But pretend that just wasn’t put out there. I don’t want to have this huge discussion. I wrote papers about it in college and it inevitably comes up when you work in athletics and I’m just sick and tired of talking about it.

Really I have nothing new to add to this tired-out argument, but I think a moment of silence is in order for those athletes who no longer have a team. I don’t think they woke up thinking today was the day they were no longer going to have a coach or teammates or competitions in the same uniform.

Sure, they can transfer. But transferring doesn’t always pan out. And what about the kid that had always wanted to be a Sun Devil tennis player? What if that had been his dream since he was boot high? Ohhh well. Budget cuts son, buck up. Title IX kid, get over it.

I think a lot of people in important places don’t realize just how far the effects of these decisions trickle down. Were they necessary? Meh, I don’t know. I’m not the one pushing numbers. But it doesn’t make it suck any less for those athletes who technically aren’t varsity athletes anymore.

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Arizona State Cuts Men’s Tennis Program