Having your entire program cut is already bad enough, but finding out like this? That's just awful.
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On Wednesday, the University of North Dakota made the decision to cut the school's successful women's hockey team, a move that obviously upset the fans of the program. What's worse, though, is that the players on the team reportedly found out about the cut whilst in the middle of a practice.
https://twitter.com/ghirschy06/status/847157790481244164
Several people around the sport obviously had an issue with North Dakota's player finding out about their sport being completely cut over social media rather than some sort of communication from the University.
UND sports shame on you for not having the decency to communicate with the staff and players before anyone else! Can't delete this one!
— Jocelyne and Monique Lamoureux (@LamoureuxTwins) March 29, 2017
they haven't even told us yet and they leak this? Thank you UND... women's hockey deserves better.
— Jordan Leigh Forgione (@jlforge7) March 29, 2017
Glad to see @UNDsports leaks publicly they are cutting a team before informing the players and staff. #classymove
— Monique Lamoureux-M (@moniquelam7) March 29, 2017
Even worse among that, the hockey team had a recruit in for an official visit when news of the program being cut started to surface.
UND cuts women's hockey while team was practicing and had recruit in for official visit: https://t.co/Jb4bjbXews pic.twitter.com/TZ3eAkaPC5
— VICE Sports (@VICESports) March 30, 2017
The hockey team — along with North Dakota's men's and women's swimming and diving teams — were victims of budget cuts by the school's athletic departments. While it may have been necessary for the school to make the cuts, it doesn't excuse the fact that those within the program should have gotten the news from the school.
Players shouldn't be finding out about a potentially life-changing decisions over Twitter, North Dakota.
