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OU Faculty Speak Out
Your Turn: Physiology program will miss ‘genuine student-athletes’
Letter to the Editor
I wish to follow up on Mr. Stetson’s excellent letter in yesterday’s The
Post. I applaud Mr. Stetson for his excellent comments. I am a retired
faculty member who has served this university for more than 40 years and have
known and have been closely associated with the men’s cross country and track
and field programs during this period.
Might I offer some facts about the former student-athletes of these programs.
Donations and gifts from these former students over the years to my research and
to undergraduate and graduate student support have been overwhelming. These
athletes who have received so little financial help in comparison to the
so-called “revenue sport” athletes are the ones who have given back with
their money, time and excellent advice in order to strengthen one of the best
exercise physiology programs in our country. Although many former football,
basketball and baseball players have passed through my door during these many
years, not one — not a single one — [Emphasis added] has contributed anything to assist in
advancing or maintaining our academic program or research.
The competitors whose sports have been eliminated are the best that Ohio
University sends out into the real world, and they are the ones who have and
will continue to make us proud. It might be interesting to note that in the long
run, the administration has possibly cut off its nose in spite of its face. The
financial support for us over the years probably adds up to what it costs the
athletic department to currently fund these sports. [Emphasis added] If
it is really the money, then see what you are going to miss, OU. But more
importantly, I am saddened that my younger colleagues will never have the
opportunity to teach or advise these genuine student-athletes.
Fritz
Hagerman is a retired professor of physiology.
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DROPPED
TEAMS
2006
Women's Lacrosse Team
Swimming
and Diving
and
Track
and Field
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