Temple Cuts Seven Sports

[upstater]

Facts of life...

Herbst has to tap the rainy day fund for $30mm to balance UConn's books this year. A 5% hike in tuition is on the horizon. Let's face it - the paltry payout from the AAC is going to cause UConn rein in athletic spending sooner than later. If UConn doesn't land in a P-5 conference soon, certain sports will be cut and the rest will be degraded. We can only hope that an invite from a real conference will come soon. (Please, not a single spoonful of pablum regarding how the AAC can thrive.)

UConn is adding sports. Hockey isn't cheap. Clearly, UConn has something else in mind.

 

[Sea Goat]

UConn is adding sports. Hockey isn't cheap. Clearly, UConn has something else in mind.

I know it is heresy, but some fellow residents, taxpayers, legislators etc. don't regard UConn sports in the same way that we do. There is a lot of competition for budget dollars so a P-5 conference payout is ever more important to the sustainability of D-1 sports at UConn. I hope we invest in big time athletics for a long time. But the reality is that without a chunk of media money coming from a real conference each year, it's going to be difficult. I don't what UConn is thinking, but we can all count.

 

[huskypantz]

I know it is heresy, but some fellow residents, taxpayers, legislators etc. don't regard UConn sports in the same way that we do. There is a lot of competition for budget dollars so a P-5 conference payout is ever more important to the sustainability of D-1 sports at UConn. I hope we invest in big time athletics for a long time. But the reality is that without a chunk of media money coming from a real conference each year, it's going to be difficult. I don't what UConn is thinking, but we can all count.

And if we want to position UConn for a P5 spot that would take away the additional/future tax burden, cutting programs is not going to help.