Every year the University has a senior banquet for all of the senior athletes, and they give out senior rings, and it is suppose to be a time to celebrate. Many seniors look forward to this event, for in the past they have received a good meal, and are treated with video from their college athletic career. This year, the banquet was different. I arrived at practice yesterday as always to hear all of our senior athletes complaining about the banquet. They said that it wasn’t even really a banquet, all they had were cookies that tasted as if they came from Safeway. The speech given by our president included him complaining about budget cuts, and how they couldn’t afford to give them a decent banquet this year, because that is something they decided wasn’t important and they could take budget from. My coach said that it was the worst banquet he has ever had to go to, and he just wanted to get up and walk out. I for one was appalled to hear this. We have enough money to add on to our football stadium which costs billions of dollars, but we can’t spend money to treat the seniors to a nice meal? What was even more appalling was that the football and basketball seniors weren’t even at the banquet. They are having their own banquet for their seniors. It amazes me more and more everyday that some sports such as track were extremely hurt by the budget cuts, and some sports such as football weren’t affected at all. Football and basketball argue that they are the ones who bring in money to the school because they have more people attend their games, but that is how it has always been. Football and basketball are just the most popular sports to watch. Even when our football team and basketball team are horrible, and don’t win a single game, they still have more fans attend their games. It is just a sport that has always been popular. Therefore, I don’t think it is fair that they get to spend godly amounts of money still, and we are suppose to be cutting back on our budget. I also don’t believe that it is fair for the football and basketball team to have their own personal banquet, when everyone else had to suffer. I’m a junior, and was looking forward to my senior banquet next year, however now that I’ve heard what happened this year, who knows what to expect next year. I personally believe that the athletic department needs to rethink how they cut budgets, and maybe start making everyone have budget cuts no matter how much money they bring into the school. That is just my personal beliefs, what do you guys think?
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