Aberdeen tennis players complain about loss of courts

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Tennis players in Aberdeen are speaking out about a university's announcement that it will remove half its tennis courts to make room for new soccer and football practice fields.

The Aberdeen Community Tennis Association met with the president of Northern State University to protest the plan to remove six of its 12 tennis courts, the Aberdeen American News reported .

"Plans like this are not perfect," said university President Tim Downs. "There was no intent to do anything that would offend any one individual or group of individuals."

Tennis players said one of the bigger frustrations is a lack of inclusion in the planning process for the removal and other changes affecting the sport in the area.