The Fall of USM Athletics under Thames - USM Forum -- Message Board

Date: Feb 24, 2006

The Fall of USM Athletics under Thames

Date: Feb 25, 2006

Somehow, the first thing that comes to mind after reading those figures is "I couldn't care less." Its fine to have sports for the students who participate, but nothing is more distant from the institution's primary mission than running an entertainment business for alumni.

Date: Feb 25, 2006

Sports is not just an entertainment business for alumni. Collegiate athletics should be entertainment for everyone, like a theater or dance production, ar a music recital or concert. Unfortunately, too few enjoy both ends of the spectrum and we end up with sports fans and arts fans. Athletics is, at most schools, a powerful recruiting tool. Students want sports just as they want a state of the art student union or up to date dorms.

Date: Feb 26, 2006

Here's a description of the previous 3 years (including current one) of USM athletics:

Sport '05-'06 '04-'05 '03-'04

Football: 7-5-0 7-5-0 9-4-0

Soccer: 4-9-2 5-11-1 9-7-3

Volleyball: 6-19-0 7-20-0 27-6-0

MBball: 8-19-0 11-17-0 13-15-0

WBball: 13-14-0 9-19-0 14-13-0

Softball: 8-10-0 29-32-0 33-26-0

MTennis: 1-6-0 13-9-0 8-14-0

WTennis: 3-5-0 15-8-0 12-11-0

Baseball: 6-2-0 41-21-0 45-19-0

TOTALS 56-89-2 137-142-1 170-115-0