Word: theres
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Three years ago when the squad was moving from a club sport to a varsity level II sport, there was some question as to whether Scalise should be coaching a women's sport since he was of the opposite sex. During one of the last practices that fall the players...
Some teams assumed that because the cheerleaders got sweaters, they also got varsity status, says Andronike E. Janus, assistant athletic director. "There was no intent to imply that the team has varsity status," she adds.
Most teams are not considered for varsity status until they have spent two or three years at the club level, although there is no official requirement.
Then there's the question of 'hey, where do we play?'. Of course it matters if the team will play in a field or in a country pasture--the old team morale. But if the team can not find anywhere else besides a pasture to compete against a visiting team...
And of course there's the interest factor. No self-respecting sports department would throw its weight behind a team that had only ten spectators at the home game. "We want to make sure that we're not underwriting a fad," says Janus. Several people raised eyebrows when the women...