A small college in Texas, of all places, cut their football program and turned the field into an organic farm. It turned out to be one of the best decisions the school's President made.
You can find the rest of the story here.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Turning Footballs into Sweet Potatoes
A small college in Texas, of all places, cut their football program and turned the field into an organic farm. It turned out to be one of the best decisions the school's President made.
You can find the rest of the story here.
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Wow. Just wow. My undergrad alma mater made a move two years ago to begin building a football program it had axed over 75 years ago. I told the administration they'd seen the last of any donations by me until and unless the program were dispensed with and the former focus on academics reinstated. But, of course, time and resource wasting sports beats academics any day, nowadays, in most locales. *sigh* And my contributions won't be missed, since they were all tagged forthe arts and sciences.
Unfortunately, football tends to trump academics (among other things) most of the time. That's why I thought this story was so interesting. But I'm sure if they thought they could make a go of it, they'd turn the football farm back into a sports arena in a flash.
Of course I hope I'm wrong . . .
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