Government Shut down impacting College Sports

[HoyaSinceBirth]

www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/navy-air-force-football-game-in-jeopardy-because-of-shutdown-department-of-defense-cancels-other-service-academy-games/2013/10/01/d4bfe0c8-2ab2-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html

"The Department of Defense on Tuesday suspended all intercollegiate athletics at the service academies because of the government shutdown"

[TBird41]

It's the same political optics b.s. decision making that lead to the Park Service putting up barricades around open air memorials like the WWI and WWII memorials

"The Naval Academy Athletic Association is a private organization not funded by the government. Gladchuk said the Air Force-Navy game could be held without any “appropriated funding.” Air Force recently created a similar athletic association that operates using private funds, donations and revenue from intercollegiate contests.
“We could run our entire athletics program and conduct events as we always do without any government funds,” Gladchuk said. “In talking to the Air Force athletic director, their football team could execute the trip without government funding.”
Asked why the Department of Defense was suspending intercollegiate athletic contests if government funds are not required, Gladchuk said he was told it was about “optics.”
“It’s a perception thing. Apparently it doesn’t resonate with all the other government agencies that have been shut down,” Gladchuk said."

www.capitalgazette.com/sports/navy_sports/concerns-grow-as-threat-of-air-force-navy-football-game/article_fc1d84d8-7754-5390-a535-94262337612c.html

[AustinHoya03]

Oct 2, 2013 9:08:13 GMT -5 TBird41 said:

It's the same political optics b.s. decision making that lead to the Park Service putting up barricades around open air memorials like the WWI and WWII memorials

"The Naval Academy Athletic Association is a private organization not funded by the government. Gladchuk said the Air Force-Navy game could be held without any “appropriated funding.” Air Force recently created a similar athletic association that operates using private funds, donations and revenue from intercollegiate contests.
“We could run our entire athletics program and conduct events as we always do without any government funds,” Gladchuk said. “In talking to the Air Force athletic director, their football team could execute the trip without government funding.”
Asked why the Department of Defense was suspending intercollegiate athletic contests if government funds are not required, Gladchuk said he was told it was about “optics.”
“It’s a perception thing. Apparently it doesn’t resonate with all the other government agencies that have been shut down,” Gladchuk said."

www.capitalgazette.com/sports/navy_sports/concerns-grow-as-threat-of-air-force-navy-football-game/article_fc1d84d8-7754-5390-a535-94262337612c.html

Political optics (n.): arguing that all reactions to the current government shutdown are driven solely by political agendas.

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