Southern’s baseball coach Roger Cador takes a stand

Southern University’s baseball team is scheduled to battle against Texas Southern in Houston in a makeup doubleheader on May 9. 
In their last conference bout, which was held on March 16   in Houston, Texas, the jaguars won 9 to 5 against Texas Southern. This score made for Southern’s lone conference victory in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The other two games could not be played due to the rain.
But there is a roadblock for such an action called a budget tying in with the “100 percent rule.”
Thus, TSU may not receive vengeance.  
For those two games, Jaguars coach Roger Cador said that those games and the expenses that follow are not in the approved budget and is against playing. “When money becomes a decision, it is better to act upon what is necessary and we can’t play games with money we don’t have,” said Cador, “So it is therefore pointless and better to forfeit.” 
Besides a low budget, students have final exams on that week. Cador does not want to strain the students by playing the games during finals. That is also the day of spring commencement at Southern. Cador also wants the parents to understand his situation. “Student athletes are students first and have to achieve with their education first,” Cador said, “I also want the parents to know that I mean the best for the kids.”The players follow the coach’s lead and take heed to such understanding. The Southwestern Athletic Conference abides by the 100 percent rule and that in turns means that all teams within the conference must play all divisional games despite anything that in turn would get in the way. Other conferences are not affected by the 100 percent rule. Nine out of ten coaches within the SWAC voted against this ruling three years ago.  It was presented to the commissioner of the SWAC, Duer Sharp, and each time the same result remained unyielding. Sharp was unavailable for comment of such affairs.“This ruling does not affect the ‘richer’ conferences so why does it involve the poorer conference,” said Cador, “I’m going to be the voice for the SWAC by not playing these games, even if it doesn’t make us play in the tournament. I have to make a stand.”
Texas Southern (9-4) is placed second in the Western Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference after their doubleheader wins against Grambling. 
Southern (1-9, 5-16) is placed at the bottom of the Western Division but did come out on top against Nicholls State, which are first in their division. 
Cador said that the proactive athletic director, Dr. William Broussard, backs him up, understands the situation and in turn will help him in those matters alone. 
“This is more than me, others are being affected financially by the 100 percent rule and I’m here to say that the ruling sucks and it needs to change now. I am a law-abiding citizen and I’m sending a message that it is 2014 and it is time for a new change.”