Budget Cuts Blow

I am 5 days away from earning my degree in Sport Management and 5 days from possibly being one of the last graduationg classes with a degree in Sport Management from Washington State University. In order to fill a budget deficit the University decided they needed to cut jobs and some educational programs...one being Sport Management. I haven't decided if people think the degree/program is a joke or if they honestly felt it was the only way to go in order to save money. What threat is a program that only has 5 professors, 1 part time advisor and 1 sectretary? I guess they figured that they had shafted to program long enough by not allowing them money to hire more teachers, which in turn lead to them forcing students to apply to be certified, leading to only students with 3.0 grade point averages needing to apply and only those with 3.3's and above actually getting admitted, usually only 10-15 a semester out of 170 + applicants. It is down right frustrating, saddening, depressing and all around unfair. Does the university not understand that WSU carries the only undergraduate/graduate accredited dual programs on the West Coast, the only undergrauduate program of it's kind that brings kids from all western states and the western part of Washington?
I fought, cried and sweated to get into the Sport Management program and I'm one of the lucky ones...and at this point...TRULY lucky ones. I have friends who didn't get into the program and know some kids that with the budget cuts won't even get the chance to be denied certification, because they are not certifiying any more students for the major. I am elated to be graduating, but it is with a heavy heart that I see the program that I love so dearly, that allowed my dream come true to be eliminated. Since high school I knew that I wanted a degree in sport management, not just communications, business or management, but I wanted the degree that hung on my wall to say Sport Management and now I'm just 5 days away from seeing those 6 words on a piece of paper that are the culmination of a lot of hardwork and dedication, "Bachelor of Arts in Sport Management".
The program is no joke. Any undergraduate program that requires a 3.0 to even apply to certify, plus experience in the field in you freshman and sophomore years is no joke. Any program that only allows 10-15 students in a semester is no joke. Any program that requires you to plan an event from beginning to end and put it on with risk management plans, contingency plans, sponsorships and the whole 9...is NO JOKE!
The Sport Management program at WSU has made me a better person and shown me just how smart I really am. It has brought be some of the best college friends a girl could ask for, amazing relationships with my professors and allowed one of my many life dreams to come true. The elimination of the program is simply the massacare of all those who weren't quite lucky enough to be born sooner...budget cuts blow!