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ESecPN's avatar

Well that is really sad. Unfortunately, education is on the decline (see Trump winning 2024). People do not believe in eduction anymore (see misinformation spread the last nine years, mostly by MAGA). Conspiracy theories are now facts (see Elon, Donald, and Robert). I see more universities closing in the next decade. RIP, USA.

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GregS's avatar

ES...

That is a very simplistic analysis. Please keep your politics out of Canzano's posts.

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Jean Southworth's avatar

Agreed.

It's like going on a Nascar or cooking forum and making provocative theological comments.

There are countless other places for that--this is not one of them.

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Kent Crawford's avatar

As always you are the voice of civility Jean! Thank you again!!

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Jean Southworth's avatar

Thanks, Kent. I try.

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Michael Bishop's avatar

Some cannot see the forest for the trees obviously

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AndyPanda's avatar

Unfortunately, politics have encroached into everything, and usually not for the better.

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Al Powell's avatar

The problem is that he’s right. Higher education is being devalued by the right wing.

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Mark's avatar

No, left wing brain washing and radicalism is being rejected.

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Al Powell's avatar

Your assumption about higher ed is a perfect example of your brainwashing. Thanks for proving my case.

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RJBobby's avatar

According to national statistics released last week, Oregon 4th and 8th graders are DEAD LAST in reading and math. Explain how that’s on anyone but Salem. I’ll wait.

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Andrew Manchester's avatar

Parents! When they give up caring about their kids educations .... I had a principal tell me over 20 years ago that the parents are the biggest factor. By moving away from academics first to baby sitting, feeding zone, blah, blah, blah, is it any wonder?

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Michael Bishop's avatar

Yes

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Michael Bishop's avatar

It’s on the collective as a whole. It’s an erosion of our inabilities to understand the past and lack thereof going forward

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Al Powell's avatar

It’s the parents responsibility.

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Dwight Lilly's avatar

We mirror that here in Nevada.

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Bob Best's avatar

The Most Sad thing: 13 breathing souls clicked "like", to your garbage .

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Jim T's avatar

I think you said it correctly. Education has become indoctrination. It is simpler to be indoctrinated rather than learning. USA now ranked 40th out of 40 countries when it comes to reading and math if our younger generation. I suspect that you yourself have been a victim of the sad state of our education system.

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Michael Bishop's avatar

Plumbing. They’re $165 an hour in my neck of the woods

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Al Powell's avatar

You misspelled “education “

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Kirby's avatar

I played for Multnomah 1992-94, coached by Jm Skagen, who the court is named after. I am sad that the court will be gone. Interesting fact: I played before the NAIA days, at teh time we were affiliated with the NBCAA, and we went to the National Tournament in 1992 in Oklahoma City. We lost in the Championship game to San Jose Christian College, who would go on to become William Jessup University.

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Kent Crawford's avatar

Great story Kirby! Thank you for sharing this story! I grew up on 70th, right off Glisan street. I played little league and pop warner football at Montavilla Park. We had a reverent feeling about the buildings and the campus.

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Mike McCrady's avatar

Foreshadowing?

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Steven S's avatar

This story is precisely why I continue my subscription to your site, John. Great reporting, and it's wonderful to read about Harry Cummins' exploits. Thank you.

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John Canzano's avatar

Thank you Steven

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CURT BICKLEY's avatar

Thanks for that write up John….Tayo and Quinn have been fantastic in a very difficult coaching position with hardly any support. Sad to see.

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John Canzano's avatar

Thanks coach. Appreciate you.

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Al's avatar

Good story John. And yes, sad indeed. 'Sign of the times' does not erase the magnitude in the decline of college sports. Worse than sad is some fools insistance on shoving their politrics into BFT. Go cry somewhere else.

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Peter Scott Hooper's avatar

It’s disheartening to see more evidence of the decay, decline, and destruction of true amateur college sports. At this level , it’s not about portals, agents, transfers, money. Thanks to greed and lack of ethics at the top,

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Doug's avatar

The only way this gets fixed is by eventually creating entirely different and independent governance structures and funding mechanisms for revenue and non-revenue collegiate sports

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Wayne Ikola's avatar

Wonderful local relevant story. Thanks for reporting this sad chapter in sports. Our granddaughter plays for the women’s team at Multnomah and we’ve enjoyed watching them compete each game.

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Bob Akamian's avatar

The basketball is quite good in the Cascade Collegiate Conference. The mix of public and niche private schools (Multnomah is one of those) brings out some interesting athletes, many older and with different life experience, others on a personal mission that also aligns with playing sports. Lots of passion on the court and some pretty strong fan bases in places like College of Idaho and Oregon Tech. It would be a great story if MU could make a run in it's final season.

Sadly, MU is not the only small, private school struggling to stay open, never mind field athletic programs. From the pure free market standpoint, there are probably more college and universities in this country that are really "needed" by the marketplace of available, willing and financially-able students. All will need to be efficient and nimble. Keeping sports teams remains valuable as the "front porch" we always talk about when we talk about large schools.

The other pending sport crisis will come with implementation of the congressionaly mandated "revenue sharing" that will create a title IX conflict. Schools will have to revenue share equally across their programs or face lawsuits. (NIL funds wont be affected by this). The knee-jerk reaction will be... cut programs, mens and womens, that cut into revenue sharinjg for football and basketball. Watch the NCAA rules for mandatory # of sports allowing participation in Division I magically disappear.

Of course all of this will involve more lawyers and less goodwill.

BTW, kudos to JC for telling this story.

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John Canzano's avatar

Thank you Bob.

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Steve Setera's avatar

Multnomah’s situation is a reflection of the conditions of the country. The school is head and shoulders above the ethics of the Traitor 10. The students are now taking it in the shorts but we should be ready to hear of their exploits down the road.

Wishing the school, teachers and students all the best!

Go Lions!

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David Hopkins's avatar

John, fantastic article about a very sad situation. My heart goes out to the student athletes at Multnomah. I hope they make and do well in the playoffs.

May God bless them and I hope they have fantastic careers in the future.

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John Canzano's avatar

Thank you.

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Rob Arkes's avatar

This is certainly a sad situation for those involved. But I'm not sure that the current state of college athletics has much to do with it. If there was no NIL, no transfer portal, no Power Conference "power grab," would enrollment at Multnomah be any different?

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David Gulickson's avatar

“College athletics has lost its way.”

Yup

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Tim Dooley's avatar

Great story John! Sad situation, & I'm sorry for everyone affected. Go Mutnomah - finish strong!

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Scott Weyer's avatar

When I was growing up it was called Multnomah school of the Bible. All of our youth pastors at my church growing up went to Multnomah! Great story John!

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AndyPanda's avatar

We are in a world where we see programs too big to fail, even if run poorly, and programs too small to succeed, even if winning. And it isn't just college programs.

The common denominator is the biggest losers are always the kids, who happen to have had the least to do with creating the state of affairs.

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Ed S.'s avatar

Man, this is sad to see. This is the basketball (men and women) I like to see the most—hard team play and little surrounding hype and distraction. Thanks to you, John, for letting us know about this. If I can get over the pass from central Oregon 🙄 I’d like to see these guys play before the end of the season.

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