I know it was posted several days ago, but it's important enough to repeat. I hope Coach Ford doesn't mind me taking the liberty to forward his message, he's too classy a guy to beat us over the head with it on here, but it needs to remain front and center. I live a long way from Iowa, but keep in mind folks, there but for the grace of God goes your's and my son's baseball program. It just isn't right what's happening.
http://www.perfectgame.org/sto..._baseball/index.aspx
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PLEASE HELP SAVE A COLLEGE BASEBALL PROGRAM: CONTACT THE GOVERNOR
March 13, 2009
University of Northern Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller has issued a call for help. This call won't cost you a thing, except for a little time. The goal is to save a college baseball program that has existed for 103 years. It’s not just a UNI thing, it’s a baseball issue.
Heller wants everyone who cares about the Panthers and college baseball to contact Iowa Gov. Chet Culver and the Iowa Board of Regents and let them know how you feel about UNI’s plans to eliminate the baseball program after the 2009 season. He also wants you to contact UNI President Ben Allen and Athletic Director Troy Dannen with your thoughts.
The quicker the better. And tell your friends. The more emails the better.
“If we can get the governor and the Board of Trustees on our side, we may be able to stop this at the top. It will be difficult, but not impossible,” Heller wrote to friends this week.
It’s easy to contact the governor. If you’re sending a letter by snail-mail, send it to:
Office of Gov. Chet Culver
Attention: Chet Culver
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Better yet… If you'd like to send an e-mail to the governor, go to http://www.governor.iowa.gov/administration/contact/ and an e-mail form will pop up. Just fill it in and send it.
You can reach David Miles, the president of the Board of Regents, at miles.david.w@gmail.com. The web address for the entire Board of Regents is http://www2.state.ia.us/regent...bers/brdmembers.html.
The e-mail address for Ben Allen is president@uni.edu. And the e-mail address for the AD, Dannen is troy.dannen@uni.edu.
Keep your comments clean and keep them civil. But tell Culver, Miles, Allen and Dannen what you think.
It might help more than you could ever imagine.
Thanks
Jerry Ford
President
jerry@perfectgame.org
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