LETTER: Stop letting them get beat

To the editor:

7th Game, 7th Loss. I would say this surprises me, but I am long past that point. The football team has had a long history of having a losing season, but nothing is as pathetic as the self-inflicted status they have. In 2004, the Aggie football team was almost dropped to a lower division due to lack of attendance at each football game. Back then I would work each game so I could see very well what they were referring to as “lack of attendance.” The final game of the season needed a sold out stadium or the football team was going down a division. So how did USU take care of this? They offered each employee of the university five free tickets. Each ticket given out was “counted” as sold. Now, I enjoy college football and don’t necessarily feel that we should drop the program, but I do feel that we should be realistic as to what our options are. We shouldn’t be going up against schools like Oklahoma or even UNLV. We should be taking on teams we have a chance of beating. But more to the point, we shouldn’t be shelling out tons of money on a program that doesn’t earn it. If our school can’t play in the big leagues, then get them out of the big leagues. Don’t just keep sending them to get pounded each year.

Daniel Ligon