Whether it’s the fault of title IX and its demanding quotas or the football team sucking up every single last dollar the athletic department has, Club teams get the shaft. I witnessed the wrestling club almost get muscled out of the wrestling room by the girls swim team. Thankfully logic prevailed and the swim team stretched elsewhere instead of the only room in school devoted to a sport that was cut more then 20 years ago. Why was this glorious sport cut? One word…Money. Wrestling isn’t exactly the most popular sport here in New England thus it didn’t have a huge fan base, which equals the school losing money on the sport. When title IX was created wr

estling was sadly one of the first to go. For those of you who don’t know Title IX is the bill that passed in 1972 that forces schools to make sure boys and girls athletics is proportional with their enrollment. Although not strictly enforced until the past three or four years, Men’s varsity teams have been cut nation wide to make room for new female teams in the budget. These recently cut teams have now tried to make resurgence as club teams, but with little or no success. Without the funding and school backing the clubs can barely get off the ground without a major alumni contribution. What if these cuts happened to the major sports or even worse, other departments in the Umass system?

In Conclusion, Club teams here at Umass need some help. Funding is what it all comes down to here. The school needs to allocate more funds to help these teams or ask the state to throw some money their way. If this school wants to take the next step and become a national force to be reckoned with in sports they must make the effort department wide. They cannot just move the football team to D-1 A and leave everyone else behind. They must bring every sport both varsity and club with them. You only get what you pay for, if you want these club teams to become varsity superstars you must put some money into them.

Club sports help the spirit of friendly competition among all students, giving everyone the chance to live the ideal Athletic dream. This idea is essential to the spirit of Umass. Club sports offer students a chance to compete in sports not offered by t

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