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PETITIONPlease sign our petition to save dropped OU sports. Click here. If your current circumstances or position with Ohio University do not require anonymity, we request that you sign with your name rather than as "Anonymous" as some have. Thank you and thanks to the Women's Lacrosse blog for setting up this petition.MORE LINKSBobcat Attack Message BoardOhio University Alumni AssociationOU Students have an active discussion going on in FaceBook.Com. Click here to go to FaceBook.Com and join in.OU Student Newspaper "The Post Online"www.EquityinAthletics.orgSave James Madison University Sports.orgTaking Inside Higher Ed to the MatEMAIL CONTACT FOR THIS SITE: SaveOUSports ATgmailDOTcom |
THE ISSUESOn January 24, 2007, without any advance warning, Ohio University's Athletic Director announced to the Women's Lacrosse team, the Men's Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Team, and the Men's Swimming and Diving team that their programs would be terminated effective the end of the 2006-2007 school year.Apparently the teams' coaches knew nothing about this decision either. The reasons he gave were compliance with Title IX and the university's stretched athletic budget.At that time:
We believe these teams could have been saved if the university's administration had told us of these problems in advance. Since learning of this decision, the Bobcat Community has mobilized and began coordinating efforts to work towards reversing this decision.We are a coalition of all OU student/athletes, alums, and parents. We not only want to save these teams but find ways to help expand OU's varsity and club team offerings, and prevent this kind of decision and personal tragedy for all dropped athletes from ever happening again at Ohio University.
April 17, 2007 -- Athletic Director Asks for More Money - Why Did He Wait Until Now?
OU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR EXPLAINS THE DECISIONOU'S FINANCESOFFICIAL OU DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE DECISIONINACCURATE AND INCOMPLETE INFORMATION IN OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY DOCUMENTS PRESENTED TO HIGH LEVEL DECISION MAKERSTITLE IXCONSULTANT USED BY OU TO JUSTIFY CUTTING SPORTS BY INVOKING TITLE IX (INACCURATELY IN OUR OPINION AND IN THE OPINION OF OTHERS)OU VIOLATES ITS OWN AND NCAA POLICIES - Stakeholders excluded from decisions that turn their lives upside downOU's LEADERSHIP |
DROPPED TEAMS
2006 Women's Lacrosse Team
Women's Save Ohio Lacrosse Blog
LaxPower.com message board discussion on OU LAX
Women's Lacrosse web page at OU website
Swimming and Diving
Save Ohio Swimming and DivingandSave Ohio Swimming
Swimming and Diving web page at OU website
Save Ohio University Swimming Discussion Forum
Track and Field
Bringing Back Ohio Track Blog
Track and Field web page at OU website
YouTube video put together for the Track and Field Team
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