Topic: Weightlifting Meet Questions...

[Damon Davis]

Are their any DIV I S&C coaches on this board who have hosted a WL meet. REcently I have inquired about having one here at the U of Iowa however have been shut down by administration because they said " This activity has the potential to create recruiting issues for the department and do not feel it’s in our best interest to move forward. " This being a direct quote from the administrator whom oversees S&C with the olympic sports.

Part of the problem was I had to explain WL to them and think they would just rather deny the idea because it was easier than learning about the sport. I find this very disappointing especially because our S&C programs are so WL based.

Any thoughts?

[Scott Safe]

Hi Damon;

I wonder what they meant by "This activity has the potential to create recruiting issues for the department"  what type of recruiting issues?

Scott

[Damon Davis]

I am not quite sure, it sounded like a BS answer to me. I am going to meet with then next week to hopefully get clarification.