SPORTS SPEAK UP!

THE UNIVERSITY OF

New Mexico is cutting four sports programs in part to balance the Athletics department budget. Meanwhile, some employees at the Anderson School of Management are receiving 6% raises. Makes perfect sense to me that Anderson administrators should be overseeing Athletics.

— A Business Major Wannabe

A BLATANT INJUSTICE

prevails over the UNM campus after Ed Nuñez, Ms. Stokes and the Board of Regents orchestrated the cherry and silver massacre this past week. I can’t comprehend why the Lobo football team wasn’t targeted to make some significant sacrifices for the overall good of the other athletic departments sports programs.

— North Valley Wally

ONE REVENUE STREAM

that has not been realized is NCAA basketball tourney games. I understand that the Pit no longer meets their hosting specs. It seems to me that it would be reasonable to remodel it so that it does qualify for hosting more games. Does anyone know why this isn’t being considered? Adding revenue seems like a worthy pursuit. Perhaps there are other revenue schemes not being contemplated. — Dale Kennedy, Alpha Fan, A.K.A. Weirwolf

ONE WAY TO

continue all or most of the sports at UNM would be to drop down to NCAA Division II or even Division III. It would cut the expenses of most teams way back, especially football. Also, UNM teams would likely be much more competitive at those levels, maybe even winning more championships. Or is that unthinkable? Too much pride to accept reality?

— Radical Sol

OVER THE YEARS

most Lobo fans have heard the term “a hungry wolf,” which was always taken in a figurative sense. Never did any of us think that it could become a literal term if UNM administrators are serious about reducing meals to their athletes for budgetary purposes. Of course that would be utter self-destruction for the entire athletic department. Parents are sending their kids to UNM to compete at the Division 1 level — not return home at the semester break 20 pounds lighter. Maybe it’s going to take some native New Mexicans to fix this mess.

— 185 lb. Lobo Fan