Argumentative Essay On Field Hockey

Jonneshia, The location of the University is key in deciding what sports need to be added in order to accommodate this ruling of a 1.5 percent benchmark. That is why you are correct in stating that the key factor in deciding which sports to add lies in what sports will draw the largest crowd and largest amount of willing participants. I disagree with your statement that there are no grounds for adding field hockey to the University. Upon further glance, just as an example, Stanford University and the University of California currently, have women’s field hockey teams in place. I am sure that with enough interest from other teams, they would be able to form a west coast conference. On top of that, as I stated in my initial forum post, a women’s
field hockey team could make substantial gains towards attaining the 1.5 percent benchmark. Beach volleyball would also be an excellent addition to the list of women’s sports at the University of California-Davis. The state of California has a rich tradition of beach volleyball and it is a virtual guarantee to be a successful addition to the University’s athletic department, only if as you stated, the University can hire an established coach. However, once that $110,000 was spent, how would you fundraise the money in order to continue these programs after that money is gone? Would you have the athletic director contact the alumni base? Would you set up fundraisers? Or would you have the current teams or potential student-athletes of these teams go out and try other fundraisers? As for cutting spots from certain rosters of male sports such as baseball or football, I agree with your statement. This should be the last resort to achieve the 1.5 percent benchmark. Excellent post and you shed light on aspects of this week’s forum topic that I did not think of looking into until I read your post.