women's rowing -
are Olympic sports.
You want the truth?
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!
Oh, you can? Sorry about that. Okay, here it is:
They're having money troubles in their athletic department and in order to continue fielding a
red ink-bleeding D-I foosball program (2-10, 1-7), a few cuts are in order. Can't afford to lose any of those 105 destined-to-play-on-Sunday's fellers, right?
To remain
NCAA D-I, they need to keep six (6) men's sports. That's why they're dumping the other five (5) men's programs.
Title IX lawyers have been pushing
proportionality for years. Since they're kicking so many men to the curb, they can do the same to a few of the women as well. They'll take advantage of the opportunity and dump expensive, large-roster sports like
rowing (60 women) and
softball (23).
Worried about the Owls men's and women's swimming programs? Relax! They dumped swimming back in 1986. Read about the
Temple University Olympic Sports Purge, Part I here.
Read
Goals with Gratitude by
Kathleen Hersey here.
Be an idealist when setting your goals; be an optimist on the road to pursuing them; and be a realist when assessing the honest endeavor.
Texarkana TISCA
San Antonio TISCA
Note -
Cedar Park's Taylor Abbott went with everyone's favorite strategy en route to his 1000 free (9:14.91, 4:37.65/4:37.26) victory:
Go out as fast as you can and negative split it!
Texas Invite
USA Swimming Nationals
USA Swimming Nationals (Time Trials)
An aquatics coordinator is needed in the
City of Coppell. Info
here.
Get your
Swim Like a Champion (Sprint Freestyle) featuring
Kara Lynn Joyce and
Jimmy Feigen here.
El Campo Invite
Caney Creek/College Park/Home School/Willis
Keller/Keller Central/Haltom/Richland
Big Cat Invite
Edu-tainment:
Want to learn more about spending in college athletics? The
Knight Commission has put together a handy, dandy site that'll keep you busy while waiting twenty-four hours between
Candy Crush Quests. Visit their
Athletic & Academic Spending Database for NCAA Division I here.
DSSC Turkey Splash
HSC Thanksgiving Classic
Texas Gold Turkey Time
AAAA Nadadores Time Trials
Woodlands Masters November Classic
Top Texas teams in
SC Virtual Club Championships (w/national rank in parentheses):
Nitro (12)
AAAA (18)
The Woodlands (20)
Lakeside (25)
First Colony (41)
Longhorn (56)
Metroplex (58)
Cypress Fairbanks (59)
KATY (98)
DADS (118)
The Gun Ain't Loaded:
Public service announcement for
Trekkers:
