An Open Letter to the NCAA

To whom it may concern:

Honestly, if you want to make the world a better place, make ultimate frisbee an official NCAA sport. I am at a time right now where I have to make a decision about where I want to go with my life. I am also an athlete. Sure, I run cross country and track, but I also play one of the most intense sports that has been sweeping the nation, albeit under the radar: ultimate frisbee. It truly is the sport of sports. Many of the colleges and universities that I visited this summer offered ultimate frisbee as a club sport. That's a start, but how long before we get to see Frisbee Madness? It can't be soon enough. This past year my school managed to whip up a little after-school, intermural frisbee club. I have asked around and learned that a few other schools in my area do the same. I am working on getting a game going against other schools.

But representing my college- and the NCAA- on a field with a disc would be infinitely more exhilarating. The thrill that comes with playing any sport- the thrill of competition- is unlike any other feeling in the world. The NCAA gives us an amazing opportunity to partake in that as student-athletes. In my mind there would be nothing more thrilling than to toss the old disc around on a collegiate level.

Sadly, there is little hope that this will happen when I am eligible. So I ask, nay, implore you to bring this wonderful idea into existence, if not for me than for future student-athletes of America. So what do you say? Give frisbee a chance.