Football never an issue Eliot questions viability of sports

BY DANA DENNIS

HAVING HAD THE PLEASURE TO TALK to Dr. Eliot a couple of weeks ago about the idea of reinstating football here at U.P.E.I., | soon began to feel that we here at the X-Press have been giving the story more of our time than it deserves.

This became apparent when Dr. Eliot stated that he has not once been approached by the group supposedly pushing to reinstate football

...University can ill afford the luxuries of the past

hereat U.P.E.I.. Though the number of football letters we have received at the X-Press has proven there is support for the idea, it seems their support stops there.

After my talk with Doctor Eliot about the issue of football at U.P.E.I., many things became clear to me: the first was that the university can ill afford the luxuries of the past, let alone the added burden of supporting a university football team; the second was that even if sufficient money were available, it would most likely be better spent providing relevant educational services to the university's students.

While Dr. Eliot’s football commentary was not shocking, | was disappointed to hear him say he can only imagine that things will be getting worse for our athletics department. He stated that justifying the university's hockey, basketball and other athletic programs has been getting more difficult every year. With the possibility that university funding may soon decrease from its present levels, we students should be more concerned about keeping what we've got instead of stretching the system for more.

We here at U.P.E.I. should consider ourselves lucky. In a recent senate meeting at the University of Alberta, it was recommended that all funding for interscholastic sports be reduced until 1996, when it would be

-completely eliminated. It would seem foolish

for U.P.E.I. to increase athletic funding while other universities in Canada are contemplating the complete removal of such funds.

No one denies that the reinstatement of football here at U.P.E.I. would do nothing but enhance the image and reputation of our university, but there can be no doubt that it is just not practical. How can this institution, created to educate, sacrifice that goal for the sake of entertainment? In my opinion, it can’t.

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