After an incredible flurry of activism, fund-raising and general Hell-raising, the William and Mary Board has reinstated all of the teams previously discontinued following this school year. This will be contingent on a restructuring of gender equity and financial concerns. I feel that this means the hard part is yet to come.
As gender is defined today, (or not defined!) any governing body can pretty much do as it pleases.
With the bold actions of thousands of concerned track athletes and fans, otherwise unaccountable bureaucrats were made to listen at least a little. Highest praise goes to the Women team members of several sports at William and Mary who finally said "Enough". The rest of us need to continue to stand for what we know it correct.
But with the rather positive news filtering out about the W&M news, word came immediately that Clemson had discontinued its Mens Track and Field team following this season. This storied Power-5 program needs no one to sing their praises, and yet we must.
As I view their information, I discovered that the Football team has its own water slide, barber shop and amenities unavailable to other student-athletes that boggle the mind. The football coach makes a salary of nearly $9,000,000.
From Yahoo Sports:
Diving deeper into the numbers, the Clemson men’s track & field and cross-country program had operating expenses of $2.3 million in 2019, according to Sportico’s database. The program offers 12 scholarships that are distributed across 26 athletes, plus an additional 25 walk-ons, meaning that the tuition paid by runners in the program dramatically outweighs the cost of the scholarships awarded.
Clemson has offered men’s track and field since 1953. The program has won a combined 23 ACC championships and 16 individual NCAA titles, and produced 22 Olympians.
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