Current and former players on the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh men’s soccer team say plans to eliminate the program are “short-sighted.”
Earlier this week, UW-Oshkosh’s athletic director said the soccer and tennis teams will go away after next year’s season.
The closures won’t affect Daniel Kobin, who is a senior and finished his last season on the soccer team this year. However, he is concerned for his teammates.
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“It’s more than just playing on the field. It’s working hard and being part of the community, so that’s why it hits even harder for a lot of us. We’re not doing this for scholarship reasons,” said Kobin.
UW Oshkosh is a division three school, meaning no one gets a scholarship to play sports.
Kobin said alumni are raising money to keep men’s soccer and tennis as varsity sports, and have set up an online petition to protest the cuts.
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