At Nebraska-Omaha It’s Thanks for the Title, Now Hit the Road
We’ve gotten quite accustomed to seeing athletic programs eliminated every Spring. We don’t like it. We know that it’s unfair. But we know why and how it happens over and over again.
But what we’ll never get used to is seeing a national championship caliber program eliminated with nary a shrug of the shoulders.
That’s exactly what happened earlier this week when the University of Nebraska at Omaha announced that it was dropping football and wrestling as a pre-requisite before joining the Summit Conference in NCAA’s Division I. The announcement came just one day after the wrestling team won its third straight NCAA Division II National Championship. Give credit to athletics director Trev Alberts, who said that the programs were being cut for financial reasons and to help improve the school’s position vis-a-vis Title IX.
