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Show Friday, June 17, 2005 ™ SUMMER UTAH CHRONICLE CLUBS STRUGGLE TO STAY IN THE BLACK Football ; adds wide receiver for 2005 season continued from Page 6 isolated location as Salt Lake City. It's" a two-way street, quite literally. The second-largest portion of money required of club programs is often facility fees. The U does not allow club programs free access to its many sporting facilities, nor does it seem interested in creating space for club sport use. "We have the space," lacrosse coach Mason GoodIn a move that should help the hand said, pointing to old tennis courts, the HPER Utes' depleted receiving core, building and Ballif Field, among other spots. "But Utah has signed junior college apparently there is very little interest in investing transfer Freddie Brown Jr. in bringing these facilities into the 21st century. The 6-foot-3-inch wideout "Almost every university I know of has worked comes from Citrus College in to get a nice all-weather surface made available for California. Because he redshirtrecreation sport clubs." ed during his first and only seaThere is no such luck for the lacrosse team, which son there, Brown will have the spent $4,000 to practice in the Spence Eccles Field full four years of eligibility when House this past spring. he arrives at the U, and plans to compete for playing time right The best means of recouping these many expenaway. ditures is to gain publicity, which can be very difficult to come by. •' As a senior at Damien High "We have played five years, won championships School, Brown had 45 receptwice and placed second three times. No recognitions and four touchdowns. He tion—even (The Chronicle) would not do a story," appeared in a post-season prep said women's water polo coach Larry Jackson. all-star game, where he pulled a back muscle—an injury that Publicity is also vital for recruiting purposes, contributed to his redshirtmg at since many programs have a difficult time getting Citrus. the word out about their existence. "A constant ; Joe Beatty complaint from students is 'We didn't know you existed,'" said DeLong. "Many are no longer eligible by the time they find out about us." Ideally, sponsorships accompany publicity. Club ' JOHNSON sport players happily welcome sponsorships, but I LEAVES UTAH that money generally still fails to ease the overall difficulties that individual athletes face. I- FOOTBALL The popular Ute rugby program, which finished [' continued from Page 6 second in the national club championships this Utah's Tom Fernandez snags a loose ball and makes a break for a goal during Colorado's victory over Utah at Stillwell past season, still required $1,200 from each player, Field in March. star who competed in the Ju- despite numerous sponsorships from local businesses and the rare luxury of charging admission "we have to pay S200-S300 for the personnel to man Goodhand expects them to graciously double next nior Olympics, winning a bronze the gate." season). Goodhand's club will probably benefit medal in the 200 meters and a to their Wasatch Cup match with BYU. gold as part of the 4 x 400 meter Every cent left unaccounted for is provided by greatly from the status it gained by participating in Most clubs are not so lucky. relay team. Coach Goodhand's up-and-coming lacrosse pro- the players, who either choose to pay out-of-pocket the national championships in Blaine, Minn., this gram attracts hundreds of fans to their contests or participate in a variety of fund-raising events. past May, but it still has a long way to go if it hopes * While at the U this spring, at Stillwell Field, yet they've still failed to secure Jackson's women's water polo team parks cars at to acquire long-term stability. That trip cost the Johnson competed in the backany major sponsorships to help reduce the nearly football games. The rugby squad holds a banquet, team an additional $18,000. field against experienced backs $1,700 spent per player last season. That money an annual golf tournament and cleans the Huntssuch as Ganther and Liti, as well For the time being, Goodhand's players and other man Center for some extra cash. came from the players themselves. as a couple of new faces who are club athletes at the U will have to be satisfied with expected to see time this season. Because of this added fund-raising responsibility, One final saving grace for club programs is the the one driving force that compels all athletes: winOne of those new faces is former many players need to work extra jobs in addition to annual donations made by ASUU. The rugby squad ning. And, of course, hoping that they can afford to JJSC transfer Darryl Poston, who their academic workloads. "All of my students have receives the greatest sum from the student union, exist next year. missed most of last year after jobs, some 40 hours per week," says DeLong. with $2,500 last season. "We feel that we are en"It's about having fun and doing your best, and suffering a season-ending knee " Though programs have to rent out facilities for titled to nothing and grateful for everything," head unfortunately there are costs associated with it," injury against Texas A&M. games at their own cost, very few can afford the coach Mark Numbers said. men's water polo coach Dr. A.J. Baucum said. advertising necessary to attract crowds, and thus Poston has seen significant acAlas, ASUU's generosity is relatively meager "It would be ideal to have those costs diminished, there is little hope of them receiving money at the given the total costs of operation for some sports. but we do what we can to save money and do the tion during spring practices and gates. ran for a 27-yard touchdown in Lacrosse, for instance, spent about $70,000 last best we can during our season." April's Red/White game. "Even if we charge admission," said Goodhand, season and received just $1,000 from ASUU (which mpiper@chronicle.utah.edu With Ganther, Poston and Co. leading the way, Ludwig said he feels comfortable about the runMLS ticket sales, Real Salt Lake cur- question—in which the object of the 2002 FIFA World Cup and as a SHAW BELIEVES ning back position. rently ranks second among all MLS the date is to get from first base to member of the New York-New Jersey IN REAL "I feel real good about Quinfranchises. The folks coming through home plate in due time—so too are MetroStars. Let's not forget Watson, ton with his abilities and his Rice-Eccles Stadium turnstiles often the hopes of RSL fans that the scor- though. continued from Page 6 experience. He's going to be a resemble a cattle drive. ers, like Jamie Watson, will get off the If his performance against Univerreal force for us in the offensive date—with Major League Soccer—in But in soccer terms, Real Salt Lake bench and into the starting lineup this sidad Catolica was any indication (2 structure," Ludwig said. "Darryl fall in time to win the MLS Cup. their inaugural season and by all ac- can't put the ball in the net. goals, 1 assist), he's ready to play. And Poston made great strides comcounts, they're having a blast whether They haven't scored in almost a It's possible; it's just not that likely. RSL has picked up the services of ing off a knee surgery. He had a or not they're winning. Fans are at- month—and have allowed eight goals But one never knows. The No. 1 Dante Washington, a not-at-all youthvery solid spring." tending in big numbers, due in part in the process. So, while the folks are problem for RSL is that they have few ful MLS veteran who frequently put cbellamy@chronicle.utah.edu to the area's overwhelming desire to coming to something special, they results to show for their efforts in the the ball in the net at Columbus. So have another big-league sports team just don't know what it is. past month (38 total shots, 13 shots on that's four players who have the polike the Jazz, It's new, it's exciting, and tential to get hot. What it is, in simplest terms, is a goal in the last four games). it's, well, hot. rare opportunity to see the highest That's not to say they don't have If you're keeping score at home, RSL is like that kid in the neigh- level of soccer north of Guadalajara any offense, because they do. Kreis those are four reasons to keep watchThe Chronicle is borhood whom everybody wants to and west of London. 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