The Club Sports Governing Board is asking CCSC for a twenty to thirty thousand dollar bailout after an unexpected change in the administration's coaches pay policy left them with nowhere else to turn. CCSC President Learned Foote weighed in on the issue.

"Our first contact with this issue was when certain clubs reached out to us at the beginning of the semester and basically notified us that the university was moving to a different program in terms of fringe benefits for certain employees. Employees that were previously classified as part-time employees would be affected by this change in policy," said Learned Foote, President of CCSC

"There were additional fees that were applied to these coaches and that would significantly increase what these clubs would have to pay, which in turn would mean that the Club Sports Governing Board which oversees these clubs would have to pay more, which means that the student council has to pay more," commented Foote.

"So, as we are one of the main sources of funding for the governing board, they turned to us as a way to potentially make up for the shortcoming since they did not expect these changes to come into being," Foote explained.

"We want to make sure that this does not negatively impact clubs. We weren’t super excited to find out that there might be another twenty to thirty thousand dollars that would be paid for out of student fees, but it is our responsibility to make sure that the governing boards are able to do what they need to do, and since this in university-wide policy, there is no way around it," said Foote.

CCSC heard the governing board's request, but has yet to decide whether or not to provide the group with additional funds. I'm sure many people are hoping that they come to a decision quickly.