Quantcast The Daily Orange
College Media Network

Gross says swimming cuts a financial decision

Abstract:
JUNE 1 9:24 P.M. - Syracuse officially announced Friday it will cut the men's and women's swimming and diving teams after the 2007-08 season and add a women's hockey program beginning in the 2008-09 season. Syracuse Director of Athletics Daryl Gross addressed the media on a teleconference call Friday afternoon and said the decisions were made based on research within the athletic department that concluded Syracuse needed to buy a new facility for the swimming teams-a financial project the university could not handle....

  • Displaying 1 - 2 of 2

Robert Kohnken

posted 6/18/07 @ 4:33 PM EST

The Athletic Director does notsay why new facilities for swimming are needed or why the cost is so high. Is he going to build a 50 Meter pool/

Who knows.

Swimmin g at the college level is an indoor activity. So what has that to do with Syracuse being a winter sports area. Hockey will also be played indoors.

How much is the new Hockey facilities going to cost?

Keep swimming in the existihg facilities.
Once you eliminate a sport it is extremely difficult to resurrect it.

R.J. Kohnken

Kevin Roberts

posted 8/20/07 @ 2:56 PM EST

Matt Gelb is a noob. I pwn him in Wolfenstein ET every time we play. Get good noob.
  • Displaying 1 - 2 of 2

Post Your Comment

  • NOTE: Email address will not be published

Type your comment below (html not allowed)

  I understand posting spam or other comments that are unrelated to this article will cause my comment to be flagged for deletion and possibly cause my IP address to be permanently banned from this server.





Poll

Will the Syracuse men's basketball team reach the NCAA Tournament this season?

Submit Vote

View Results



Advertisement

Advertisement