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Last Ditch Effort

To members of The Official Manhattan College Ice Hockey Club Group

Matt Coyne

December 14 at 1:19pm

Hey guys,

In case you haven’t read the group, Student Government turned us down. They initially told us that we wouldn’t have a problem getting approved and now they, too, have {Expletive Deleted}  us.

There is a little hope though. The Men’s Swimming program that was stared is in trouble for a bunch of reasons and one of the main arguments against a hockey club was that Athletics wanted to fund us at least partially. If the rumors are true, then the Men’s Swimming team is going to be disbanded, which leaves a gap in the Athletic budget.

I’m going to try and write some letters/emails over break to various people in the administration to try and get some support from them and show the school that we are serious about playing and that this is a good move for the school.

This is the last think I can think of that could get us a team. I know a lot of us have put in a lot of effort and I know that I wouldn’t be comfortable knowing that I didn’t do all I could to make this work.

-Matt

[JR: Seems like there needs to be some fundraising? I have no idea what the gap is. But, it would seem that it wouldn't be insolvable if one was motivated.]

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Re: Last Ditch Effort

John,

Thanks a lot. Part of it is money, but I feel like a significant part of it is “We just don’t want to do it.” It’s a little infuriating. I can understand where they’re coming from, but we have 25+ guys interested in playing, and we just want to represent MC (and we’re willing to pay our own way, too).

Thank you,

Matt

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