Mr Alberts,
I have become very familiar with UNO wrestling over the last few years because some of the kids I coach in wrestling have made there way to Omaha to wrestle. This is one of the top wrestling programs in the nation in any division and what is happening is a totally absurd. The program has not had their budget increased for many years. They self fund a lot of their activities thru fundraising and donor sponsors. What other programs have the dedication to do the same thing? Your Head Coach and Staff are outstanding role models as well as coaches and you are taking away from the athletes who are there to get an education and wrestle. This is a miserable leadership decision on the President and yourself to allow this to happen to Wrestling as well as football. If other schools have joined this same conference and kept wrestling and football then why can�t UNO.
We as wrestling coaches teach these young men to be good role models as well as athletes and to become successful members of the communities they reside in. By allowing this to happen and not having enough courage to stand up for these young men and coaches shows me and a lot of others that you should have been coached by us or Coach Denney and this may not have happened. Soccer and Golf ...really.... these are worthwhile programs to replace successful ones.
If the message was given to the team after they had won their National Championships and at the timing it had actually happened, then you should be ashamed of yourself and the instituition you represent.
I hope the Omaha Community supports the young athletes and coaches and helps keep this from happening.