A number of universities already endow scholarships...Not sure of the number, but many of The Ohio State University athletic scholarships are endowed, including a number of the football and men's and women's basketball teams
A number of universities already endow scholarships...Not sure of the number, but many of The Ohio State University athletic scholarships are endowed, including a number of the football and men's and women's basketball teams
how does this work? and still comply with ncca scholarship guidelines.
Why not a complete divorce of sports from schools and adopt the European club system?
Then there is no "right" to a XC scholarship base on gender.
I think that sounds reasonable - and headed in that direction.
This (endowing scholarships)has been going on for years...It not who is donating the money for the scholarships... it is there is a max. number of scholarships that a university can give for each sport (that is where NCAA is involved)
16x wrote:
Athletic directors all across American must be high-fiving at the prospect of all non-revenue sports going to private funding - all funds can be directed to men's football, basketball.
You realize that at most universities, athletic monies come from private funding. State legislatures generally don't fund athletics; most of tuition generally go to non-athletic expenses. If athletic departments relied on their slice of the pie only, there would be no intercollegiate athletics to speak of. Its athletic fundraising that allows anything to exist.
Why is track a bid deal at Oregon? Well, having Phil Knight funding the program is a big reason.
Until track fans (and wrestling fans, gymnastics fans, men's soccer fans, etc, etc) put their money where their mouth is, the fight to save our sports will continue to be an uphill one.
good point.
Perchance wrote:
You realize that at most universities, athletic monies come from private funding. State legislatures generally don't fund athletics; most of tuition generally go to non-athletic expenses. If athletic departments relied on their slice of the pie only, there would be no intercollegiate athletics to speak of. Its athletic fundraising that allows anything to exist.
Why is track a bid deal at Oregon? Well, having Phil Knight funding the program is a big reason.
Until track fans (and wrestling fans, gymnastics fans, men's soccer fans, etc, etc) put their money where their mouth is, the fight to save our sports will continue to be an uphill one.
Isn't that what the AD at Ohio University is doing? "Track, wrestling, lacrosse, etc. can earn their own money and we'll give your share from your tuition & other sources to football."
To those advocating a club system, isn't that what you are getting when they cut track?
From Columbus Dispatch
“Faced with an impending budget deficit, Ohio University President Roderick McDavis is giving up day-to-day control of the university to focus on lobbying and fundraising.
Provost Kathy Krendl will assume new duties. Already OU's chief academic officer, Krendl also will oversee its offices of research, university outreach and equity and diversity, as well as its regional campuses. She will gain the new title of executive vice president and provost.”
Perhaps Provost Krendl is a good contact to get Men’s Track and Field Back at Ohio University -
http://www.ohio.edu/provost/contact.cfm
Janice Roche, Assistant to the Provost -