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Towson is dropping baseball and mens soccer, so the
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:39 pm
baseball team is doing this for rest of year apparently
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Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:40 pm to LSUMJ
Good for them. There has been a few programs recently on the verge of being dropped but were able to be saved by donors. Cal being the most notable.
Doing this may help bring some attention to their cause and give them a chance to save their program.
Doing this may help bring some attention to their cause and give them a chance to save their program.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:41 pm to ProjectP2294
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Doing this may help bring some attention to their cause and give them a chance to save their program.
change title NINE
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:42 pm to ProjectP2294
I don't see anything saving them. It is a huge Lacrosse school, and no one there gives a damn about baseball. All of their athletic resources will go to Lacrosse, which may actually make money for them. Baseball, for almost every school in the country, is a losing proposition.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:44 pm to Tiger in NY
LINK
Apparently this was handled very poorly.
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Loeschke’s decision has also alienated her from a group of the university’s most prominent and involved alumni. That group, led by MacKenzie Ventures, Inc. president and CEO Gary Gill, included Atlanta Braves president John Schuerholz, who played both sports at Towson.
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Baseball coach Mike Gottlieb was prevented from attending the meeting when his players learned the team would be cut. He had been called to a separate room, where a Towson official handed him his termination papers, effective June 7. Gottlieb played for the Tigers in 1978-79 and has been with the program ever since.
Apparently this was handled very poorly.
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Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:46 pm to ProjectP2294
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included Atlanta Braves president John Schuerholz
Probably their only hope. I hate top see this happen. Hope they can find a donor to save them.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:47 pm to Tiger in NY
Read the whole article, it's pretty damning of the university president. She was advised by the school system's board of regents to not drop the sports.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:49 pm to Tiger in NY
Maybe someone should demand an audit and find out where the money from that million dollar rent-a-win went?
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:49 pm to ProjectP2294
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Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:49 pm to LSUMJ
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Towson University president Maravene Loeschke was escorted by several police officers into a meeting with the school’s baseball and men’s soccer teams Friday morning
You know its bad when the school's president needs police protection to meet with her student athletes.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:50 pm to LSUMJ
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:52 pm to Tiger in NY
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Hope they can find a donor to save them.
Surely Schuerholz can put up a little cash to keep it on life support for a bit, while they fund raise and find other donors.
How much does it cost per year on average to field a CBB team? How much was it that Cal needed? I don't recall it being astronomical.
From the sounds of how bad it was handled, it almost seems like Towson really doesn't want the program to be saved though.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:53 pm to MrFreakinMiyagi
That joke is never funny, fwiw.
Even if a donor ends up coming in and saving the program, they'll look like UNO next time they play. The athletes were given the shaft and I wouldn't expect any of them to want to stay with that university.
Even if a donor ends up coming in and saving the program, they'll look like UNO next time they play. The athletes were given the shaft and I wouldn't expect any of them to want to stay with that university.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:53 pm to BeaverPRO
Pretty damn sad. Soccer doesn't cost hardly anything for the college. Baseball is a little more.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:53 pm to ProjectP2294
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Loeschke’s decision has also alienated her from a group of the university’s most prominent and involved alumni. That group, led by MacKenzie Ventures, Inc. president and CEO Gary Gill, included Atlanta Braves president John Schuerholz, who played both sports at Towson.
a word of advice, it's probably not the smartest thing to piss off your most important alumni, and more importantly, richest donors.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:55 pm to ProjectP2294
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Baseball coach Mike Gottlieb was prevented from attending the meeting when his players learned the team would be cut. He had been called to a separate room, where a Towson official handed him his termination papers, effective June 7. Gottlieb played for the Tigers in 1978-79 and has been with the program ever since.
that is fricking awful.
So, basically what the University president maintains is that title IX played no role in this, that it was strictly a budget decision, and that mens baseball and soccer made more sense to cut than a couple of womens sports?
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:55 pm to hendersonshands
What is the joke? I dont even get it.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:56 pm to TigerBwoy
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This post was edited on 2/3/22 at 10:24 am
Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:56 pm to LSUMJ
Whose face is it that appears on the image on the tape in the OP?
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