By: Mike C

Mike C — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:16:49 +0000

You know what’s not fair to so many people, or the VAST majority of Towson students? Asking us to pay extra money to support sports that no one cares about. Yeah, rich history, blah blah blah. It’s funny how in the 3 1/2 years I’ve been on this campus, I’ve never heard anyone talk about men’s baseball or soccer as something truly important at TU. You know what I do hear people complain about? How parking is so expensive, how there’s NOWHERE to park on campus, how their federal grants have been revoked because there “isn’t enough money” and yet athletes still get full rides, how single parents that want to have a better future aren’t able to go to college because sports suck up all of the financial aid, and how athlete’s get to pick classes first over those who have jobs and other NECESSARY activities that they have to change around because they have to wait behind athletes to get classes. It’s ridiculous, money should be allocated on a basis of need. Not “oh, I’m good at sports, so I’ll major in communication and hope I make it pro” and then slack off in class and ride that full scholarship to an office job 15 years down the road.

By: Save Our Sports

Save Our Sports — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:17:17 +0000

Thanks for writing this. I wish we had an athletic director that cared about the athletes and coaches. instead Mike Waddell brings his friends in, pays them huge salaries, and spends money on covering up his mistakes. I hope it is not too late to save these programs. I hope Waddell is let go and we can go back to being a great university without short sighted leaders.

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