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Signatures | Total: 2,694

 

# NameComments
2301 Anonymous
2302 Beverly L. WashingtonI'm against OU decision to cut the Women's Lacrosse Team, I believe the team should be reinstated.
2303 Erin Melaragno
2304 madeline diamond
2305 Jamie Dougherty
2306 AnonymousEqual opportunity should be awarded to all athletes.
2307 Carla Seifried
2308 Natalia Ciminello
2309 Stacy Riggle
2310 anne strus
2311 Anonymous
2312 Amanda RobinsonCutting sports is not the way to compile with Title IX laws! Blindsighting students, who have committed themselves to the university both academically and athletically, is morally wrong!
2313 Cheryl Cutsinger
2314 Enrique CamachoCutting sports is a terrible thing. You should not take away athletic opportunities from college students especially when their sports don't have large budgets.
2315 Anonymous
2316 Anonymous
2317 Timothy PickelSwimming deserves the same stature as any other sport.
2318 Paul StrusSwimming is an activity and a sport, swimmer are athletes that go on to be successful after college. Eliminating a sport will have a bigger effect in the long run than the mere savings expected now. With such a large sports budget, these swimmer students deserve to compete.
2319 AnonymousThis is not right. You are supposed to help these young adults with their education, not make it more difficult. They made this decision to come to your University and now the process must start all over.
2320 David SchreiberIt's a disgrace that 'less popular' (i.e., not football or basketball) sports have to suffer. Football and basketball players are not the only athletes in this country.
2321 Philip Rickaby
2322 Elaine Morgenstern
2323 Mark DraperAthletics are integral to any collegiate education; by not offering sports you take away the opportunity for students to get involved. Please reconsider this decision.
2324 Anonymous
2325 Robin ArmstrongPlease consider alternative solutions to have women's lacrosse, men's swimming and diving and men's indoor/outdoor track reinstated.
2326 TONY PACE
2327 DIANA PACE
2328 AnonymousThe termination of the sports teams is absurd and ridiculous, not to mention unfair and deceiving. This is a proposal for a solution that will create greater problems in the future. Please reconsider and find alternative solutions if you truly do have the student’s best interest at heart.
2329 Andrea Adkins
2330 beth henry
2331 Theresa BrownPlease save OU's swimming program.
2332 Anonymous
2333 Martelle Simpson
2334 Mike Kelly
2335 Henry Haller
2336 Anonymous
2337 Michael KernickyTitle IX was a created to fix a problem & give women an equal share of scholarships, it has now created a new problem, the elimination of mens sports not deemed profit centers! Title IX shud be re-examined & changes shud be made that no 1 sport can dominate the scholarships (Football, Basketball, over swimming, diving, voilleyball, etc..)
2338 Ryan ConwayWhy doesn't Roderick McDavis resign from his OU presidency and go after a government position instead? He's much better for that - focuses on his own personal agenda and completely ignores those that he represents.
2339 Donald C. Schirg Jr
2340 Eric MundyI coach middle school swimming at Malvern Preparatory School. You are not helping the sport by cutting the team. If a university is supposed to nuture the interests of all its students, how does it do that by cutting programs? Why don't you cut teacher salaries for a year to fund the program?
2341 Lisa FerrignoCutting the Men's swimming and diving team hurts not only male athletes, but will also hurts female athletes. OU will lose many current and potential female swimmers who want to participate on a team that also fields men's swimming. At the very least allow the current swimmers the opportunity to finish their swimming careers representing OU.
2342 Melissa Bruno
2343 Darrin Worthington
2344 Ruth Anne Pluckhorn
2345 Douglas Fabiani
2346 laura gallagherthere should be opportunities for all students to participate in different sports and should not cater to just one .
2347 Joyce TrocherSo dissapointed in OU dropping Lacrosse!
2348 Antonios BardoutsosI am very disturbed that the swimming program may be eliminated. It has produced many scholar athletes some with Olympic class records. Please save this program.
2349 Cheryl BittnerI strongly disagree with the cutting of these sports programs. Please consider altering the budget for other sports to allow these to continue. They are a strong part of the tradition of OU.
2350 Fred ScardelletteReinstate these sports. This is unfair to current student athletes, past alumni of these sports and short sited.

 

Signatures | Total: 2,694