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UNO could lose athletics
Posted on 5/1/09 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 5/1/09 at 12:55 pm
no idea if this is germans or prussian or whatever
UNO students reject fees to save athletics
UNO students reject fees to save athletics
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Posted on 5/1/09 at 12:55 pm to igotworms
all that i know is that it has nothing to do with LSU
Posted on 5/1/09 at 12:57 pm to mlttiger
LSU system 
? figured it would fit in with all the talk of universities around here cutting back funding and such. Thank god we have TAF
? figured it would fit in with all the talk of universities around here cutting back funding and such. Thank god we have TAFPosted on 5/1/09 at 12:57 pm to igotworms
why are students that are passing through allowed to vote on something as longstanding as athletics?
Posted on 5/1/09 at 12:58 pm to igotworms
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Thank god we have TAF
Posted on 5/1/09 at 12:59 pm to Coon
meh.......I attended LSU and graduated from UNO. Athletics at UNO are a non-issue to me. I do like their baseball team but really do not follow it very often.
Posted on 5/1/09 at 1:02 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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meh.......I attended LSU and graduated from UNO. Athletics at UNO are a non-issue to me. I do like their baseball team but really do not follow it very often.
right, but 53% students as of may 09 say no. What if that changes next year or the year after? this should be some sort of board vote is what i'm saying.
Posted on 5/1/09 at 1:02 pm to mlttiger
and this impacts LSU because we play them every year in baseball (twice this year)
Posted on 5/1/09 at 1:02 pm to Coon
wait only 53% of the students want to keep athletics??
Posted on 5/1/09 at 1:03 pm to nosaj56
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and this impacts LSU because we play them every year in baseball (twice this year)
your joking right?
Posted on 5/1/09 at 1:03 pm to mlttiger
No 53% at UNO said dont, and 47% said kepp. And the total number of votes was less than 3000
Posted on 5/1/09 at 1:03 pm to mlttiger
"53 percent of the students voted no on the proposal to save the sports teams amid big budget cuts. " per the article.
Posted on 5/1/09 at 1:04 pm to mlttiger
no, only 47% want to. they were going to charge about $8 per credit hour
This post was edited on 5/1/09 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 5/1/09 at 1:04 pm to Coon
wow, then yea they definitely should cut the sports if that is the issue, imagine if they asked that question at LSU
wait, hedge coon and worms ya'll are confusing me, i guess i will have to read the article
wait, hedge coon and worms ya'll are confusing me, i guess i will have to read the article
This post was edited on 5/1/09 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 5/1/09 at 1:09 pm to mlttiger
my question is the article says that they can't support DI athletics without the funds, does that mean they would drop down or end sports all together?
Posted on 5/1/09 at 1:13 pm to mlttiger
well, if they don't have an athletics program anymore, we can't play them
Posted on 5/1/09 at 1:17 pm to igotworms
quote:That's a good start, IMO.
UNO could lose athletics
Posted on 5/1/09 at 1:19 pm to nosaj56
Do we need to play them?
Posted on 5/1/09 at 1:21 pm to mlttiger
there are a bunch of other in state schools we could play (southeastern etc...)so i guess the impact on LSU is not all that big
Posted on 5/1/09 at 1:26 pm to igotworms
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my question is the article says that they can't support DI athletics without the funds, does that mean they would drop down or end sports all together?
What would dropping down do? That wouldn't save any money, would it? They don't have a football program, which at most schools is the only financially "black" sport. All others are in the red. I would assume that at LSU, football supports many of the other sports that LSU is involved in.
I don't think that most LSU fans understand the situation that many small schools around the country face. If they don't have a football program or have state monies pouring into it then most can't survive financially.
I would like to see how much money UNO is losing by running an athletic department. Most people just assume that schools make money by having athletics, but that just isn't the case at some smaller D1 schools.
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