E-Mail I received about the University of Oregon wrestling
program.
Please Help!
Hi to all,
Over the last 25 years, hundreds of wrestling programs have been dropped
at the university level due to the misinterpretation for compliance of
Title IX. Wrestling at the University of Oregon is in danger. Currenty
there are only four 4-year universities in Oregon, zero in Washington
and 1 in Idaho where student-athletes have an opportunity to wrestle at
the university level. (There are four Junior Colleges that have
wrestling in the 3 states combined.) We want to be pro-active in
showing our support for the program at the University of Oregon. Please
send a short, amicable email to the Athletic Director, Pat Kilkenny,
showing your support for them continuing to have wrestling at the
University of Oregon.
Below is an email sent to me from Associate Wrestling Coach at the U of
O, Rick Stewart explaining the situation.
Please forward this email to other amatuer wrestling fans. The goal is
for Mr. Kilkenney to receive 30,000 contacts in support of wrestling.
Here is an interesting website:
http://savingsports.org/map/
Thank you,
Trent Kroll
Oregon Scholastic Rep. - National Wrestling Coaches Association
Head Wrestling Coach - Hood River Valley High School
cell # (541) 399-6123
Phone 1-541-346-4481 ask for the Athletic Director, Pat Kilkenny. Talk
to him and/or leave a message.
Email:
kilkenny@uoregon.edu
Just a short note in support of keeping wrestling alive at the U of O.
Please CC any emails to Rick Stewart.
rstewart@uoregon.edu
(from Rick Stewart:)
Your help is needed to protect wrestling on the West coast. Currently a
group has approached the University to have Baseball added to the
Athletic Program. While I am sure no one is against the addition of
Baseball, I am sure that those same people would not be for the
elimination of wrestling. The Baseball folks are making their voices be
heard which appears to be strong support for the sport to a new Athletic
Director. Wrestling is not being represented. We have a program so we do
not feel the necessity to fight for what we already have. Baseball on
the other hand has organized a vocal group to fight for a program. One
of the options being presented is replacing wrestling with baseball.
What I am asking is for you to send an email and/or call the Athletic
Director Pat Kilkinney in support of keeping wrestling alive and well at
the University of Oregon. Wrestling people want their voices to be
heard. Now is the opportunity. We can not wait for a decision to be made
and then have to fight for what we want. It would be devastating to the
sport to lose a Pac 10 team. Wrestling would lose its affiliation with
the conference and the remaining Pac 10 schools would have further
reason to eliminate the sport . Arizona State, Oregon State, Stanford
would also benefit by you dropping a note to their Athletic Directors in
support of those programs as well.
This is not a Title IX issue , the University is in compliance and the
OCR (office of Civil Rights) and NCAA is against dropping men's sports
to add womens programs. It is not a financial decision because the
Oregon athletic department operates in the Black. It is all about
perception. The baseball people are making contact and the wrestling
people should be doing the same. Please have all of the people you know
(parents of wrestlers, wrestlers, coaches, fans, family and friends)
contact our athletic department at the following address:
kilkenny@uoregon.edu or call
1-541-346-4481. Nothing elaborate just a
voice of support. There can not be too many calls or emails. Now is the
time . Thank you for your support of the wrestling community.
Please CC any emails to me. Thanks again.
Phone 1-541-346-4481 ask for the Athletic Director Pat Kilkenny talk to
him and/or leave a message.
Email: kilkenny@uoregon.edu Just a
short note in support of keeping
wrestling alive at the U of O.
Rick Stewart
Associate Head Coach
University of Oregon
2727 Leo Harris Parkway
Eugene, Or 97401
(P) 541-346-5495
(F) 541-346-2244
Trent Kroll
Spanish Teacher / Head Wrestling Coach
Hood River Valley High School
1220 Indian Creek Rd.
Hood River, OR 97031
cell: (541) 399-6123
work: (541) 386-4500 ext. 4617
Fax: (541) 386-2400
