Thursday, September 11, 2003

I'm sorry, the Ultimate team has the football field between 4:30 and 6:00
There's a lot of symbolism in Vanderbilt's "elimination" of its athletic department, although the sports will go on. It may help reform in some places, although probably at smaller schools or institutions of Vandy's caliber (hmm, wonder if the alma mater will go that way?).

Still, the thought of major intercollegiate athletics falling under the same auspices of intramurals and club sports is somewhat amusing. We were envisioning sign-up sheets for the field, people having to bring the flags and cones. Players not showing up because of a study group. Unexplained absences by teams for major matches -- turns out the captain was sick. An all-star team of intramural players getting spots on the traveling squad, etc.

Granted, most of this won't even matter much given Vanderbilt's status, but some of it actually has the same eerie feelings as CBI-only teams showing up to invitational tournaments these days.

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