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The Clarion
March 2,2005
Opinion
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Brevard College
The Clarion
Senior Staff
Hall T. Penn Jr.
Edilor-in-Chief
Matt Rutherford
KnteriainmenI Editor
Joel Graham
Head Photographer
Adam Beeson
Managing Editor
Dr. John Padgett
Faculty Adviser
Our Opinion
The proposal of a football team at Brevard College has come about quite
quickly and those involved seem to be running towards a decision.
The main problems we see with a football team at Brevard College are
monetary issues and large changes to the community. The trustees have claimed
that the football program will sustain itself. This might be true in the immediate
future when dealing with things like equipment, but the rental of the high school
field seems to be an issue. What happens down the road, maybe a few years into
the program, when the school decides they want a football field on campus?
There seems to be a divide between the idea of a self funded football team and
reality. At what point will the initial funding stop and the football’s self sustain
ing funding begin?
The college’s website dealing with frequently asked questions proposes the
question Will the college have to add facilities to accommodate a football
team? and answers “Besides adding practice fields, the college will have to
identify where the team will have its locker rooms and equipment storage. In
addition, the college will have to focus on the renovation of Green Residence
Hall (to handle the additional 100 students expected to participate in football),
examine our current dining hall set-up, and address parking and road systems.”
This seems like quite a bit of spending to do on the budget of a football team that
will be in its infancy.
The problems with this idea of funding seem rampant. There are no other
athletic teams at Brevard College that are self sustaining. No other athletic team
charges admission to their games.
The main argument for bringing a football program to Brevard College is to
bring in more students and in turn more revenue. The college states on their
website that “There are no colleges in Western North Carolina, with enrollments
of 1,000 traditional undergraduates, or more that do not have football as an
mtercollegiate sport” yet we know that correlation does not imply causation.
Bringing in more students is an important mission of this college, but this
should be done in keeping with the school’s identity and not merely looking to
others for fast fixes.
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