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Message: [QUOTE="cabbie191, post: 2346073, member: 417"] I don't live in Connecticut now and am not up on on the details of the state's budget woes and how they might impact the University in general and the Huskies specifically. However, I would offer two observations/opinions: 1) In general, I believe college athletics tend to be immune from the overall budget problems that the university may have. In large part, perhaps, because of the amount of revenue that sport's generates for schools (and yes, now I wish more than ever that we were in a P5 conference), and to a lesser extent due to the donations and sponsorship programs receive from alumni. Scott Walker decimated the University of Wisconsin system, both in terms of budget cuts and messing with the University's core values and mission statement, which led to an unprecedented number of faculty leaving the school. The impact on the school's athletics? Zero. Still strong in football, men and women's hockey, volleyball, crew, and men's basketball. 2) I don't believe very many high school students and their parents, when pondering scholarship offers, take into much consideration the state of the prospective school's budget. Depending on their circumstances, they may place athletics above academics or vice versa, but so long as a college has the athletic and/or academic opportunities a student wants, and he/she is comfortable with the coaching staff, that likely covers 95% of the decision making process. [/QUOTE]