Their has to be a "real reason" that the administration panicking and making these threats. Rugby is very low cost and everyone know it. And as for health... Do they really expect us to believe that they allowed students to be at risk all those years? Something else is afoot, much as there was a Delaware. Alumni and parents need to attend a few meeting as get to the bottom of this. And if it is for financial reasons, get your kid out of ths school as the education going forward will be worth very little.
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Art Maerlender, PhD
12 years ago
As a major researcher and clinican in sports concussions I do not supoport elimination of contact sports. Make them safer, yes, elimination - no.
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Benjamin Britten
12 years ago
From the university of Mary Washington as captain I express my concern that a program is shut down because it is high contact. Rugby is the sole sport on this planet that has everything a sport needs for all shapes and sizes. If it were me programs like football and basketball would be shut down over rugby.
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Joe freeman
12 years ago
Rugby makes the man
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Zoe
12 years ago
Rugby is good for the soul, you have no idea...
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Chip Colbert
12 years ago
The long-term benefits of continuing the rugby program clearly outweigh the short-term costs.
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Benjamin Cima
12 years ago
SAVE RUGBY!!
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Jack Haverty
12 years ago
You don't need an emt at every practice, you just need a certified coach, and stop comparing rugby finances to other clubs when it's obviously comparable to a varsity sport
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Zeb Casperson
12 years ago
Fuck Colby doesn't mean too much anymore if you guys don't have a team
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David Rogers
12 years ago
long live rugby
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Paul Dunn
12 years ago
Rugby can change peoples lives, and less dangerous then football
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Paul Caron
12 years ago
Ending a program like this does more harm than good. I know that first hand and can vouch for rugby programs.
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Hannah Bushey
12 years ago
Rugby was/is the best thing that ever happens to
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claire brown
12 years ago
rugby is my life<3
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Michael Long
12 years ago
I dealt with a similarly unsupportive administration in college. This sport still does not receive the respect it deserves and all ruggers need to work together to ensure that one day it does get the respect it has already earned.
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Gerry Fallon
12 years ago
I would like to ask the Colby Administration how they came up with their numbers required to run the program? I may be off a bit, but after 30 years of rugby, I recall that the team needs a field, possible help with Union dues, jerseys and referee fees. Some of this should be deferred by the players themselves leaving the expenses to the university of at most $25,000.
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Nicholas Ballinger
12 years ago
great program. it would be a shame to see it end.
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Paul Lynch
12 years ago
Please reverse this crazy decision
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Jacob Gossman
12 years ago
I'm not a Colby alum or even a Colby student, what I am is a player and a coach to youth in my area and as someone who has played since they were 14 I can attest to the fact that rugby has assisted in molding me into who I am today. If you take away rugby you're not only taking away a sport, but you're taking away a way of life and removoing a group of people that quickly become family to one another.
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Rachel Hill
12 years ago
Rugby is an amazing and growing sport. To take that away from students is just wrong. Rugby is a sport where no matter what level you are at, no one judges you or tells you that you aren't good enough to play. Rugby helps in so many ways. Keep this program going.
Their has to be a "real reason" that the administration panicking and making these threats. Rugby is very low cost and everyone know it. And as for health... Do they really expect us to believe that they allowed students to be at risk all those years? Something else is afoot, much as there was a Delaware. Alumni and parents need to attend a few meeting as get to the bottom of this. And if it is for financial reasons, get your kid out of ths school as the education going forward will be worth very little.
As a major researcher and clinican in sports concussions I do not supoport elimination of contact sports. Make them safer, yes, elimination - no.
From the university of Mary Washington as captain I express my concern that a program is shut down because it is high contact. Rugby is the sole sport on this planet that has everything a sport needs for all shapes and sizes. If it were me programs like football and basketball would be shut down over rugby.
Rugby makes the man
Rugby is good for the soul, you have no idea...
The long-term benefits of continuing the rugby program clearly outweigh the short-term costs.
SAVE RUGBY!!
You don't need an emt at every practice, you just need a certified coach, and stop comparing rugby finances to other clubs when it's obviously comparable to a varsity sport
Fuck Colby doesn't mean too much anymore if you guys don't have a team
long live rugby
Rugby can change peoples lives, and less dangerous then football
Ending a program like this does more harm than good. I know that first hand and can vouch for rugby programs.
Rugby was/is the best thing that ever happens to
rugby is my life<3
I dealt with a similarly unsupportive administration in college. This sport still does not receive the respect it deserves and all ruggers need to work together to ensure that one day it does get the respect it has already earned.
I would like to ask the Colby Administration how they came up with their numbers required to run the program? I may be off a bit, but after 30 years of rugby, I recall that the team needs a field, possible help with Union dues, jerseys and referee fees. Some of this should be deferred by the players themselves leaving the expenses to the university of at most $25,000.
great program. it would be a shame to see it end.
Please reverse this crazy decision
I'm not a Colby alum or even a Colby student, what I am is a player and a coach to youth in my area and as someone who has played since they were 14 I can attest to the fact that rugby has assisted in molding me into who I am today. If you take away rugby you're not only taking away a sport, but you're taking away a way of life and removoing a group of people that quickly become family to one another.
Rugby is an amazing and growing sport. To take that away from students is just wrong. Rugby is a sport where no matter what level you are at, no one judges you or tells you that you aren't good enough to play. Rugby helps in so many ways. Keep this program going.