Paine College golf team is told to sit it out

Two weeks after winning the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament in golf, the Paine College men were supposed to be bidding for the school's first national championship this weekend.

Instead, the team is in disarray after athletic director Ron Spry informed the players of the school's decision not to participate in the PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship, a 54-hole event which began Friday in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The Lions officially withdrew Thursday.

"The athletic director told us the school wasn't going to fund it because it was an 'unnecessary expenditure,' " freshman Sean Lucas said. "It's frustrating. We won the first golf championship at Paine. That's enough reason, I believe, for us to play in the tournament."

Spry said the decision came down to limited resources at the end of the fiscal year.

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Clear case of a college not putting the "Student" first, in "student-athlete." Shameful! Paine College administration should be fired by their BOT for allowing this to happen.