Also with the situation we are in with all the COVID regulations, probably costs a fortune to travel and house the team now. Also how many different meets do they have to travel for compared to all the other sports that could have been canceled. I’m sure they checked the budgets and compared costs then decided this is where they would save the most money.This team picture doesn't exactly fit the lawsuit's narrative
Cross Country
The Official Athletic Site of the Clemson Tigers, partner of WMT Digital. The most comprehensive coverage of Clemson Tigers Cross Country on the web with highlights, scores, game summaries, schedule and rosters.clemsontigers.com
Still not a great look for the complainants when you broaden the roster across TF + XC
Track & Field
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From my layman's perspective, would seem lawsuit is uphill struggle, particularly with just XC.
Despite what some might believe, resources actually have to come from somewhere. Maybe Clemson's magical money tree died. Maybe they are unwilling to carve out additional football $ to support rest of AD.
in today's ridiculous world of made up rules and wokeness this approach actually makes sense, and by making sense I mean of course it is utterly ridiculous, and by saying it is utterly ridiculous I mean it has a chance of winning in some appeals court somewhere based on no precedent ever established.that's a ridiculous last-gasp effort to prevent the school from cutting a revenue losing sport. it should get laughed out of court.
title ix is also a factor. look, if clemson for whatever reason wanted to reduce their black student population, it would happen through admissions where it would be far easier to get away with. feds dropped the admissions lawsuit against princeton for discriminating against asian students so now it's open season on finding ways to change a school's demographics if they really want to. not to mention that there are a lot of white kids on the track team and scholastic cross country in general is predominantly white.No one cares about College tennis & golf either but they didn't cut those programs, so their might be some merit to this lawsuit.
Oh it's always been full of idiots. The difference now is that social media gives them a voice and allows them to congregate. There's before twitter and facebook and there's where we are now.The world, and our country especially, is full of idiots. And it’s only getting worse.
Manny still wouldn't win the ACC. Mack brown owns himPretty sure there is more blacks on the football team than all the other programs combined......so wouldnt they get rid of football........
I’ve never seen anyone claim that a black person wasn’t capable of dominating a sport, outside of Jimmy the Greek and swimming 30 years ago, the point on cross country is that anyone can be decent at it if they try real hard and run a lot. Since it basically requires effort you see a lot of these kids who don’t have the athleticism for football or hoops going to distance running or kickball. It’s actually a compliment to the athletic prowess of the black man to say that whites are relegated to cross country.
It's a gamble. They're hoping to get attention and have Clemson succumb to negative press. Look at how many people here are discussing the actual situation vs the color and proportion of athletes. The article I linked was from November, so complaints wouldn't get any traction then, but now they announce a lawsuit?Gotta make sure it finds it's way to all the white women out there looking to take up someone else's fight.
Why not cut golf or lax or soccer?Lmao imagine thinking cutting track is about racism
It's a solid gamble, colleges and universities are at the top of the list of institutions who give into this sort of press.It's a gamble. They're hoping to get attention and have Clemson succumb to negative press. Look at how many people here are discussing the actual situation vs the color and proportion of athletes. The article I linked was from November, so complaints wouldn't get any traction then, but now they announce a lawsuit?
I don't pretend to know Clemson's finances, but this would seem to be a fundraising opportunity for their athletics program and they're going to let a negative image take over instead.
This is a factor to this point has not been mentioned here. MANY schools are cutting sports due to the funding losses due to the pandemic. The reason why it’s not been mentioned is it doesn’t fit the narrative of the OP and doesn’t generate press.
which is why this law suit is frivolousThis is a factor to this point has not been mentioned here. MANY schools are cutting sports due to the funding losses due to the pandemic. The reason why it’s not been mentioned is it doesn’t fit the narrative of the OP and doesn’t generate press.
Not even in the top 20Would imagine Clemson's athletic program has more money than God. So shame on Clemson for eliminating track/cross country programs . . . but no way in **** this is a racist act. Please, stop it.
Every now and again. I’m not saying it’s gonna be a who college gymnastics type situation but college track does have a following. To shutter a whole program seems odd...U have a helluva point.
Because the golf team is only 10 white boys deep, about half as many white boys as the track/cross country team. As far as lacrosse goes its not even an NCAA team, below is a quote from the team site. Its almost like you just wanted to play some ****** whataboutism without actually informing your self.Why not cut golf or lax or soccer?
@RVACane this thread should have been moved to the Off Topic forum from the get go. It has little to nothing to do with Canes football, plus the title is completely misleading and inflammatory.