All the changes made to Bakersfield College athletics by athletic director Ryan Beckwith have been to give BC more of an NCAA atmosphere, and I think all of them have been good changes. Like getting the gym refurnished, changing the home side to where the press box is at, getting a radio channel for BC games and hiring a swimming coach with NCAA experience. But there are some things that I would like to see change at BC sporting events.

I would love to see some actual bleachers in the gym, and not those uncomfortable ones they have right now. Really, at times, I preferred standing up instead of sitting on those bleachers when I would cover a game. We have a nice gym, so why not get some good seats to go along with it. I’m not asking for anything extravagant. It doesn’t have to be seats with cup holders or seats that recline. Although that would be awesome, just something that isn’t uncomfortable. Not only will everyone be more comfortable, but new bleachers will go great with that nice gym.

How about some vendors at sporting events? That would be great. I just don’t like it when I’m at a football game, and I have to go down or up some stairs to get to the concession stands. And then to make matters worse, I have to wait in line. Come on, even Wasco High School has vendors. I mean all they were selling were churros, but still. This will also be helpful to some of the older BC boosters that aren’t as spry as they used to be. Let’s not make them go all that way to get something to eat and drink.

While we’re on the drinking matter, they need to sell beer at the games. Everyone knows that beer and sports go hand and hand. Now I know that administration wants to make sure that a situation doesn’t get out of hand because of someone that was drinking too much, but if you sell beer even more people will come out to the games. It’s a proven fact.

There are ways to prevent any altercations from happening.  Now I’m not someone that drinks, but I understand how important it is for most sports fans to have a beverage while watching a sport.

We also need a better soccer field. It just looks like a normal field from any park with barely any seats out there. If we want to have that NCAA atmosphere, then something needs to be done about that field because nothing about it gives me the feel that it has the same atmosphere of any NCAA school.

With the budget cuts it would be hard to change that, but that field needs to be changed to give it that atmosphere.