Season Greetings from Georgia! Hope everyone is getting ready to have a great time celebrating Christmas and the reason.....Jesus! And if you happen to celebrate a different holiday, Happy Holidays to you!
Last weekend Natalie heading to Knoxville on Saturday morning. After practicing with some of the men's team, she was able to hang out with some friends. Always a great thing to do in one of her favorite places.
On Sunday, Amy, Jeanne and I headed to Kville too. We were to support Natalie and the others, in the movement to Save the Lady Vol logo. A rally was scheduled at the statue of Pat Summitt, prior to the basketball game.
Just a quick review for anyone that may have missed prior blogs on the subject. When the University hired the new AD....Dave Hart, one of his first decisions and projects was to rid the teams of the Lady Vol Logo. That on top of combining the women's and men's departments. In the process he got rid of 15 positions.....12 of which were filled by women. Yea.....in my opinion.....he doesn't give of flip about the female athlete.....nor employee.
Anyway......all but ONE of the female team's were stripped of the logo this past July. Anding salt to the wound, the basketball team was allowed to keep the logo. I call BULLSHIT! It should be all or all! Pat Summitt and all the Lady Vol athletes worked long and hard to earn the much deserved title of Lady Volunteer! Removing said logo is a slap in the face to them and all women as far as I'm concerned.
At the Save the Logo Rally, TN State Rep. Roger Kane made an important announcement. He, along with others introduced several Bills concerning the matter. One of which is to made the Lady Volunteer Logo a law. In doing so, we will never have to have this discussion again. The University will have no choice but to use the logo ....FOREVER!
If you live in Tennessee, have family or friends there....PLEASE contact Kane and any other government official to support our efforts. Here is a website if you are interested:
bringbacktheladyvols.com
Here is a short video comprised of the pictures taken that day.....please enjoy:
https://youtu.be/jn_Tulr2eN4
